While attacks against the Christian minority has increased in Nepal, the Himalayan country's parliament passed a bill criminalizing religious conversion and the "hurting of religious sentiment," aiming to restrict evangelism. The move is likely to further escalate Christian persecution.
...continue reading this storyThe Nepali parliament passed a Bill on 8 August criminalizing religious conversion and the ‘hurting of religious sentiment’. It is expected to become law once the approval of the president has been given.
...continue reading this storyA court in Nepal has dropped a case against eight Christians, the first religious freedom dispute since the country's new constitution was implemented last year.
...continue reading this storySeven Christians were arrested for distributing biblical handbooks to hundreds of students in the Dolakha district of Nepal.
...continue reading this storyNepalese Christian leaders have found themselves falsely accused of corruption by the mass media as Hindu nationalist groups seek to suppress any religious freedoms for Christians.
...continue reading this storyThe first-hand account from the International Mission Board is one of many reports surfacing of how Nepal's Christian minority is regrouping after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake collapsed many churches during their main weekly worship services, Christianity Today reported.
...continue reading this storyThe Nepali government just announced that though all its citizens will be provided with national identity cards, members of religious minorities must submit to greater scrutiny to get their IDs, according to AsiaNews.
...continue reading this storyNepal Police deactivated a bomb discovered near the entrance of the Navajiwan Church in Kathmandu last month.
...continue reading this storyNepal's government has defended a proposed law that Christians say effectively bans evangelism and could lead to a crackdown on devoted believers.
...continue reading this storyAfter abolishing Hinduism as its state religion, Nepal is now proposing a new criminal code forbidding a person from one faith to "convert a person, or abet him to change his religion."
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