India Police Abuse Elderly Pastor In Prison, Rights Group Says
BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly Indian pastor was beaten and abused by local police while serving 20 days in prison on "false" charges of "bribing Hindus to convert," according to Christian rights investigators.
China Expells Hundreds Of South Korean Christians
BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of South Korean Christians, including church leaders, have been expelled from northeastern China within the past year, BosNewsLife learned Sunday, December 10.
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of South Korean Christians, including church leaders, have been expelled from northeastern China within the past year, BosNewsLife learned Sunday, December 10. BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Armed Group Attacks Church; Hostages Freed
By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Rawalpindi, Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani security forces freed hostages held in a church compound by over a dozen armed men and women on Friday, April 2, and detained several suspects, police officials and Christians told BosNewsLife.
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani security forces freed hostages held in a church compound by over a dozen armed men and women on Friday, April 2, and detained several suspects, police officials and Christians told BosNewsLife. Widow Of Murdered Vietnam Christian “Forced” To Hand Over Children
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- There was international concern Monday, May 31, that the widow of a murdered Vietnamese Christian will be forced to give up her children to the Communist-run state, rights activists said.
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- There was international concern Monday, May 31, that the widow of a murdered Vietnamese Christian will be forced to give up her children to the Communist-run state, rights activists said. Laos Christians Facing Expulsion For Faith
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos have told Christians to recant their faith in Christ or face expulsion from their village amid a wider crackdown on churches, a human rights official and friend of the believers told BosNewsLife.
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos have told Christians to recant their faith in Christ or face expulsion from their village amid a wider crackdown on churches, a human rights official and friend of the believers told BosNewsLife.
India Christians Mourn Many Killed In Crash
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in India, who are reportedly facing persecution in several areas of India, were in mourning this Easter after the recent death of at least 16 Christians in a major traffic accident in Meghalaya state in North East India. Over 50 were also injured when a truck carrying them overturned in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya on February 26.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in India, who are reportedly facing persecution in several areas of India, were in mourning this Easter after the recent death of at least 16 Christians in a major traffic accident in Meghalaya state in North East India. Over 50 were also injured when a truck carrying them overturned in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya on February 26. BREAKING NEWS: Shot Swedish Missionary Dies After Pakistan Attack
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife correspondents in Pakistan and Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center
LAHORE/STOCKHOLM (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly Swedish missionary who was shot by a gunman while doing Christian work in Pakistan has died from her wounds, her Swedish church confirmed Thursday, December 13.
LAHORE/STOCKHOLM (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly Swedish missionary who was shot by a gunman while doing Christian work in Pakistan has died from her wounds, her Swedish church confirmed Thursday, December 13. Pakistan Court Threatens To Cancel Bail Of Muslim Hardliners
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court has accepted a petition to cancel bail of 36 Muslims accused of involvement in last year's anti-Christian violence in Lahore city, a major Christian advocacy group confirmed Monday, February 3.
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court has accepted a petition to cancel bail of 36 Muslims accused of involvement in last year's anti-Christian violence in Lahore city, a major Christian advocacy group confirmed Monday, February 3.
Lawyer of Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi Nominated For Rights Award
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BRUSSELS/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Lawyer Saif-ul-Malook, who prevented the execution of a Pakistani Christian woman, has been nominated by...
India Missionaries Injured In Mob Violence
By Rodney Drinnen, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, INDIA (Worthy News)-- Two native missionaries in India were recovering from injuries Sunday, February 1, as they were beaten by an angry mob in the northeastern state of Manipur after showing a film in the life of Jesus, the latest in a series of attacks against evangelists in the Asian nation, co-workers said.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (Worthy News)-- Two native missionaries in India were recovering from injuries Sunday, February 1, as they were beaten by an angry mob in the northeastern state of Manipur after showing a film in the life of Jesus, the latest in a series of attacks against evangelists in the Asian nation, co-workers said. 
