• Iran Court Releases Christian Convert "On Bail"- Worthy News
An Iranian court has temporarily released an Iranian man who Christians say may be executed for converting from Islam to Christianity, reports said Monday, September 4.
• German Evangelicals Protest Planned Deportation of Vietnamese Christian - Worthy News
For over 200 days an evangelical congregation in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has been providing "church asylum"to a Vietnamese Christian amid fears he may be deported by local German authorities, news reports said Sunday, September 3.
• Uzbekistan Church Leaders in Hiding amid Beatings and Deportations - Worthy News
Fearing beatings, detentions and deportations "many"Uzbek Protestant church leaders and their families were in hiding Friday, September 1, as Uzbekistan celebrated its 15th anniversary of independence, Christians said.
• India State Releases Pastors And Bible School Students - Worthy News
Two pastors and five Bible school students were reportedly free Saturday, September 2, after a court in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir granted them bail following their detention on charges of "concealing identity"and "forced conversion."
• Malaysia Prime Minister "Prohibits"Evangelizing Among Muslims - Worthy News
There was international concern Wednesday, August 30, that a reported decision by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to further restrict evangelizing among Muslims would lead to oppression of evangelical Christians and other minorities in the Asian nation.
• Vietnam Pastor and 'Cyber Dissident' Released From Jail - Worthy News
Leading Christian and secular human rights groups welcomed Thursday, August 31 the release of a church leader and a well-known Internet activist as part of Vietnam's National Day of amnesty of thousands of prisoners.
• China Sentences Missionary To Labor Camp And Blind Activist To Prison - Worthy News
Chinese authorities sent a female Mongolian missionary to a labor camp and dissidents, including a blind activist, to prison amid a crackdown on evangelical churches and political dissent, investigators said Monday, August 28.