India: Prayer Team Beaten Mercilessly -- Then Arrested
The Christian community of Chhattisgarh state is rattled after a gruesome mob attack and torture in Surguja district.
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Pakistan: Pastor Suffers Police Attacks, Death Threats
A Pakistani pastor and his family in Punjab province have been living in fear for months after death threats from a murder suspect and repeated attacks on their house by police squads.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Evidence Concocted Against Christians in Murder of Hindu Leader
After police in the eastern state of Orissa confirmed this week that Maoists killed Hindu nationalist leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a Hindu extremist group circulated allegedly forged documents in an attempt to implicate a local church in the Aug. 23 murder.
...continue reading this storyTwo Pakistani Christians Jailed For "Desecrating" Koran; Family Flees
Two Pakistani Christians, a father and his teenage daughter, remained jailed Sunday, October 12, on charges of blasphemy against Islam after a local court refused to release them on bail, their legal representatives told BosNewsLife.
...continue reading this storyVietnam Preacher Killed In Central Highlands
Degar Montagnard Christians in Vietnam's Central Highlands faced another tense day Monday, October 6, after investigators confirmed that a preacher was killed, apparently by Vietnamese security forces, as part of a crackdown on Christianity and 'house churches' in the area.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Three More Christians Murdered in Orissa
At least two more Christians were killed today in Orissa state’s Kandhamal district after Hindu extremists this week set fire to nearly 400 homes there and in Boudh district. A third man succumbed to axe injuries on Wednesday (Oct. 1).
...continue reading this storySeven Degar Montagnard Christians Detained In Vietnam Crackdown
Seven Degar Montagnard Christians are among those being held in a Vietnamese prison after they were detained as part of a major government backed crackdown on 'illegal' house churches in Vietnam's Central Highlands, their friends said.
...continue reading this storyAnti-Christian Violence In India Kills One, Dozen Injured
New clashes between Hindus and Christians in India's eastern state of Orissa has left at least one woman dead and more than a dozen people injured, some critically, police said Tuesday, September 30.
...continue reading this storyLaos Threatens Expulsion Christian Villagers; Widow Forgives Husband's Killers
Dozens of Christian villagers in Laos were reportedly facing uncertainty Thursday, September 25, after local authorities told them they will be expelled because several Christian families refuse to renounce their faith in Christ. It came as a widow said she had forgiven those who killed her husband because of his church activities, the latest in several violent incidents against Christian villagers in parts of the Communist nation.
...continue reading this storyChristian Aid Reaches Destroyed Indonesian Village
An international Christian aid group said Thursday, September 25, it has begun helping to rebuild a mainly Christian village in a remote area of Indonesia, which was destroyed by Muslim militants earlier this year.
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