by Barbi Larkins | Apr 13, 2022 | Iran, Released, Updates
Reeza Zaeemi Released – August 8, 2021 Reeza Zaeemi was released from prison on August 8, 2021, on condition, ‘he wears an electronic tag for the remainder of his nine month sentence’. He is banned from leaving Iran for two years following the completion...
by Barbi Larkins | Mar 26, 2022 | Released, Updates, Yang Hua
Pastor Yang Hua returned to his home in Guizhou province after completing a two-and-a half year jail term. Leading up to his trial, prosecutors tortured him multiple times in an effort to extract a confession. While in prison, Yang contracted vasculitis and had to be...
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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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...
by VOM NZ | May 6, 2019 | Abraham Ben Moses, Released, Updates
We are delighted to report that Abraham Ben Moses, also known as Saifuddin Ibrahim, a well-known former Muslim and Christian apologist in Indonesia, has been released from prison. Abraham, who was active in Internet evangelism and debates with Muslim groups, was...
by VOM NZ | Jan 31, 2019 | Released, Updates
Former Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, has been set free after serving nearly two years in prison for ‘blasphemy’, according to CBN News. He said he doesn’t regret his imprisonment, saying, “If we could go back in time...
by VOM NZ | Oct 22, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Released, Updates
Christians in Turkey and around the world are praising God for the release of Andrew Brunson from Turkish captivity. While the charges were not dropped, the court ruled on October 12th that he should be released for good behaviour and time served. He was allowed to...
by VOM NZ | Jul 9, 2018 | Released, Updates
Lacheng Ren Released On Bail VOM contacts heard Lacheng Ren was released on bail in early 2017. However, “he rarely communicates with anyone due to severe restraint and his hurt.” Please continue to pray for...
by VOM NZ | Jul 2, 2018 | Released, Updates, Yang Hua
Imprisoned pastor Yang Hua has returned to his home in Guizhou province on June 19th after suffering mistreatment during his two-and-a-half-year jail term. Yang was first imprisoned on December 9th, 2015, after police raided Living Stone Church. He was charged with...
by VOM NZ | Jun 14, 2018 | Nguyen Van Dai, Released, Updates
Protestant church leader and lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, and a fellow member of the Brotherhood for Democracy were released from prison on June 7. and immediately put on a plane from Hanoi for Germany, according to members of his banned group and an exile pro-democracy...
by VOM NZ | Jun 6, 2018 | Oqbamichel Haiminot, Released, Updates
Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot Released – May 2018 VOM has just received confirmation that Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot (also spelled Okbamichael) has been released. VOM contacts say he is in need of medical...
