There is growing anxiety about the plight of several teenage Christians girls who were forced to marry and convert to Islam, according to rights activists familiar with their plight.
...continue reading this storyPolice in India’s eastern state of Odisha denied Wednesday that a Christian teenager was killed for his faith in Christ.
...continue reading this storyThe 12th anniversary of one of India`s deadliest attacks against Christians is marked by concerns that thousands have not yet returned to their homes for fear of reprisals. Additionally, authorities are declining to investigate hundreds of cases, religious rights investigators told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyThe Chief Minister of India’s Haryana state has announced he proposes to add a Freedom of Religion Act that would criminalize forced conversions, Persecution.org reports. Commonly referred to as anti-conversion laws, such legislation has already been enacted in eight other Indian states. The announcement on June 16 by Manohar Lal Khattar has reportedly caused serious concerns to Haryana Christians: radical Hindus have used this law in other states to justify attacks on Christians and their places of worship.
...continue reading this storyIndian church leaders have condemned the killing of a young Protestant missionary and pastor by suspected Maoist rebels in western India.
...continue reading this storyNew details emerged Thursday of a young Christian man who was reportedly murdered in eastern India for refusing to abandon his faith in Christ.
...continue reading this storyChristian villagers in rural northern India have reportedly fled their homes after an angry mob attacked their prayer house and threatened to kill or rape believers. Five suspects were briefly detained, but violence continued, rights activists told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyA standoff over information leaflets and Bibles being sent by defectors and Christian groups into North Korea has flared up again.
...continue reading this storyTwo members of a Christian family have been shot and wounded after buying a house in a Muslim neighborhood, Christian activists said Friday. The shooting happened after Nadeem Joseph reportedly purchased a home in the TV Colony in Pakistan's volatile northwestern city of Peshawar in late May.
...continue reading this storySouth Korea’s government is cracking down on efforts to get Bibles into North Korea, Worthy News learned Saturday.
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