NEWS ALERT: Laos Christians Facing Starvation; Officials Cutting Off Food, Water
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Scores of terrified villagers faced starvation in the jungles of Laos on Sunday, February 27, after they were driven from their village at gunpoint for refusing to give up Christianity in this predominantly Buddhist nation, residents and rights activists said.
Detained Afghanistan Christians Facing Death Penalty
By BosNewsLife News Center
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Afghan Christians who were arrested for their conversion to Christianity remain behind bars despite diplomatic efforts by the United States to secure their release, a Christian rights group said Wednesday, February 23.
Indian Christians Rally Against Planned Execution Of Pakistan Christian
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Indian Christians have demonstrated at the border with neighboring Pakistan against the death sentence given to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi on charges of committing blasphemy against Islam, The Times of India news paper reported Saturday, February 19.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Indian Christians have demonstrated at the border with neighboring Pakistan against the death sentence given to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi on charges of committing blasphemy against Islam, The Times of India news paper reported Saturday, February 19. Pakistan Muslim Employer “Kills” Christian Worker Over Sickness
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Pakistan have filed murder charges against a Muslim employer who allegedly killed his Christian worker for staying at home one day because he was ill, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, February 18.NEWS ALERT: Indonesia’s President Urges Crackdown On Militants After Anti-Christian Violence
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indonesia's president urged authorities Wednesday, February 9, to crackdown on violent groups as a hardline Muslim mob clashed with police and attacked churches and other Christian properties in Central Java province.
Militants Kill Christian Teenagers For Reading Bible, Missionary Says
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have killed two Christian teenagers who were reading the Bible in the disputed Kashmir valley, divided between India and Muslim Pakistan, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, February 8.
International Petition As Afghan Christians Face Execution (BosNewsLife In-Depth)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists launched on Monday, February 7, an international petition urging Afghanistan to release detained converts to Christianity, amid fears they may be executed.Christians Concerned As Millions Prepare For Hindu ‘Conversions’
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A key advisor to the Indian government and Christian investigators warned Friday, February 4, of imminent threats against minority Christians in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh, where millions of people are to attend a controversial Hindu "reconversion" event.
NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Not Changing Blasphemy Laws, Prime Minister Says
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says his government will not change the country's controversial blasphemy laws, adding to concerns of a Christian mother of five sentenced to death for "insulting" Islam.Relatives: ‘India Authorities Cover Up Murder of Pastor’
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Relatives of a Protestant pastor who was found dead in India's volatile state of Orissa have accused local authorities of covering up an investigation "into his murder."
