Archive

NEW DELHI/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- A court in India has cleared an Indian church leader of rape and "forced abortion" charges more than two years after he was "falsely accused" and eventually sentenced to prison, Christians involved in the case said Friday, September 14.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Influential Christian groups will hold a major rally to protest against "the alarming increase" of persecution of Christians in the Indian state of Karnataka, a key organizer told BosNewsLife Thursday, September 13.

STRASBOURG/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Europe's leading human rights body continued preparations Wednesday, September 12, for a campaign against anti-Semitism amid concerns about an increase of anti-Jewish attacks and sentiments in several European countries.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Several Degar Montagnard House Church Christians in Vietnam's Central Highlands remained detained Tuesday, September 11, for refusing to abandon their faith, and authorities denied Christian villagers access to local wells, investigators and missionaries said.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Americans on Tuesday began marking the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks with prayers and other ceremonies, while the alleged mastermind behind the violence released a videotape praising one of the suicide hijackers attacking the United States, and urging supporters to join "the caravan of martyrs."

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (BosNewsLife)-- America's top military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, said Monday, September 10, that the US troop surge in Iraq "is working" while key Christian leaders warned Congress that an early withdrawal would mean a massacre of Iraqi Christians.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian educational institutions in the Indian state of Karnataka on Monday, September 10, feared more visits from the secret service and security forces for allegedly hosting groups with links to violent Communists, a top human rights official confirmed to BosNewsLife.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known Chinese house church leader was believed to be behind bars Sunday, September 9, after he was detained by Chinese security forces and allegedly beaten for receiving three tons of Bibles from South Korean churches, fellow believers said.

HAVANA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Jose Luis Garcia Paneque, a well-known Catholic doctor who is serving a 24-year jail sentence for his involvement in Cuba's human rights movement, recovered of injuries Sunday, September 9, following an attack in his maximum-security prison, family and Cuban rights activists told BosNewsLife.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Hungarians marched through central Budapest on Saturday, September 8, to protest against the most dramatic austerity measures since the collapse of Communism, which forced the closure of schools and hospitals, including some run by churches.