• Oppression of Christians in Sudan Continue Unrestrained: Two More Church Leaders Arrested

  Sudan released one of the two Christian church leaders the government has arrested and jailed since December without charges.

  

• Baptist Christian Missionary Surgeon To Bangladesh Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse Against Four Women and 18 Children

  A missionary surgeon was convicted of sexually abusing four women and 18 minors during his 28-year mission in Bangladesh from 1961 to 1989.

  

• China Moves to Stamp Out Poverty That Represents Five Percent of Its Total Population By 2020

  People in poverty line or those earning 2,300 yuan ($362) or less a year in China make up 5 percent of its nearly 1.4 billion population, and the government wants poverty eliminated by 2020.

  

• Husband of Charity Worker Arrested in Iran Pleads For Safe Return of His Wife and One-Year-Old Daughter

  Iran detained a worker of a charity institution in the United Kingdom for "national security reasons", but since the April 3 arrest, it has not filed a complaint against her.

  

• Tunisian Female Red Cross Worker Kidnapped by Militiamen In Yemen; No Clues Yet on Abductors and Their Motive

  A band of armed men abducted a Tunisian national who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen.