NEWS ALERT: Laos Releases House Church Christians, But Pastor Detained
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos released six Christians who were detained after attending a house church service, but the pastor remained behind bars Tuesday, October 7, and faces torture, an advocacy official said.
BREAKING NEWS: Laos Detains House Church Christians
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor and six other Christians remained detained in southern Laos early Monday, September 29, after security forces raided their house church as part of a wider crackdown on Christianity in the area, supporters told BosNewsLife.
‘Laos Jails Village Church Leader For Not Renouncing Faith’
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of a growing village church in central Laos was behind bars Wednesday, August 22, for refusing to renounce his faith in Jesus Christ, his supporters told BosNewsLife.
BREAKING NEWS: Laos Frees Christian Leaders; Churches Confiscated
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Seven Christian leaders who were detained and tortured for nearly a month in southern Laos have been released, but concerns remain about "the confiscation" of church buildings, an official assisting them told BosNewsLife Friday, January 13.
BREAKING: Seven Lao Christians Released After International Concern
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLige
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Seven Christian men who were detained by security forces in southern Laos for holding an "illegal" church service are free, a day after BosNewsLife news agency published about their plight.
BREAKING NEWS: Lao Christian Pastor Killed For Spreading Faith
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor has been killed in northern Laos by a policeman and four others who opposed his evangelism and church activities, relatives and rights activists say.
Laos Christian Villagers Face Expulsion For Faith
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Christian villagers in southern Laos face expulsion from their homes and death threats Friday, March 21, because they refuse to abandon their faith in Jesus Christ, friends told BosNewsLife.
Laos Christians Pressured To Worship “Local Spirits”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Christian families in a village in Laos have been warned they will lose their homes and remaining live stock unless they abandon Christianity and start worshiping “local spirits” in accordance with Lao traditions, rights investigators said Thursday, July 16.
NEWS ALERT: Laos Detains Thai, Lao Christians For Bible Study
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Lao authorities have jailed four Christians, including two Thai citizens, in northern Laos after they were caught explaining the Bible to at least one Lao man, their supporters told BosNewsLife Saturday.