Missionaries Acquitted of Inciting Crowd in Michigan
A jury acquitted four Christian missionaries accused of inciting a crowd while videotaping themselves proselytizing Muslims at the Dearborn Arab International Festival in June.
Christian Persecution – Americas
Cuba Drops Charges Against Church Leader
Cuba has released and dropped all charges of “threatening behavior” against a well-known church after his accusers gave contradictory evidence against him, a Christian human rights organization said Monday, September 7.
Cuba Detains Church Leader For “Offensive Bahavior”
A respected church leader in Cuba was unexpectedly arrested on Monday on trumped up charges of “offensive behavior” and “threats” according to a Christian human rights organization.
NEWS ALERT: Cuba To Release 52 Dissidents, Church Says
Cuba will release 52 political prisoners as part of the communist-run Caribbean island’s largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998, the Cuban Catholic Church said comments monitored by Worthy News Thursday, July 8.
AMERICA WATCH: Christians Remember Murdered U.S. Evangelists
Christian leaders were preparing to hold a memorial service later Sunday, May 16, in the Boynton Beach are of the U.S. state of Florida to honor two street evangelists who were murdered there earlier this year.
AMERICA WATCH: Broadcaster Airing U.S. Day Of Prayer Despite Court Ruling
International Christian broadcaster GOD Television was to air Thursday, May 6, the United States’ National Day of Prayer (NDP), amid concerns among Christians that the annual event may be banned following a controversial court ruling.
NEWS ALERT: Wife, Children Of Jailed Cuban Pastor Face Eviction
The wife of jailed Cuban Pastor Omar Gude Perez faced a difficult weekend after authorities reportedly told her that the family home is to be confiscated. The family will be relocated to a significantly smaller apartment in poor conditions outside the city of Camaguey, said advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which has closely monitored the case.
Prayer Vigil For Murdered American Evangelists
Christian leaders are preparing a major prayer vigil in Florida “to honor the lives” of two young street preachers who were shot and killed while evangelizing on the streets of the U.S. state’s Boynton Beach, organizers said.
AMERICA WATCH: Arsonists Attack American Church Bus
Despite tensions, Baptist Christians in the U.S. state of Tennessee prepared for worship Sunday, February 28, as local police continued to investigate an attack on a church bus by young arsonists.
NEWS ALERT: Street Preachers Killed In United States
A religious liberty group warned Saturday, February 6, that “Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly” in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message.
Cuba Pastor Remains Behind Bars After Losing Appeal Right
There was international disappointment Monday, February 1, that the leader of a growing network of independent churches in Cuba has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana.
Colombia Court Allows Christians To Opt Out Of Military
An international Christian rights group has welcomed the Colombian Supreme Court’s decision allowing Colombians, including Christians, to opt out of obligatory military service because of religious, moral, or philosophical objections.
Two Cuban Pastors Released, But Crackdown Continues, Christians Say
Two Baptist leaders who were detained in eastern Cuba while distributing humanitarian aid from American Christians were free Tuesday, October 27, after two weeks imprisonment Christians said.
NEWS ALERT: Cuban Pastors Detained After Distributing American Aid
Two Cuban Baptist leaders are detained in Cuba on charges of “illicit financial activity,” after distributing financial aid from American Christians to needy churches in the island’s Guantanamo province, an international advocacy group said Monday, October 19.
NEWS ALERT: Colombia Rebels Assassinate Evangelical Pastor
An evangelical pastor has been shot and killed by leftist rebels in central Colombia, Christians said Wednesday, October 14.
NEWS ALERT: Colombia Pastor Assassinated By Suspected Paramilitaries
A Colombian pastor has been shot and killed at his home in front of his wife and church members, the latest in a series of deadly attacks against Christians in the South American nation, Christian rights investigators said Monday, September 14.
Cuban Pastor’s Wife Receives High Fine For “Disturbing Order”
A pastor’s wife who lost her baby after a neighbor attacked her on the street, is being fined the equivalent of over two months salary on charges of “disturbing the public order” on that day, Christian trial observers said Friday, August 21.
Pastor’s Wife Facing Cuban Court
A pastor’s wife who miscarried after a neighbour attacked her was due to facing a Cuban court Monday, August 17, on charges of “disturbing the public order” on that day, an international advocacy group said.
BREAKING NEWS: Mexico Releases Evangelical “Massacre Suspects” After 12 Years Imprisonment
Twenty men, most of them evangelical Christians, were free Friday, August 14, after spending more than a decade in prison as Mexico’s Supreme Court overturned their sentences in a massacre in southern Chiapas state.
Cuba Evangelical Pastor Sentenced To Six Years Imprisonment
There was international concern Tuesday, July 14, over the detention of a Cuban Evangelical pastor, after news emerged he has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges that include “counter-revolutionary conduct and attitudes” as part of what rights investigators called “mounting state hostility towards religious groups.”