In July, three students from a Gospel for Asia Bible college in Maharashtra were hospitalized after being attacked and severely beaten by a group of anti-Christian extremists.
...continue reading this storyThe Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has just become informed that the execution date has been set for three Christians involved in the Poso conflict. The men are to be executed on Saturday, August 12, at 12:15am. While these men have admitted their involvement in the conflict, they were the only ones charged in a conflict in which massive numbers of Muslims participated.
...continue reading this storyA Christian stone mason received critical injuries, including dislocation of his shoulder after he was seen drinking water from a public facility, by a Muslim man on June 6 (Tuesday) just outside the eastern city of Lahore, the Pakistan Christian Post (PCP) has reported.
...continue reading this storyFour Gospel for Asia (GFA) Bible college students have been released after spending two days in a jail in Bagalkote, Karnataka, on false charges brought by a radical Hindu group.
...continue reading this storyAmid international pressure, Bhutan released two evangelical Christian government workers who were jailed after preaching and showing the internationally acclaimed 'Jesus' film to Buddhists, Christian rights investigators confirmed Monday, July 31.
...continue reading this storyThere was concern Saturday, July 29 over the situation of the Christian minority in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh amid fears the government’s decision to strengthen controversial anti-conversion legislation will further encourage violence against Christians.
...continue reading this storyOne of India's main mission organizations and its American supporter were expected to learn from a High Court Tuesday, July 25, whether they will be allowed to officially resume operations and use their bank accounts in the volatile state of Rajasthan.
...continue reading this storyThe parliament of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh passed a controversial bill Tuesday, July 25, to prevent 'religious conversions by force or allurement,' a move critics claim is aimed at the Christian minority and preachers.
...continue reading this storyAn influential US-based Christian human rights group has expressed concern over the situation of a growing Baptist Church in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia amid reports that Protestant churches are discriminated in the mainly Orthodox nation, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 25.
...continue reading this storyNoviana Malewa, the only girl to escape the malicious beheadings that took place in Indonesia on October 29, 2005 in Central Sulawesi, will receive treatment from VOMedical. The surgery is to alleviate the constant pain she still endures from a sword slash to her face and neck by militant Muslims.
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