Ban on UK Christian radio advert upheld

Ban on UK Christian radio advert upheld: "

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

The High Court in Fleet Street, London

LONDON, UK (ANS) -- A British High Court judge has upheld a ban on a Christian radio advert, ruling that it was “directed to a political end.”


According to London-based Christian concern (www.christianconcern.com), the proposed advert for Premier Christian Radio quoted research suggesting that 60% of Christians believed that members of their faith were becoming increasingly marginalized in the workplace.

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Hindu Villagers Attack Mourners in India

Champa Pawar, Jaikant Pawar's widow.

Hindu Villagers Attack Mourners in India: "Assailants in Chhattisgarh state try to prevent burial of Christian.

NEW DELHI, April 27 (CDN) — Hindu extremists trying to stop the burial of a convert to Christianity last week in Chhattisgarh state beat a pastor and other Christians, including children and two 60-year-old women who fell unconscious, sources told Compass.


Jaikant Pawar, 31, of Balgal village, Kanker district, died on April 20 en route to a hospital; an asthma sufferer, he had complained of chest pains. When more than 40 Christians at the family’s house were taking his body out for burial, Hindu villagers who had surrounded the house stopped them."

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Kidnapped Swiss Christian Freed Amid Mali’s Unrest

Beatrice Stockly

Kidnapped Swiss Christian Freed Amid Mali’s Unrest: "Rebels release Beatrice Stockly as country forms transitional government.

ISTANBUL, April 27 (CDN) — Separatist Islamist rebels released a Swiss Christian woman kidnapped by a private militia on April 15 amid political turmoil in Timbuktu, Mali, according to a Swiss foreign ministry statement.


Armed members of the militant Islamic group Ansar Dine handed Beatrice Stockly to Swiss diplomats on Tuesday (April 24), Reuters reported.


Before rebels captured Timbuktu on April 1, most Westerners had reportedly left due to fears of being kidnapped and passed on to Al-Qaeda cells. The terrorist group’s North African branch, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), has been holding Westerners for millions of dollars in ransom payments from previous kidnappings in recent years."

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Christian’s Six-Year Sentence Upheld in Egypt

Christian’s Six-Year Sentence Upheld in Egypt: "Copt wrongly convicted of ‘blasphemy,’ inciting sectarian strife, lawyer says.

ISTANBUL, April 27 (CDN) — A judge in Upper Egypt has upheld a six-year prison sentence for a Coptic Christian wrongly convicted of “blasphemy” against Islam and inciting sectarian strife, his lawyer said.


The judge in Assuit on April 5 refused to strike down a Feb. 29 sentence delivered to Makarem Diab, 49, of the town of Abnoub in Assuit Province. The charges stem from an argument that Diab had in February with Abd Al Hameed, a fellow employee at Deer Al Gabrawy Prep School."

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Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Has Escaped House Arrest; Feared in Danger | Womens Rights Without Frontiers

Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Has Escaped House Arrest; Feared in Danger | Womens Rights Without Frontiers: "Leading Chinese activist He Peirong has reported that Chen Guangcheng has escaped house arrest.

Earlier in the day, blind forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng was reported “disappeared,” by a reliable source who contacted Women’s Rights Without Frontiers.  Yaxue Cao, a key Chinese human rights activist who has been advocating on behalf of Chen Guangcheng, told WRWF that she spoke with Chen’s nephew, Chen Kegui.  Kegui’s mother overheard guards saying that Chen Guangcheng had “disappeared” from his home, where he had been under strict house arrest.  Neither villagers nor family members know where he is.  Yaxue Cao posted the recording of her conversation with Chen Kegui here.  http://www.freecgc.blogspot.com/2012/04/blog-post_27.html"

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Bible School, Church Buildings Attacked in Sudan

Bible School, Church Buildings Attacked in Sudan: "Islamist mob inflicts massive damages on Christian compound in Khartoum.

JUBA, South Sudan, April 26 (CDN) — Christians faced increased hostilities in Sudan over the past few weeks, culminating in an attack on a Christian compound in Khartoum by a throng of Muslim extremists armed with clubs, iron rods, a bulldozer and fire.

Breaking down the compound wall with a bulldozer, the assailants on Saturday (April 21) set fire to the Gerief West Bible School and the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) building; they also damaged three other places of worship and other buildings in the same compound, sources told Compass by telephone. Also damaged were a clinic, a home for the elderly, classrooms and living quarters. "

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