UPDATES
An Update on Andrew Brunson, in prison in Turkey
Our American brother Andrew Brunson (right) is still behind bars in Turkey – a year after he was arrested – yet his faith remains strong. He faces four life sentences based on allegations that he was involved in the plot to overthrow the Turkish Government last year....
Yklas Kabduakasov Released!
Yklas Kabduakasov Released! Christian prisoner of faith Yklas Kabduakasov was released from prison on Oct. 2, 2017. The 56-year-old convert from Islam was arrested on Aug. 14, 2015 and sent to a labour camp for “inciting religious hatred.” He returns home to his wife,...
Pastor Kholmatov’s Sentence Upheld – Aug. 2017
On Aug. 18, the Sogd Regional Court upheld the three-year prison sentence given to Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov of Sunmin Sunbogym Church. Pastor Kholmatov was punished for “singing extremist songs in church and so inciting 'religious hatred’”. After his arrest, he was...
New prisoner: Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov | Tajikistan
Source: PrisonerAlert Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov, who was detained by police in April 2017, was sentenced in July to three years in prison. The 42-year-old pastor also known as Bakhrom Holmatov, was arrested on April 10 after KNB officers raided the Sonmin Sonbogym...
KAZAKHSTAN: Effectiveness of Letter-Writing Ministry
Source: VOM USA Yklas Kabduakasov (left) and Yuri Pak Photos: VOM USA Following his release from a Kazakh prison on June 17th, Yuri Pak’s family shared how the many letters that were sent to him and fellow prisoner of faith, Yklas Kabduakasov changed the quality of...
Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim Released!
This is great news... North Korea frees Canadian church leader ‘on sick bail’ - Hyeun-soo Lim, the Korean Canadian church leader sentenced to life in prison with hard labour, has been freed today “on sick bail”, says a North Korean state news agency. Convicted in...
Write to a prisoner’s family: Kim Kuk-gi in North Korea
Source: Release International One of two South Korean men detained late last year by the North Korean government on charges of espionage is Presbyterian pastor, Kim Kuk-gi, who has dedicated much of the past 13 years to helping North Korean defectors in China. On...
Zhang Xiuhong Released
Authorities released Zhang Xiuhong, Huoshi Church’s accountant and chairwoman of the board of deacons, after holding her in prison for more than two years on a falsified “illegal business operations” charge. Originally, she received a five-year sentence, but after she...
Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh Released, family allowed to leave Vietnam
The Vietnamese government released Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh from prison on July 28, and allowed him, his wife Tran Thi Hong and their five children to leave the country. Pastor Chinh had been serving an 11-year sentence for 'undermining national unity' under Article...
Iranian Christian Maryam Naghash Zargaran released!
Thank you for your prayers for Maryam Naghash Zargaran, an Iranian convert to Christianity, who, we are delighted to report, was released from prison on Wednesday (NZ time). Maryam has served a four-year sentence in the women’s ward of Evin Prison in Tehran. She was...
Amin Released!
Three weeks after being sentenced to 15 years in prison, Amin Afshar Naderi has been freed on bail. Immediately after receiving his sentence, Amin began a 21 day hunger strike. During that time, his health deteriorated. On July 25, he was granted bail. Pray that Amin...
New profile: Nguyen Van Dai, in Vietnam
Nguyen Van Dai, a Protestant Church leader and lawyer, was arrested at his home in Hanoi on the morning of December 6, 2015. According to his wife, he was on his way to meet representatives of the EU to discuss human rights issues in his home country of Vietnam. Dai...
Jailed Iranian Christian asks authorities: ‘Why do you hate me?’
Read the full update at World Watch Monitor - https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2017/07/jailed-iranian-christian-asks-authorities-hate/
Update: Alimujiang Yimiti’s wife’s letter to churches
(source: China Aid) The wife of imprisoned Uyghur house church leader and China 18 member Alimujiang Yimiti thanked the international community for the support of her husband’s case and the couple’s family through a video. The video, which was recorded approximately...
Update on Alimujiang Yimiti – Wife: Pray for Husband, Kids, Church – June 2014
A VOM worker recently visited Alimujiang’s wife. Gulinuer and her two children are only allowed to visit Alimujiang for 15 minutes every three months. She told VOM that her husband has lost a lot of weight and looks pale, but he is doing well spiritually. She said he...
Yuri Pak – UPDATE – Yuri Pak Released from Prison – June 2017
Yuri Pak - UPDATE - Yuri Pak Released from Prison - June 2017 Praise the Lord that teacher Yuri Pak was released from prison Saturday, June 17, 2017. He was able to attend the graduation ceremony of several of his students taht same weekend. His wife, Olga, wrote to...
Rev. Hassan – Released!
Rev. Hassan Abduraheem | Sudan - RELEASED! We are praising God today for the release of Rev. Hassan Abduraheem Kodi Taour (pictured far right), and Abdulmonem Abdumawla from prison in Sudan. The two Sudanese nationals were arrested in December 2015 along with Petr...