BREAKING NEWS: Prominent Pakistan Christian Activist Survives Shooting

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife sardar ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Christian rights lawyer in Pakistan says has survived another apparent assassination attempt by suspected Islamic militants. Sardar Mushtaq Gill told BosNewsLife that attackers began shooting around his home late Saturday, August 9, at 22.40 p.m. local time, while his younger brother and two other men were standing in the front door.

NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Christian Has Heart Attack Around Death Sentence Appeal

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service PAKISTAN_(F)_0502_-_BlasphemyISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian father of four who was sentenced to death in Pakistan for "blasphemy against Islam" has been rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack, his friends said Thursday, January 10.  

BREAKING NEWS: Suicide Attack On Pakistan Church; Dozens Killed (Update 2)

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(CHANGING DEATH TOLL, CHANGING DATELINE AND BYLINE, ADDS MORE INFO AND REACTIONS) By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Xavier P. William reporting from Peshawar, Pakistan bkastPESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A suicide bomb attack rocked a historic church in northwest Pakistan Sunday, September 22, killing as many as 85 people and injuring more than 140 following several other anti-Christian incidents in this heavily Islamic nation.

NEWS ALERT: Crackdown on Churches “Spreading” in Southern Laos

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- A government crackdown on churches in southern Laos is spreading to a new district with the brief detention of two "prominent pastors" for alleged unauthorized worship and their involvement in evangelism and an order take down crosses, representatives told BosNewsLife Monday.

China Police Crackdown On Christians In Henan Province

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos Pastor was released but there remains international concern over detained Christians in China. BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists have condemned Chinese police and government agencies for reportedly attacking church members, lawyers and Christians in central China, where they visited the family of detained Protestant Pastor Zhang Shaojie.

Report: Burma Army Attacks Church, Christian Conference

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burma's military ransacked a Baptist church and broke up a Christian conference of the predominantly Christian Chin community in the latest confrontation between government forces and ethnic minorities, Christian investigators told BosNewsLife Monday, March 26.  

Pakistan Christian Refugees Persecuted In Thailand (COLUMN)

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By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist CHRISTIANSINTHAILANDBANGKOK, THAILAND (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Outrage is building over the treatment of Pakistani Christian refugees in Bangkok. Nearly two months after my my initial BosNewsLife column on this forgotten tragedy, the BBC network has aired a documentary about their plight.

Pakistan Woman Abducted; ‘Blasphemy’ Pastor Denied Bail

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By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-– A Christian young woman who was forced to marry a Muslim man remained abducted in southern Pakistan Monday, November 5, while a pastor was told he would remain behind bars on charges of "blasphemy" in the latest incidents that have shaken the Islamic nation's Christian minority, trials observers said.

NEWS ALERT: Laos Tortures, Fines, Church Leaders For ‘Violating Customs’

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos have fined seven regional church leaders for "violating local customs and beliefs" after torturing them for some two weeks, Christian rights activists told BosNewsLife Friday, December 30.

Vietnam Pastors Receive Long Prison Terms; Elderly Christian Tortured

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists asked Vietnam Monday, November 29, to release pastors who received long prison terms on charges of “undermining national unity."