The 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 storyThe director of the Gaza Strip's only known Christian bookstore was found dead Sunday, October 7, shortly after being abducted near his home, officials said.
...continue reading this storyNigeria's government continued preparations Saturday, October 6, for an emergency conference on religious tensions after rampaging Muslims reportedly killed at least nine Christians, injured 61 others, destroyed nine churches and displaced over 500 people in the town of Tudun Wada in the nation's, mainly Muslim, Kano State.
...continue reading this storyNine Chinese house church leaders who have been missing for nearly two months are held in labor camps in Hubei province on charges of violating Chinese laws with their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned Friday, October 5.
...continue reading this storyTwo prominent Christian activists of the house church movement in Beijing remained under house arrest Thursday, October 4, while a Christian human rights lawyer recovered from his injuries following six hours of "torture," rights investigators confirmed.
...continue reading this storyDuring the past five years, a brutal campaign has been waged in Eritrea against Christian minorities, focusing mainly on the evangelical and Pentecostal movements.
...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 storyChristians in southern Sudan on Wednesday, October 3, continued mourning the death of five youngsters who were killed when a suicide bomber burst into an evening worship service in Khorfulus in the county's Upper Nile State, United Nations officials and church leaders said.
...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 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.
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