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China Increasing Crackdown On Christianity, Group Claims

Stefan Bos — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:55:16 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese authorities have stepped up their "longstanding opposition to Christianity" in China last year, an influential human rights said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Thursday, February 2.

India Pastor’s Home Attacked Following Deadly Violence

Stefan Bos — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:43:41 +0000

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Hindu extremist attacked the home of a frail protestant pastor who survived previous attacks by Hindu militants in India's eastern Orissa state, where at least two church leaders were killed last year, his wife and missionaries told BosNewsLife Thursday, January 26.

NEWS ALERT: China House Church Leader Released; Family Jailed Professor Flees To U.S.

Stefan Bos — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:04:08 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)- China has unexpectedly released the deputy chairman of a major organization representing the country's growing number of house churches, after he served six months of a two-year "re-education through labor" sentence, rights activists told BosNewsLife Tuesday January 24.

India Orders Deportation Afghan Christian Widow, Daughters Despite Death Threats

Stefan Bos — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:32:35 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Afghan Christian widow and three of her daughters faced possible deportation from India to their homeland Friday, January 20, despite concerns they may be killed or jailed for “apostasy”, after a UN agency reportedly refused to grant them refugee status.

NEWS ALERT: Dutch Missionary And Other Christians Fleeing India’s Kashmir Valley

Stefan Bos — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:34:38 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Foreign and Indian Christians are fleeing India's troubled Kashmir Valley after an Islamic court ordered the expulsion of Christian leaders and directed the state government to monitor Christian missionary schools in the area, trial observers said Thursday, January 19.

Pakistan VOA Journalist Killed By Taliban

Stefan Bos — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:54:32 +0000

By VOA Correspondent Ayaz Gul reporting from Islamabad, special to BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibilty for the Tuesday killing of Pakistani reporter Mukarram Khan Aatif, who worked for the Voice of America (VOA). Aatif was assassinated in Shabqadar, a small town located in the violence-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, not far from Peshawar.

Dozens Of Catholic Missionaries Killed In 2011

Stefan Bos — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:33:21 +0000

By BosNewsLife News Center

VATICAN CITY/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Vatican's missionary news agency says more than two dozen priests, nuns and lay Catholics were killed worldwide in 2011, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, January 16.

BREAKING NEWS: Laos Frees Christian Leaders; Churches Confiscated

Stefan Bos — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:59:42 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Seven Christian leaders who were detained and tortured for nearly a month in southern Laos have been released, but concerns remain about "the confiscation" of church buildings, an official assisting them told BosNewsLife Friday, January 13.

Burma Kachin Christians Flee Deadly Attacks; Fighting Spreading

Stefan Bos — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:29:28 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Churches and Buddhist monasteries in a mining area of Burma's northern Kachin state have taken in nearly 1,000 refugees, many of them Christians, since New Year's Day, after the Burmese military reportedly attacked a church and killed several people, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, January 10.

India Churches Rocked By New Year Attacks, Group Says

Stefan Bos — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:17:55 +0000

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in India's southwestern state of Karnataka have begun the New Year amid uncertainty about the future of several churches after Hindu militants halted worship services, a Catholic watchdog said.