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Church and mosque demolished in refugee camp

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A makeshift church and mosque that had been constructed in a refugee camp in northern France have been demolished by the authorities, . An official said they were attempting to clear a 100m security zone around the perimeter of the Calais camp known as the “Jungle”, but a charity spokesman . . . Read More

China pastor arrest ‘politically motivated’

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The pastor of China’s largest official Protestant church has been detained and accused with embezzling funds. Rights activists claim his detention is “politically motivated”, after he spoke out against the government’s . Gu Yuese is pastor of Chongyi Church in Hangzhou, a government-approved church with around 10,000 members. He was . . . Read More

China accuses Canadian Christian of spying

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A Canadian Christian who ran a coffee shop on China’s border with North Korea has been charged with spying and stealing state secrets, . Kevin Garratt, who has been detained since August 2014, worked for the Canada-based Christian organisation, North Star Aid, and ran a coffee shop in Dandong, which . . . Read More

Clerics tell Muslims to protect minorities

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More than 250 Muslim scholars, from over 120 countries, have called for religious freedom for non-Muslims in majority-Muslim countries. In a declaration signed on 27 January in Marrakesh, Morocco, the clerics said that it is wrong to discriminate against religious minorities in Muslim countries. They paid particular attention to Muhammad’s . . . Read More

Malatya victims’ families awarded compensation

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A Turkish administrative court has ordered the Interior Ministry and the Malatya Governor’s Office to pay compensation damages to the families of three Christians murdered nearly nine years ago in the Zirve Christian publishing house in Malatya, in eastern Turkey. Ruling that the two government institutions were “negligent in their . . . Read More

Abedini reflects upon time in Iran prison

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American-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini has spoken out about his three and a half years in an Iranian prison, having . Abedini, who was imprisoned in 2012, described severe beatings and extensive periods in solitary confinement. He also said the judge who sentenced him had claimed he planned to use Christianity . . . Read More