An evangelical pastor in India's troubled state of Madhya Pradesh who was arrested while leading a house prayer meeting this weekend was reportedly free Wednesday, June 7, after a court released him on bail.
...continue reading this storyBurma's military continued its "biggest offensive" in nearly a decade against the, predominantly Christian, Karen community and eyewitnesses reported killings, burning of villages and the capture of civilians, including children, investigators confirmed Tuesday, June 6.
...continue reading this storyWith the encouragement of a local chief and the apparent backing of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, villagers in the north-central state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday (May 28) gang-raped two Christian women after the husband of one refused to deny Christ.
...continue reading this storyChristian rights activists on Thursday, June 1, welcomed a decision by United Nations human rights officials to pressure North Korea to suspend the scheduled execution of Son Jong Nam, a detained Christian who criticized living conditions in his Communist-run nation.
...continue reading this storyThe administration of Rajasthan state's Kota district has leveled fresh charges of "exciting . . . disaffection towards the government of India" against a major evangelical mission organization, a move that could lead to the re-arrest of its leaders, news reports said Thursday, June 1.
...continue reading this storyA Pakistani Christian reportedly spent his first full day in freedom Wednesday, May 31, after more than seven years of imprisonment for allegedly burning the Koran, a crime he says he never committed.
...continue reading this storySeveral indigenous Degar Montagnard Christians in Vietnam's Central Highlands recovered from their injuries Sunday, May 28, after they were detained and tortured by Vietnamese security forces for refusing to abandon their Christian faith and follow the 'official' Communist-backed church, their friends said.
...continue reading this storyChristian aid workers rushed to the heartland of Indonesia's main island of Java Saturday, May 27, hours after a dawn earthquake killed nearly 5,000 people, and injured and displaced many thousands.
...continue reading this storyVietnam's well-known Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, whose church and adjacent home in Ho Chi Minh City was raided by security forces, said Saturday, May 27, he was "badly beaten" at his thighs and stomach and warned his congregation will sue the Communist government.
...continue reading this storyAnimist worshipers of nature in a village in Jharkhand state this week humiliated and drove out a local family for becoming Christians.
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