UPDATES
Nguyen Van Dai – Released!
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...
RELEASED – Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot
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 care.
Advocacy For Prisoners In Vietnam
Ro Mah Pro Ro Mah Pro (64), was arrested in August 2010. He is a Hmong Christian from the Gia Lai province. He was charged under Article 87 for ‘undermining the unity policy’ of the 1999 Penal Code, and sentenced to nine years imprisonment, with three years’ house...
Write on behalf of the Christian former-Governor of Indonesia
On May 9 2017, former Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known affectionately by his Chinese nickname as "Ahok", was imprisoned for blasphemy in a politically-motivated campaign, and sentenced to two years in prison. Write to the Indonesian...
Vietnam – Nguyen Van Dai Update
On April 5, 2018, Nguyen Van Dai, was sentenced at a court in Hanoi, Vietnam, to 15 years imprisonment and 5 years probation under house arrest, on charges of "attempting to overthrow the government", under Article 79 of Vietnam's Penal Code. Five of Dai's colleagues...
Hadi Asgari Released!
Hadi Asgari was released on April 11 from Evin Prison. Previously, he was refused bail, but a judge reconsidered and he was set free on conditional release after posting bail. Believers in Iran are asking for prayer for Hadi as he recovers from 19 months spent in...
Write to Mussie Eyob in Eritrea
https://prisonersoffaith.vom.org.nz/project/mussie-eyob-eritrea/
Prisoner Update: Nguyen Van Dai – Vietnam
After being detained for over two years without charges, Christian lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, has finally been given a trial date. He is charged under Article 79 for alleged 'subversive activities', and will be tried by the People's Court of Hanoi on April 5. In January,...
Evangelist jailed in Indonesia
Abraham Ben Moses, also known as Saifuddin Ibrahim, is a well-known former Muslim and Christian apologist in Indonesia. He was active in Internet evangelism and debates with Muslim groups. Abraham, 53, was arrested on Dec. 5, 2017, after a video showing him sharing...
New Vietnamese prisoners of faith to write to
Jonh Jonh (66) is a Hmong Christian. He was arrested in May 2012, and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment in May 2013. He was convicted under Article 87 of the 1999 Penal Code for 'undermining the unity policy'. Jonh was last reported detained in Gia Lai province....
Write to Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot, arrested in Eritrea
Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot, senior pastor of the Kale Hiwot (Word of Life) Church became the first senior Eritrean church leader to be imprisoned for his Christian activities in 2003. At that time, he spent a few weeks in prison. In January 2005 while participating in...
Gao Zhisheng update – February 2018
Update 2018 In November 2017, RFA reported that a brief audio clip was published by The Gao Zhisheng Lawyers’ Group, of Gao talking about the conditions he is being held in. According to the report, Gao has a number of illnesses. For example, his teeth have all...
Free Gao Zhisheng
Courtesy China Aid The Chinese government’s persecution of human rights defense lawyer and Christian Gao Zhisheng began in 2005, when the Beijing Judicial Bureau revoked his law license and ordered his practice to shut down. In December 2006, Gao was convicted of...
Write to A Hyum in Vietnam
Source: Freedom House, Amnesty International 78-year-old Hmong Christian, A Hyum (also known as Ba Kol) was arrested in April 2012, on charges of ‘undermining the unity policy’, under Article 87 of the 1999 Penal Code. He was sentenced in May 2013 to eight years...
Advocate for an Advocate: Gao Zhisheng
Gao Zhisheng is a Christian human rights lawyer who has spoken up in the defence of other Christians and minority groups in China. Because of his work, he has had his legal practice shut down, and has faced arrest, torture, and long stretches of time in prison. Gao is...
Write to the Vietnamese Embassy on behalf of these prisoners of faith
A. Tach A. Tach is a Hmong Christian from the Kon Tum Province. He was arrested in April 2012 for exercising his right to freedom of religious expression. He was tried in May 2013 and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment, under Article 87 of the 1999 Penal Code, for...
Asia Bibi – Pakistan update
VOM staff spoke with Asia Bibi's lawyer this week, and he reported that she is healthy and in good spirits in the Multan jail. She's alone in the prison, and a female prison guard is with her at all times, both to keep watch over her and to provide security for her....
What is Christmas Like for Persecuted Christians?
What is Christmas like for Christians living in hostile or restricted nations? Usually, it’s very much different to the celebrations we are accustomed to as followers of Christ here in New Zealand! The Christmas season can be a time of intense and...
New prisoner profile: Twen in Eritrea
Those who have read the story of Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane in her book, Song of the Nightingale, will be familiar with Helen’s fellow prisoner and close friend, “Esther”. Esther’s real name is Twen, and she was imprisoned in the same shipping container as...
Pray for Yklas Kabduakasov, Recently Released from Prison
Yklas Kabduakasov, a Christian convert from Islam, was released from prison on Oct. 2 after spending more than two years in detention for “inciting religious hatred.” He was arrested on Aug. 14, 2015, and spent time in pre-trial detention, under house arrest...