100,000 Protest Detention Chinese Christian Lawyer
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A petition calling for the release of a prominent Christian human rights lawyer, which was signed by some 100,000 people around the world, has been delivered to the Chinese embassy in Washington and the U.S. State Department, organizers said Friday, July 17.

Laos Christians Pressured To Worship “Local Spirits”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Christian families in a village in Laos have been warned they will lose their homes and remaining live stock unless they abandon Christianity and start worshiping “local spirits” in accordance with Lao traditions, rights investigators said Thursday, July 16.

Indonesia Muslim Groups Oppose Church Construction
By BosNewsLife News Center
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Muslims have protested the construction of a Protestant church in the capital of Indonesia's South Sumatra Province, the latest in a series of obstacles against church projects in the mainly Muslim nation, news reports said Wednesday July 15.

China “Detains” Christian Teenagers For Organizing Youth Camp
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- At least five Christians, including two teenagers, were behind bars Wednesday, July 15, in China's Shandong province, where worshipers and rights investigators said security forces raided a Christian youth camp and abolished a house church.

NEWS ALERT: American Missionaries Missing, Christians Detained In China
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Chinese American missionaries were missing and at least four Christians remained detained Monday, July 13, following a police raid on a church in China's volatile Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region where a riot last week left 184 people dead, Christians said.

Laos Authorities Slaughter Livestock Christian Families
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Several impoverished Christian families in a rural area of Laos were without livestock Sunday, July 12, after authorities slaughtered the animals because they refused to renounce their faith, religious rights investigators said.

NEWS ALERT: Tense Stand-Off Between Christians And Chinese Security Forces Reported
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A tense stand-off continued Friday, July 10, in China's Shandong Province between Chinese security forces and Christians who have tried to prevent the destruction of their church building, representatives said.

India Hindu Militants Attack Missionary School, Christians Say
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Staff of a missionary school in India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh faced another day of anxiety Thursday, July 8, after Hindu militants attacked and threatened to kill them for allegedly converting Hindus to Christianity, Christians said.

BREAKING NEWS: Anti-Christian Violence Ends After Pakistan Minister Negotiates Truce (BosNewsLife Exclusive)
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent for reporting from Pakistan
KASUR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti said Sunday, July 5, he has “successfully reconciled'” Muslims and Christians in a tense village in Punjab province where over a dozen people were injured when angry mobs torched at least 100 Christian homes and churches this week.
NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Christian Families In Hiding After Violence
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan
BAHMANI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian families in a volatile area of Pakistan's Punjab province were in hiding Saturday, July 4, after angry Muslim mobs burned and attacked hundreds of Christian homes and churches, injuring over a dozen people, including women and children, witnesses said.