Asia/Pacific

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from India NEW DELHI/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of mourners have braved heavy rain to attend the burial of controversial Indian evangelist Peramangalam Porinju Job, who became a global voice for persecuted Christians in Muslim and Communist nations, a Catholic news agency reported Wednesday, August 29.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An influential Christian party in Pakistan has demanded the immediate arrest of five Muslim men who it said "gang-raped and murdered" a 12-year-old Christian girl, at a time of mounting religious tensions in this heavily Islamic nation.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Lao authorities have released four Christians, including two Thai citizens, who were detained in June after being caught explaining the Bible to at least one Lao man, rights activists confirmed late Friday, August 24.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- One of the "most significant leaders" in China's Christian history, Sun Yi-yin, also known 'Freddie Sun', has died of cancer at the age of 76, his colleague said Thursday, August 23.

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.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Muslims torched Christian homes and "destroyed" a church in a slum area of Islamabad while suspected militants shot at another church outside Pakistan's capital, after the jailing of a mentally handicapped Christian girl for "blasphemy", witnesses said Tuesday, August 21.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife THE HAGUE/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Dutch parliamentarians urged the Netherlands and the European Union on Monday, August 20, to demand freedom for a Christian girl who has been jailed in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy against Islam.  

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Christians have fled their homes in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, seeking shelter in church compounds or sleeping outdoors, after authorities jailed a Christian girl for "burning a Koranic book," an advocacy official told BosNewsLife late Sunday, August 20.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani authorities have detained an 11-year-old Christian girl in the capital Islamabad because she allegedly burned the Koran, viewed as a holy book by Muslims, an advocacy official told BosNewsLife Friday, August 17.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Several Christian families in southern Laos face imminent expulsion from their homes if they refuse to recant their faith in Jesus Christ, an advocacy group assisting them told BosNewsLife Tuesday, August 8.