Christian families in Pakistan's Punjab province were seeking justice Saturday, April 11, after men suspected of raping a Christian girl were acquitted and a baby girl was taken away from her Christian father, allegedly for religious reasons.
...continue reading this storyA Pakistani widow wanted to know Monday, April 6, why authorities allegedly let her imprisoned Christian husband die of asthma in Pakistan's Punjab province, while a father there complained that his Christian son was detained on "false" charges.
...continue reading this storyAn impoverished father was no longer expecting justice Thursday, April 2, over a month after his Christian son was killed in Pakistan's troubled Pubjab province for "refusing to convert to Islam", the latest in a series ofanti-Christian incidents in the region.
...continue reading this storyHuman rights investigators have urged India's government to tackle extremist groups and to improve protection of the country's Christian minority after "the most severe anti-Christian violence seen in post-independence India," which killed scores of people and displaced thousands, mainly in the states of Orissa and Karnataka.
...continue reading this storyAbducted Chinese Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng was missing 50 days on Thursday, March 26, amid "increasing concern for his life," human rights investigator said.
...continue reading this storyPakistani police have detained five Muslim militants for their alleged involvement in a shooting spree at a Presbyterian Church, which killed at least one woman and injured several worshipers, a key investigator told Worthy News Saturday March 21.
...continue reading this storyThousands of North Korean Christians have received food and Christian education from a major Western organization, despite fresh attempts by North Korea's leadership to crackdown on foreign aid, Worthy News established Wednesday, March 18.
...continue reading this storyThe executive branch of the European Union is "closely monitoring" the case of detained Vietnamese Christian Puih H´Bat amid mounting concerns over her whereabouts, Worthy News learned Saturday, March 14.
...continue reading this storyA Christian teacher says he has been dismissed and two students suspended from an academy in Pakistan's Punjab province over allegations they "humiliated Islam" and "blessed the Jewish descendants" of Abraham, the Biblical arch-father of the people of Israel.
...continue reading this storyChristian rights activists were hopeful Wednesday, March 11, that they would be able to "free" a Christian teenager who was allegedly abducted by a Muslim man last year in Pakistan's Punjab province, and forced to marry him.
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