by VOM NZ | Aug 7, 2021 | Updates, Wang Yi
Authorities have placed Jiang Rong, the wife of Pastor Wang Yi, under house arrest. Jiang had previously been freed on bail. Although Jiang was released on bail, she has now been barred from interacting with family, friends and church members. When officials arrested...
by VOM NZ | Jul 7, 2021 | Naser Gol-Tapeh, Updates
July 2021 Christian prisoner of conscience Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh has been told his request for conditional release has been rejected. The news comes as a bitter blow to the Christian convert, who turns 60 in August, having been regularly assured by prison...
by VOM NZ | Jun 11, 2021 | Iran, Kamal Naamanian, Released, Updates
Naamanian was included in the group of 85,000 prisoners that Iran temporarily released in efforts to reduce the threat of COVID-19 spreading in detention centres on 17 March 2020. The 5 year sentence officially began on 2 June...
by VOM NZ | Jun 11, 2021 | Naser Gol-Tapeh, Updates
August 2020 In early August, Naser developed symptoms of Covid-19. Despite being ill with fever, the only medical care he received was a few painkillers, and he was not tested. Naser is being held in Evin prison’s overcrowded Ward 8, where twelve out of seventeen...
by VOM NZ | Jun 11, 2021 | Ebrahim Firouzi, Released, Updates
27 September 2020 Ebrahim was summoned to appear before the prosecutor in Rask, near Sarbaz, to answer fresh charges of “insulting the sacred” and “propaganda against the state through promoting the Christian faith”. After listening to Ebrahim for just ten minutes,...
by VOM NZ | Jun 7, 2021 | Updates, Wang Yi
June 2021 Though Chengdu prison officials have stated that Wang Yi is doing well in prison, a secret source says that’s not true. According to the source, prison authorities are holding Pastor Wang Yi in ‘closed’ imprisonment. He is not allowed to...
by VOM NZ | May 8, 2021 | Wang Yi
Authorities have placed Jiang Rong, the wife of Pastor Wang Yi, under house arrest. Jiang had previously been freed on bail. Although Jiang was released on bail, she has now been barred from interacting with family, friends and church members. When officials arrested...
by VOM NZ | May 8, 2021 | Updates
Jamaa Bakrim was due to be released from Prison Centrale, in Kenitra, South Morocco in December 2020, but remains in prison. In 2005, Jamaa was sentenced to 15 years in prison for setting fire to two unused wooden electricity poles, because they had been out of use...
by VOM NZ | Apr 7, 2021 | Iran, Released, Updates
On September 5, 2019 Fatemeh Bakhteri was charged with ‘propaganda against the system’, and sentenced to one years imprisonment, followed by two-years deprivation of all social activities, membership in political and social groups and associations with...
by VOM NZ | Mar 18, 2021 | Updates, Zhang Shaojie
Zhang Shaojie was transferred to another prison in January 2021. According to an official letter received by his sister, Zhang Shaojie will spend the next two months in “concentrated education” at the Zhengzhou City prison. After the initial two-month period,...
by VOM NZ | Mar 18, 2021 | John Cao
A Visit from His Mother – August 2020 Pastor John Cao was able to meet with his mother a few days ago. Because of the pandemic, his mother was only able to see him via video link, but she said John looks fine. He told her he prays daily for his brothers and...
by VOM NZ | Mar 11, 2021 | Released, Updates
Source: Prisoner Alert On 27 May 2015, Zhao was sentenced to four years in prison under the charge of “using a cult organization to undermine law...
by VOM NZ | Mar 11, 2021 | Released, Updates
On 27 May 2015, Cheng was sentenced to three years in prison under the charge of “using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement.” According to Prisoner Release, Cheng has now been...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Eritrea, Released, Twen | Eritrea, Updates
According to a recent report from Church in Chains, Twen Theodoros was released in late 2020. Twen has been in prison since 2005. Helen Berhane writes of her friendship with Twen in her autobiography, Song of the Nightingale. As they suffered together in the same...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Eritrea, Released, Updates
According to a recent report from Church in Chains, at least 83 Christians have been released since late January (2021), including Mussie Eyob. Some of those released had been held in captivity for more than ten years, often under horrific conditions. Mussie has been...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Released, Updates
Pastor A Dao, who is the leader of the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ, has been released from prison after serving four years of his five-year prison sentence. He advocated for religious freedom for his fellow church members in the Central Highlands and...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Iran, Released, Updates
Mahrokh Roksare Kanbari was released temporarily on March 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having provided security of 30 million tomans ($2,000). On April 2, prison authorities informed Mahrokh that she was no longer required to return to prison. It is expected that...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Imran Ghafur, Pakistan, Released, Updates
The Lahore High Court has acquitted Imran Ghafur Masih, a Christian sentenced to life in prison under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. According to Imran’s family they have moved into hiding following the acquittal due to potential threats from extremists. On 15...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Iran, Updates
On June 22, 2020, Yousef Nadarkhani’s sentence was reduced to six years. Further areas for appeal are also being...
by VOM NZ | Feb 4, 2020 | Bakhrom Kholmatov, Released, Updates
In a wonderful Christmas gift for his family, Bakhrom Kholmatov was freed early from prison on Wednesday, Dec. 18, three months earlier than his original release date. Praise God, and pray for the family as they reunite. (Source: Prisoner...
