January 7, 2012
By Linda Hayes, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent
 DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN ( BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Tajikistan celebrated Orthodox Christmas Saturday, January 7, amid concerns about Islamic extremism after a crowd killed a young man dressed as "Father Frost", the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus.
Tags: Dushanbe, Extremism, Father Frost, Man, Santa Claus, Young
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December 8, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
 BUDAPEST/TASHKENT (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in eastern Uzbekistan have warned local churches not to allow youngsters and children to attend their worship services and not to carry out missionary activities or "proselytism", the word for evangelism, local Christians and activists said.
Tags: Angren, Baptists, Islam Karimov, Russian Orhodox
Posted in CIS (ex-USSR), Uzbekistan | No Comments »
November 13, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Millions of Christians around the world were expected Sunday, November 13, to participate in the 'International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church' (IDOP), amid mounting concerns over a global crackdown on devoted believers.
Tags: Nadarkhani, North Korea
Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, China, Europe, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Korea North, Middle East, Nigeria, Uzbekistan | No Comments »
November 12, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center
 ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited earthquake victims in eastern Turkey Saturday, November 12, where evangelical Christians and Armenians are among those helping survivors of two deadly quakes in this predominantly Muslim area.
Tags: Armenia, Ava Thomas, Ercis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Van
Posted in Armenia, CIS (ex-USSR), Europe, Turkey | No Comments »
October 31, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in Burma, also known as Myanmar, are imposing new restrictions on Christian and other religious activities in the Kachin State region, an influential religious rights group said Monday, October 31
Tags: Bible, Kachin, Myanmar, Solidarity, Worship
Posted in CIS (ex-USSR), Europe, Ukraine | 1 Comment »
October 21, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
 ASTANA/MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Belarus and Kazakhstan faced increased pressure Friday, October 21, to halt unauthorized worship services after pastors were fined and churches raided in the former Soviet republics.
Tags: Aleksei Abramovich, Christians, Lukashenko, Nazarbayev, Pastor, Registration
Posted in Belarus, CIS (ex-USSR), Europe, Kazakhstan | 1 Comment »
September 21, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/ASTANA (BosNewsLife)-- Lawmakers in Kazakhstan have voted for controversial legislation that Christians and rights activists say will further limit religious freedom in the mainly Muslim Central Asian state.
Tags: Central, Ferghana Valley, House, Lower, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Oil, Prayer, President, Producer, Religion Law, Room
Posted in CIS (ex-USSR), Europe, Kazakhstan | No Comments »
September 9, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
ASHGABAT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in three Central Asian countries are harassed and detained by authorities in ways resembling the Soviet-era, activists and local believers suggested Friday, September 9.
Tags: Caspian Sea, Ilmurad Nurliev, Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Posted in Asia/Pacific, CIS (ex-USSR), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | No Comments »
May 28, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
 BUDAPEST/BAKU (BosNewsLife)-- Scores of Evangelical Christians in Azerbaijan were without Bibles Saturday, May 28, after security forces raided two churches in the seaside city of Sumgai where they also fined church members for unauthorized worship, Christians said.
Tags: Azerbaijan, Baku, Praise Church, Sumgait
Posted in Azerbaijan, CIS (ex-USSR) | 2 Comments »
April 26, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 BUDAPEST/KIEV (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Russian and Ukrainian Christians were among those commemorating the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster Tuesday, April 26, amid new warnings that the impact of the explosion at Ukraine's Chernobyl plant is more serious than previously thought.
Tags: Chernoby, Medvedev, Ministries, Plant, Russian, Yanukovich
Posted in CIS (ex-USSR), Europe, Russia, Ukraine | No Comments »
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DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Tajikistan celebrated Orthodox Christmas Saturday, January 7, amid concerns about Islamic extremism after a crowd killed a young man dressed as "Father Frost", the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus.
