• U.S. State Department Released Annual Religious Freedom Report; China Denounced as Groundless

  The U.S. Department of State released its seventh annual International Religious Freedom Report which identifies the status of religious freedom around the world.

• Five Men Arrested for Beheading of Christian Girls in Indonesia; Two More Christian Girls Shot

  The police identified and arrested five suspects in connection to the gruesome crime committed on October 29th in which three Christian girls were beheaded on their way to Christian school and another

• Texas, California and Maine Battled on Controversial Rights Issues at the Ballots

  Texas approved the marriage amendment on Tuesday. However, proposition for parental notification on abortion in California lost and Maine defeated a proposal to overturn its new gay rights law.

• Beijing House Church Leader Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

  On Tuesday, Beijing court sentenced house church leader Pastor Cai Zhuohua to three years in prison for illegally printing Bibles and Christian literatures.

• Six Chinese House Church Leader Arrested in Henan

  At 10am in the morning, eight police officials from the Public Security Bureau and Religious Affair Bureau raided a congregation of 100 believers during congregation for illegal religious gathering.