(Communist China) Changchunli Church in Shandong Sends Plea for Prayer
— ChinaAid reports: “ChinaAid received a letter from Changchunli Church asking Christians around the world to pray for them as the government has shut down their church gatherings and is attempting to demolish their church building. Even though Changchunli Church is a legally registered, government-sanctioned church, government officials, working together with government-sanctioned religious organizations, the China Christian Council (CCC) and the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM,) have made agreements with real estate developers to take over the church land to for financial profit.”
Day: July 12, 2009
Iran – Accused of spying: journalist Iason Athanasiadis tells of his time in Iranian jail
(Iran) Accused of spying: journalist Iason Athanasiadis tells of his time in Iranian jail
— Daily Telegraph: “For 18 days, journalist Iason Athanasiadis was held in Iran’s feared Evin prison, accused of spying for Britain. Now for the first time he can tell his story”