Somaliland: Christians arrested for spreading Christianity

Somaliland: Christians arrested for spreading Christianity

On 21 January, police in Hargeisa, Somaliland arrested Mohamed and Hamdi and their new born baby. The same day an Ethiopian woman, Aster, was taken into custody. Police searched Mohammed and Hamdi’s house the following day. Besides confiscating material belonging to...
Iran: Ebrahim Firouzi imprisoned after exposing harassment

Iran: Ebrahim Firouzi imprisoned after exposing harassment

Iranian Christians request prayer for  convert Ebrahim Firouzi who has been arrested after publicizing continual harassment from Iranian intelligence (MOIS). On 6 February Ebrahim released a series of six videos detailing harassment by MOIS including an informant...
Turkey: Upcoming hearing for pastor facing deportation

Turkey: Upcoming hearing for pastor facing deportation

Pastor Michael Feulner of Yalova Lighthouse Church requests prayer for an upcoming court hearing contesting a security designation that would effectively ban him from the country. Michael, a German citizen, came to Turkey as a relief worker following the 1999...
Algeria: Christian Convicted of  Blasphemy

Algeria: Christian Convicted of Blasphemy

Algerian Christians request prayer for a believer from a Muslim background convicted of blasphemy. On 21 January a court in Erzwe – Oran, sentenced him to five-years imprisonment. The Christian (43) is married with four children (ages 6, 4, 3 years and...
Iran: Christian converts interrogated and pressured

Iran: Christian converts interrogated and pressured

Iranian Christians request prayer as many Christian converts are being summoned to intelligence offices and put under pressure to abstain from Christian fellowship. Since the end of January, Iranian intelligence officials in Karaj have summoned about a dozen Christian...
Iran: Prison sentences against Christian converts upheld

Iran: Prison sentences against Christian converts upheld

Iranian Christians request prayer after the one-year prison sentences of three Christian converts were upheld on appeal. Brothers Sam and Sasan Khosravi, their wives Maryam and Marjan Falahi, Habib Heydari, Pooriya Peyma and his wife Fatemeh Talebi were arrested in...