URGENT BREAKING NEWS: China Releases Elderly Prisoner To See Dying Husband
Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service.
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid mounting international pressure the frail Christian activist Shuang Shuying, 79, was released Sunday, February 8, after spending two years in prison, and went immediately to see her dying husband, Hua Zaichen, 91, in a Beijing hospital, BosNewsLife learned.
Christian Killed In Orissa; More Violence Feared
BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in India's volatile state of Orissa feared more violence Sunday, February 22, after a Christian man was killed and hard-line Hindus forced nearly two dozen Christian families to "convert" to Hinduism, local residents and rights investigators said.
India Police “Refuse” Investigation Into Attempted Murders Of Christians
By BosNewsLife Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and Santosh Digal reporting from the region
DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in India's Punjab state refuse toinvestigate the involvement of Hindu militants in the attempted murders of Christians, according to a report obtained by BosNewsLife Tuesday, March 2.
China House Church Pastor Detained Despite “Insufficient Evidence”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known house church pastor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region remained behind bars Monday, March 9, despite a court ruling saying there was "insufficient evidence" to hold him, Christians said.
Official Condemns Indonesia’s Ban on Bible App
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
JAKARTA, INDONEDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A senior Indonesian expert has condemned authorities for removing a mobile phone application that...
Indonesia Easter After Church Suicide Attack Injures 20
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indonesian Christians faced a tense Easter after President Joko Widodo pledged...
Indonesia Islamists Breakup House Church Meeting
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indonesia's hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) group broke up a house church meeting in...
Sri Lanka Pentecostals Face Harassment and Detentions
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- A Pentecostal congregation in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province has been told to...
EU Concerns Mount Over Abducted Bangladesh Pastor and Daughter (BosNewsLife Investigation)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
DHAKA/BRUSSELS (BosNewsLife)-- Concerns are mounting over the whereabouts of a Rohingya Christian pastor and his teenage daughter,...
Aid Workers: ‘Christians Lost Everything In Bangladesh Fire’
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Persecuted Christian families “lost everything” when a fire raged through a refugee camp...