A village church in Laos that once had nearly 2,000 members has shrunk to only a few dozen daring to attend, amid a deadly government crackdown on local believers accused of being "separatist rebels," a Christian news agency reported Thursday, October 11.
...continue reading this storyA pastor and a church believer were jailed on Friday, October 5th, in a village called Murlar which is 20kms from Kanker District in Chhattisgarh State, India. (Kanker is about 140 kms from Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh).
...continue reading this storyThe Congress Party government in Himachal Pradesh state has brought into force its "anti-conversion" law six months after the governor gave assent to the controversial bill regulating religious conversions.
...continue reading this storyA dozen RSS Hindu activists caught hold of Pastor at the bus stand of Kendrapara, Orissa, who was distributing some gospel tracts and literatures and then handed him over to the police, demanding for his arrest on October 2.
...continue reading this storyAn Indian evangelist working for international Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio has been shot and killed because of his involvement in converting Hindus to Christianity, police reportedly confirmed Friday, September 28.
...continue reading this storyThe United Nations envoy for Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, arrived in the country Saturday, September 29, to urge the junta to end its violent crackdown on those opposing the regime, a day after satellite images confirmed that government-backed forces massively burn villages of predominantly Christian Karens.
...continue reading this storyThe commander for Pakistan of The Salvation Army, a major Christian mission organization, has been shot and killed, a Protestant news agency reported Sunday, September 30, the latest in a series of attacks against Christians in the country.
...continue reading this storyIn a case typical of false accusations that Hindu extremists file against Christian workers, a pastor and his sister have been cleared of charges of rape and forced abortion in Chhattisgarh state.
...continue reading this storyAt least one million North Koreans, many of them Christians, are believed to be held in North Korea's concentration camps, more than previously thought, investigators revealed Monday, September 24.
...continue reading this storyA Pakistani Christian teenager remained in hiding Tuesday, September 18, a day after a court overturned his prison sentence and acquitted him on blasphemy charges.
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