Kabul, Afghanistan -- Afghan prosecutors announced Wednesday that a young rape victim, jailed for adultery after reporting the crime and pushed into marrying her attacker, would have her sentence reduced from twelve to three years. The prosecutor said she would, for now, remain in jail -- with her child -- for not reporting her attack fast enough.  read more »

We are coming to you with an urgent request for prayer. Some of you may have heard of the upcoming case of Saeeid Musa in Kabul, Afghanistan. This dear brother has been illegally detained for over six months and now faces an unjust trial this very Sunday.He has been beaten, abused, and threatened with death for holding to his Christian faith. The Afghan government will try him in a Shari'a court Sunday November 21, with no legal representation. In a letter to the churches of the world Said, said that when potential lawyers find out he is a Christian they spit on him and refuse to help. The full letter is below.

It fills us with great sorrow that after all the lives that have been spent in Afghanistan that this injustice can go on in the public square.

GCIC joins Jubilee Campaign urge you to pray that the Sunday November 21 court hearing be postponed and that the Afghan government ultimately acquits our brother Saeeid Musa. Pray that a lawyer will step up to represent him. Pray that President Karzai releases him.
(Transcript of Saeeid Musa's handwritten letter  read more »

WHEN ALI Mirzia visited India for the first time, he came as an Afghan contestant at the Asian Kickboxing Championship in Mumbai. He left as the welter-weight gold medallist. He was back in 2008, this time as a refugee, escaping religious oppression. Ali is an Afghan Christian. He converted to Christianity in his native country, the hotbed of Islamic intolerance.  read more »

An Open Letter from the Afghan Christian Community to the Body of Christ Worldwide:
AN URGENT PLEA FOR HELP & INTERVENTION!
We need your help to stop the Afghan government from arresting Afghan Christians and condemning them to death by public execution!  read more »