Muslim militants still controlling part of the Lower Shebelle Region of Somalia have jailed and tortured a Christian for converting from Islam, sources said.
Hundreds of Christians have hit the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital to urge government action after local officials demolished a church building and threatened to close others at the behest of Islamist forces.
Iranian officials are now threatening American Pastor Saeed Abedini that he will be held longer than his eight-year sentence unless he recants his faith.
In Britain the cost of being a Christian has hitherto not been as great as elsewhere, although the climate has certainly changed in the last twenty years
North Korean church leaders are asking Christians worldwide to pray for their country amid increased war threats and combat preparation by North Korean military officials.