China Police Detain Over A Dozen House Christians
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese police have detained 16 more members of Beijing's largest 'house' church and placed others under house arrest, Christians said Tuesday, June 21. Two were reportedly held in protective custody while the rest were sent to 10 different police stations; most were released by Sunday morning.

‘China Removes Church Crosses In Crackdown’; 5 Injured
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces violently removed two more church crosses in China's eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, injuring five senior church members, as part of a wider crackdown in the region, rights activists say.

Church Bombings in Indonesia Kill 13, Dozens Injured
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- The Islamic State group claims its fighters have bombed three churches in the capital of Indonesia's East Java province during services on Sunday, May 13, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more.

China Releases Pastor But Detains Rights Lawyer
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A Chinese pastor was free Saturday, May 8, after being released early from a labor camp, but authorities apparently detained again another Christian and well-known human rights lawyer.

BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Militants Kill ‘Blasphemy’ Lawyer’; Christians Fear Attacks
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists feared for their lives Thursday, May 8, after officials confirmed that gunmen posing as clients shot dead a prominent human rights lawyer defending a professor accused of blasphemy against Islam.

Christian Father Killed In India For Faith In Christ

Indian Christians Rally Against Planned Execution Of Pakistan Christian
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Indian Christians have demonstrated at the border with neighboring Pakistan against the death sentence given to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi on charges of committing blasphemy against Islam, The Times of India news paper reported Saturday, February 19.

Pakistan Christians Threatened After Mourning Suicide Attack Victims; Pastor Detained
By BosNewsLife Asia Service reporting from Pakistan
PESHAWAR/LAHORE (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani Christian family was hiding Sunday, October 13, after allegedly receiving death threats for protesting against twin suicide attacks at a historic church in the violence-plagued city of Peshawar, in which their friends were killed. As many as 171 people died and some 150 people were injured in the September blasts at Peshawar's All Saints Church, church officials said,
