Asia/Pacific

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Four church leaders and another Christian detained in southern Laos have been charged with "murder" because they prayed for a woman who embraced Christianity shortly before she died, a well-informed source told BosNewsLife Thursday, June 26.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos have detained four church leaders and another believer for organizing a Christian funeral service as part of a crackdown on Christianity in the area, rights activists told BosNewsLife Tuesday, June 24.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in eastern India was investigating Saturday, June 21, why a Tibetan couple was hacked to death after converting to Christianity.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI/KABUL (BosNewsLife)-- Afghan security forces have detained three members of the Islamic Taliban group for their alleged involvement in kidnapping an Indian Jesuit priest working in western Herat province, officials said Thursday, June 5.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Five Christian families have been freed after being held for more than two decades as slaves in a Muslim-run brick kiln in eastern Pakistan, Christian officials involved in the rescue operation told BosNewsLife

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI (BosNewsLife)-- Brunei's devoted Christians face a potential crackdown after the sultan introduced harsh Islamic punishments, including flogging and stoning to death, but Western nations appear reluctant to intervene. It is not clear when and if the law will impact commercial relations with key trading partners Netherlands and Britain, despite concerns raised within the United Nations.

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.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in southern China were left with a pile of rubble Wednesday, April 30, after local authorities demolished their church building, Christians said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Impoverished Christian villagers in eastern Pakistan were awaiting justice Monday, April 28, after a Christian farm worker was reportedly nearly beaten to death by his Muslim landlord for observing the Easter holiday.

By BosNewsLife News Center KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Afghan Christian were mourning Sunday, April 27, three Americans who were shot and killed at a Kabul hospital funded by an American Christian charity.