China Releasing Christian Rights Activist
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A Chinese Christian has been released after completing a two-and-a-half year sentence on charges linked to her human rights work, but concerns remain over an illness left untreated during her imprisonment, Christian activists confirmed Wednesday, October 9.

China Christian Peng Ming In Poor Health After 9 Years Imprisonment
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's Christian "prisoner-of-conscience" Peng Ming spent another day behind bars Tuesday, July 2, despite mounting concerns about his health after nine tortuous years in captivity, his Chinese friend and former house church pastor told BosNewsLife.

Persecution Christians Seen Rising In Islamic Nations
By BosNewsLife News Center with reports from Africa and Asia
JAKARTA/ABUJA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea leads a list of nations where "Christians face the most severe persecution", but "Muslim-majority" countries represent nine of the top 10 amid spreading Islamic extremism around the world, a major Christian watchdog said in comments obtained by BosNewsLife Thursday, January 5.

Chinese Lawyer, Husband, Receive Long Prison Terms
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese human rights lawyer Ni Yulan was spending Friday April 20 in prison as she was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail, Christian trial observers told BosNewsLife.

BREAKING NEWS: China Detains 16 Christians In Henan Province
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A group of Chinese house church Christians, including key leaders, remained detained in China's Henan province Tuesday May 5, after security forces raided a house church in Xinye city, rights investigators told BosNewsLife.

Yes, The News Is Good (COLUMN)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- As Christians celebrate the risen Christ it is a period to remember that the news is good, not bad. The victory is won, the strongholds have been defeated. So at a time when the news media seem to be relaying little but relentless disaster, it is worth looking instead at some good news.

China Releases US Preacher; Local Christians Receive Prison Terms
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Well-known American church leader Dennis Balcombe was back at his evangelical church in Hong Kong Sunday, April 28, following a turbulent week in mainland China where he was held by police after a raid on a house church gathering.

China Urged To Release “Tortured” Rights Lawyer And Other Christians
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- As Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the United States ended Friday, January 21, Chinese Christians and rights activists urged China to release jailed Christians, including a prominent human rights lawyer who defended house churches and other religious groups.