BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Policeman Kills Jailed Pastor Accused Of Blasphemy; Briton Injured
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani policeman shot to death a jailed Christian pastor accused of blasphemy against Islam, while injuring a British man, activists and officials confirmed.
Group: ‘Burmese Troops Gang Rape Woman In Church’
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burmese troops gang raped and tortured a grandmother in a church in the latest reported case of abuse by Burma's military against the predominantly Christian Kachin minority, Christian rights activists said Monday, May 21.
Burma Christian Women Killed For Preaching Christ
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
YANGON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Two young women have been raped and killed in Burma because of their Christian work in a Buddhist village, Christian activists said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Saturday, February 21.
Religious Leaders End Protest Over Woman Sentenced For Blasphemy in Indonesia
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent reporting from Jakarta, Indonesia
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Religious leaders in Indonesia's North Sumatra province have reportedly agreed to stop protesting the prison term given to a local Buddhist woman for allegedly insulting Islam. Meiliana, a 44-year-old ethnic Chinese woman, had complained the Muslim call to prayer, repeated five times a day, was being played too loudly at the mosque near her house in the port town of Tanjung Balai in North Sumatra.
BREAKING NEWS: China Topples Cross From Church In Massive Crackdown
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces took down a church's cross in eastern China early Monday, July 28, as part of a government crackdown on church buildings in a coastal region where thousands of people are embracing Christianity, Christians said.
China Briefly Detains Influential House Pastor
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential Chinese house church pastor was briefly detained in southern China shortly after authorities evicted his congregation from a hotel, his church and rights investigators said Friday, August 13.
India Hindu Militants Crackdown On Evangelical Meetings; Pastors Detained
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
CHHATTISGARH, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in India's central state of Chhattisgarh urged the government on Sunday, March 3, to provide protection to churches after Hindu militants broke up evangelical meetings and local police detained four pastors.
Dutch Queen In Brunei Amid “Christian Persecution”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (BosNewsLife)-- Dutch Queen Beatrix has begun a two-day visit to Brunei, focusing on expanding economic relations despite concerns about the reported increased persecution of minority Christians in the gas and oil rich Islamic mini-state.
Kazakhstan Baptists Refuse Fines For ‘Illegal’ Worship
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A devoted Baptist church member in Kazakhstan can't leave the country and may lose his garage because he refuses to pay fines for attending a worship meeting without state permission, BosNewsLife learned Friday, January 12.
China Returns Cross To Evangelical Church
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical church in China says it has received back a cross and other...