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• Dec 9, 2009

  Chinese Pastor Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

  Chinese authorities have quietly sentenced Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit (Alimujiang Yimiti in Chinese) to 15 years in prison on the apparently contrived charge of \"providing state secrets to overseas organizations,\" according to China Aid Association

• Nov 25, 2009

  China Releases Uyghur Church Leader from Prison

  A Uyghur Christian in China\'s troubled Xinjiang region was released last week after serving two years in a labor camp for alleged \"illegal proselytizing\" and \"leaking state secrets,\" according to Compass sources.

• Oct 26, 2009

  Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack

  Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them.

• Oct 24, 2009

  Church Registration in Vietnam Inches Along

  The operating license is the first one granted since five were granted two years ago. The last of those five churches, the Christian Fellowship Church, was finally allowed to hold its organizing assembly in late September.

• Oct 4, 2009

  Christians Concerned Over Acquittals in Orissa, India Violence

  Only 24 people have been convicted a year after anti-Christian mayhem took place in India\'s Orissa state, while the number of acquittals has risen to 95

• Sep 16, 2009

  Convert Languishing in Jail in Ethiopia for Handing Out Bibles

  A convert from Islam who has led a push for Muslim-Christian understanding in Ethiopia has been in jail for nearly four months since his arrest for \"malicious\" distribution of Bibles.

• Sep 15, 2009

  Christian Official's Death in India Called Divine Punishment

  Hindu nationalists are calling the helicopter-crash death of Andhra Pradesh state\'s chief minister, a Christian, divine punishment for his so-called conversion agenda.

• Sep 9, 2009

  Christians in Pakistan Fear Further Firestorms

  Police said they were able to cool tensions in Chak 8-11-L Mission Village, near Chichawatni, after the torn pages of the Muslim scriptures were left at the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church and on a nearby road.

• Jul 16, 2009

  Messianic Jew Wins Supreme Court Battle in Israel

  Pnina Conforti, 51, finally gave a sigh of relief when the Israeli Supreme Court on June 29 ruled that her belief in Jesus Christ was unrelated to her eligibility for a kashrut certificate.

• Jul 16, 2009

  Muslims Order Halt to Church Building in Indonesia