Militants Attack Christians Across India
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hindu and Muslim militants have attacked several Christians and a church in several incidents across the country as part of efforts to crackdown on the spread of Christianity in the country, Christians said Monday, November 8.Vietnam Launches “Military Crackdown” On Degar Christians
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- The Vietnamese government continued a massive military operation Monday, November 1, involving thousands of armed soldiers, riot police, other security forces and local police to "wipe out" Degar Montagnard Christians in the Central Highlands who refuse to join a state approved church, according to representatives.Pakistan Government Supports Mother Of Murdered Girl
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Reporting from Pakistan
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, handed over a nearly 6,000 dollar cheque to the mother of a murdered Christian domestic worker who became a symbol of ongoing mistreatment by Muslim employers of minority Christians in the Asian nation.NEWS ALERT: Bhutan Gives Christian 3 Years Jail For Showing Christian Films (UPDATE)
(ADDS COMMENTS OFFICIALS, INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN, CHANGES DATES)
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI/THIMPHU (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Bhutan has sentenced a Christian to three years imprisonment for "attempting to promote civil unrest" by showing films about Christianity, underscoring international concerns about the situation of religious minorities in the heavily Buddhist Himalayan nation, BosNewsLife learned Friday, October 29.Hindu Militants Attack Pregnant Christian At Funeral For Daughter
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hindu militants armed with machetes and sticks "severely beat" a pregnant Christian woman Thursday, October 28, while she was attending the funeral of her infant daughter in India's volatile state of Orissa, a human rights group said.China Church Raided, Pastors Missing
By Marshall Ramsey II, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Two foreign pastors, one from the United States and the other from Russia, remained missing Thursday, October 14, after they were detained along with their translator in China's Henan province during a police raid on a Chinese house church, a well-informed advocacy group said.
Pentecostal Pastor Arrested in Karnataka, Christians say
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent with BosNewsLife Asia Service
KARNATAKA, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Pentecostal pastor in India's state of Karnataka has been detained on charges of conducting "false religious conversions" after Hindu militants attacked him during a church service, the latest clash over spreading Christianity in the predominantly Hindu nation, representatives said Wednesday, October 13 .
China Church Attacked By Angry Mob; 16 Injured
By Marshall Ramsey II, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent with BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Members of a church in China's Shandong province were recovering from injuries Tuesday, October 4, after an angry mob attacked them amid threats by authorities to destroy their church and reduce their land, representatives said.NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Muslim Militants Kill Christian Family, Attack Pastor
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a Christian lawyer, his wife and their five children in northwestern Pakistan, just days after a pastor nearly died in a seperate attack linked to Muslim extremism, local Christians and rights activists said Friday, October 1. Nepal Christians Face Militant Threats And Legal Challenges
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent with BosNewsLife Asia Servic
NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU (BosNewsLife)-- A militant group that once forced hundreds of government officials into resigning is now threatening Christian clergy with violence if they do not give in to its extortion demands, Christians said Wednesday, September 29.
