NEWS ALERT: India’s Top Court Upholds Sentences In Killing Missionary
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Human rights officials on Saturday, January 22, welcomed a decision by India's top court to confirm the life sentence given to a Hindu who burned to death an Australian missionary and his two young sons outside a church in eastern India over a decade ago.
China Urged To Release “Tortured” Rights Lawyer And Other Christians
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- As Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the United States ended Friday, January 21, Chinese Christians and rights activists urged China to release jailed Christians, including a prominent human rights lawyer who defended house churches and other religious groups.
India Girls Escaping anti-Christian Violence Face Sexual Abuse
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Girls escaping deadly anti-Christian violence in India's volatile state of Orissa face sexual after human traffickers falsely promise them a better life, human rights investigators said Friday, January 14.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Girls escaping deadly anti-Christian violence in India's volatile state of Orissa face sexual after human traffickers falsely promise them a better life, human rights investigators said Friday, January 14.
India Hindu Militants Attack Church, Kidnap Pastor
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in two Indian states were still recovering of injuries and shock Tuesday, January 11, after Hindu militants attacked a church and Christians as part of their battle against the spread of Christianity among Hindus, Christians said.NEWS ALERT: Thousands Praise Governor’s Assassin; Oppose Changes In Blasphemy Law
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by Xavier P. William in Pakistan and editing by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Some 50,000 people rallied in Pakistan's largest city Sunday, January 9, to oppose changes in a blasphemy law and to praise the alleged assassin of a provincial governor who campaigned against the controversial legislation.
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Some 50,000 people rallied in Pakistan's largest city Sunday, January 9, to oppose changes in a blasphemy law and to praise the alleged assassin of a provincial governor who campaigned against the controversial legislation. URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Governor Assassinated For Opposing Blasphemy Laws
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Xavier P. William in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province was shot and killed in the nation's capital by one of his own bodyguards in apparent retaliation for his campaign against the country's controversial blasphemy law, police and human rights activists said.Angry Indonesia Muslims Surround Homes Of Christians
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high Sunday, December 26, near Jakarta where a group of angry Muslims backed by police surrounded homes of Christians in protests against what they called "unauthorized religious services", BosNewsLife learned.Global Christmas Celebrations Overshadowed By Violence (ROUND-UP)
By BosNewsLife News Center with reports from Vatican, Africa, Asia and Middle East
VATICAN CITY/MANILA/ABUJA/BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Christmas celebrations have been overshadowed by deadly violence against Christians in Africa and Asia, while several church services in the Middle East were canceled due to concerns over terror attacks.BREAKING NEWS: Philippines Church Blast Injures Six People
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Six people were injured when a bomb rocked an early morning Christmas mass in a church at a military base on a Muslim-dominated southern island in the Philippines, the military said.Vietnam Security Forces Crack Down On Christmas Celebrations (UPDATE)
(ADDS REPORTS OF VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS)
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christians of house churches and other non-recognized groups prepared Friday, December 24, for a tense Christmas, after security forces halted Christmas celebrations and detained believers in several areas of Vietnam, Vietnamese Christians and rights investigators said.
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christians of house churches and other non-recognized groups prepared Friday, December 24, for a tense Christmas, after security forces halted Christmas celebrations and detained believers in several areas of Vietnam, Vietnamese Christians and rights investigators said.
