URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan Releases Christian Convert Facing Execution
>Said Musa outside Afghanistan
>Christian convert Shoib Assadullah remains jailed
>Dutch government lobbied for release
By BosNewsLife News Center
KABUL/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released, a well-informed Christian aid and advocacy group confirmed Thursday, February 24.
KABUL/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released, a well-informed Christian aid and advocacy group confirmed Thursday, February 24. Uzbekistan Restrictions On Released Pastor; Others Facing Prosecution
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST/TASHKENT (BosNewsLife)-- A frail Christian pastor who was released from prison in Uzbekistan last month still faced severe restrictions on his freedom Saturday, February 19, and authorities plan to prosecute other believers for involvement in an unregistered local Baptist church, Christians said.
BUDAPEST/TASHKENT (BosNewsLife)-- A frail Christian pastor who was released from prison in Uzbekistan last month still faced severe restrictions on his freedom Saturday, February 19, and authorities plan to prosecute other believers for involvement in an unregistered local Baptist church, Christians said.
NEWS ALERT: Hungary To Change Media Law; Christian News Agency Not Yet Celebrating
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The founder of Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency has welcomed the Hungarian government's pledge to ammend a controversial media law that critics saw as a threat to press freedom, but he cautioned it was to early to celebrate.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The founder of Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency has welcomed the Hungarian government's pledge to ammend a controversial media law that critics saw as a threat to press freedom, but he cautioned it was to early to celebrate. NEWS WATCH: Austria, Germany, Visegrad Group Condemn Belarus Crackdown
By BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Austrian and German chancellors and prime ministers of Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland have condemned the arrests of dissidents in Belarus and say they support a travel ban and freeze of assets of Belarus officials.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Austrian and German chancellors and prime ministers of Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland have condemned the arrests of dissidents in Belarus and say they support a travel ban and freeze of assets of Belarus officials. Hungary Nominates Cuban Dissident For Nobel Peace Prize
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
BUDAPEST/HAVANA (BosNewsLife)-- One of Cuba's most known "political prisoners" has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Hungary's prime minister and other prominent politicians, a well-informed advocacy group confirmed Monday, February 14.Top War Crimes Suspect Charged In Hungary
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewslife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian prosecutors say they have charged a former Hungarian military officer with war crimes in the World War Two massacre of up to 1,200 civilians in neighboring Serbia. The decision to charge Sandor Kepiro follows pressure from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which is searching for Nazi war criminals around the world.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian prosecutors say they have charged a former Hungarian military officer with war crimes in the World War Two massacre of up to 1,200 civilians in neighboring Serbia. The decision to charge Sandor Kepiro follows pressure from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which is searching for Nazi war criminals around the world. BREAKING NEWS: BosNewsLife Ordered To “Register” With Hungary’s Media Authority
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency, BosNewsLife, was ordered Wednesday, February 9, to register with Hungarian authorities under a new controversial law that critics say is part of a crackdown on independent media.Netherlands Freezing Ties With Iran Over Woman’s Execution
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
AMSTERDAM/BUDAPEST/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Netherlands says it has frozen official contacts with Iran to protest the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman and will ask the European Union to take action against the country.KGB ‘Infiltrated’ Closed Russian BBC Service (BosNewsLife Investigation)
By BosNewsLife News Service
BUDAPEST/MOSCOW (BosNewsLife)-- The BBC World Service, part of Britain's state-backed broadcaster, said Thursday, January 27, that it would cease all radio programming in Russian, four years after BosNewsLife revealed that at least one senior editor had ties with Russia's Soviet-era secret service. Former and current dissidents also complained about the network's "pro-Kremlin" tone.BREAKING NEWS: Russia’s Missionaries Worried As Suicide Blast Rocks Moscow Airport, Killing Dozens
By BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST/MOSCOW (BosNewsLife)-- Christian missionaries in Russia expressed concerns Monday, January 24, about the future of the country after an explosion ripped through the international section of Moscow's busiest airport, killing at least 31 people and wounding about 130 others.
