The chief minister of India's western state of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, has rejected a proposed 'anti-conversion bill' amid warnings the legislation would increase the persecution of Christians, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, April 4.
...continue reading this storyThe family of the Rev. Jokran Ratu, kidnapped four months ago on a remote Indonesian island, still does not know whether he is dead or alive. No ransom demand has been received and police have not apprehended the kidnappers.
...continue reading this storyLawyers acting on behalf of the Rev. Nguyen Hong Quang informed his wife last week that his appeal before the People’s Supreme Court of Vietnam has been rescheduled for April 12.
...continue reading this storySources have confirmed the murder by beheading on March 8 of Dulal Sarkar, a lay pastor and evangelist in Bangladesh.
...continue reading this storyAt least 17 Christian men in Laos, including church leaders, have been detained by Communist authorities and are facing torture and possible death amid an apparent new government crackdown on Christians, missionaries said Monday, April 4.Christian Aid Mission (CAM), an organization supporting indigenous missionaries, said most of those arrested since last week are from Hueyhoy Nua village in Laos' troubled southern Savannakhet province.
...continue reading this storyArmed gunmen attacked Christian worshippers as they emerged from Easter Sunday services in a village church near the southern outskirts of Lahore yesterday, killing one young Christian man and injuring seven other congregants.
...continue reading this storyAt least one Christian was seriously injured when Hindu militants "brutally attacked" church members in India's southern Kerala state for watching the film 'The Passion of The Christ', an official confirmed Monday, March 28.
...continue reading this storyPersecuted Evangelical Christians and missionary workers in Kyrgyzstan were awaiting a new dawn late Thursday, March 24, as lawmakers of this former Soviet republic appointed a new interim president, news reports suggested.
...continue reading this storyThe Sri Lankan government will cast a deciding vote on anti-conversion legislation in April, despite sharp criticism of the “Act for the Protection of Religious Freedom.”
...continue reading this storyNative Christian missionaries in rural Colombia are refusing to leave despite attacks from guerilla groups which they claim have "randomly confiscated multiple church buildings" and forced hundreds of villagers to flee to major cities, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, March 22.
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