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Indonesia Lawyers Appeal Death Sentences for Christians

March 28, 2006
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Lawyers for three Christian men facing possible execution in Indonesia are planning to seek a presidential pardon and a Supreme Court

India Churches Condemn Anti-Conversion Law And Attack Against Missionaries

March 28, 2006
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian Church officials on Tuesday, March 28, condemned the adoption of anti-conversion legislation in a key state, after members of

Temple Mount “Closed” As Voting Starts in Israel

March 28, 2006
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Amid tight security measures that reportedly included the closure of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem for Christians and Jews, Israelis voted, Tuesday, March 28, for a new

BREAKING NEWS: Italy To Seek Asylum For Afghanistan Christian Now In Hiding (WRAPUP)

March 28, 2006
(ADDS MORE DETAILS, COMMENTS AND BACKGROUND)KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Italy said Tuesday, March 28, it was seeking to grant asylum to an Afghan man who faced the death

NEWS ALERT: Afghanistan Muslims Protest Against Release Christian

March 27, 2006
KABUL/WASHINGTON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Led by angry Muslim clerics, hundreds of people on Monday, March 27, protested in a northern Afghan city against a decision to free an Afghan man who

Belarus Imprisons Prominent Activist for “Illegal Religious Activity”

March 27, 2006
MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Sergey Shavtsov, a lawyer and prominent human rights activist, was arrested, tried and sentenced to 10 days’ imprisonment in Belarus for organizing an "illegal religious

Rights Groups Unite Against “Religious Repression” in Eritrea

March 27, 2006
ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- Several key Christian human rights groups have launched a united campaign against what they see as "widespread religious repression" in the Eastern African nation of Eritrea where

BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan To Release Christian Threatened With Execution

March 27, 2006
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Amid mounting international pressure, a court in Afghanistan on Sunday, March 26, dropped its case against a jailed Afghan man, Abdul Rahman, who has been threatened

NEWS ALERT: Rescued Canadian Christian Hostage Arrives Home From Iraq

March 26, 2006
BAGHDAD/TORONTO/AUCKLAND/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- Looking tired, Canadian peace activist and former hostage James Loney returned home Sunday, March 26, saying "it's great to be alive," after

BREAKING NEWS: Freed British Christian Hostage Kember Arrives Home (WRAPUP)

March 25, 2006
(ADDS COLOR, NEW DETAILS, FAMILY REUNION) BAGHDAD/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- Norman Kember, one of four Christian peace activists who were kidnapped in Iraq, arrived home Saturday, March 25, in front of world media and wellwishers camped