Eighteen Chinese Christians from Beijing’s Zion Church have been held at the Beihai Detention Center in Guangxi Province since October 2025 while they await trial. Now the attorneys representing them are reportedly facing pressure from authorities as well. That’s the word from Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner China Aid, who have been ...
Churches in Russia are bracing for what may be one of the largest changes in the country’s religious life since the collapse of the Soviet Union. A bill set to come before Russia’s official legislature, the Duma, in June proposes to ban worship services as well as prayer, religious meetings, and evangelistic activities in houses, ...
A Korean missionary being held in Khabarovsk, Russia now faces a maximum of 17 years in prison on a total of three immigration-related charges. Last week, investigators filed two new charges against Missionary Park Tae-Yeon and were granted a one-month extension to continue their investigation, which has so far lasted two months. The initial court ...
A Korean missionary imprisoned in Khabarovsk on immigration-related charges was moved from prison to house arrest after agreeing to remain there until after her trial, but witnesses say she was forcibly removed from her home the next day by masked law enforcement agents who took her to a detention center for foreigners. An online petition ...
China’s two government-run Christian associations published a new “Code of Conduct for Clergy” in January. The Code includes four criteria for the selection and evaluation of pastors, with “political loyalty” listed as the highest ethical value. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the new code of conduct is more a ...
Update: Missionary Park was taken away from her home by masked law enforcement agents at 11 a.m. February 4. They refused to say where she was going. Fortunately, a local pastor was able to work with local attorneys to find her. She has been taken to a detention center for foreigners because her visa expired ...
Street demonstrations in Iran continue to grow, with casualties currently estimated at between 2,000 and 12,000 as growing numbers of civilians boldly confront police. While these protests arose from concerns about inflation, Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley says Iran’s underground Christians have been making a bold witness on the streets ...
A church elder and his wife left a video to encourage and comfort their children prior to being arrested earlier this month. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US partner, China Aid, Elder Li Yingqiang (李英强) of Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church (成都秋雨圣约教会) and his wife, Zhang Xinyue (张新月), left the video ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea is reporting that Christians, including some who had been held for longer than ten years, are among the 98 prisoners who were released from military facilities in the country of Eritrea in November and December. The releases, which were confirmed by a local Christian contact and by family members of ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US partner China Aid are reporting the second major crackdown on a Chinese house church network in the past three months. This time the target was the historic Yayang Meeting Place in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, where more than one thousand police and public safety officers participated in a ...
