HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife) -- Leading Christian and secular human rights groups welcomed Thursday, August 31 the release of a church leader and a well-known

BANGKOK, THAILAND (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of refugees from Burma, most of them members of the predominantly Christian Karen minority, left Thailand and were expected to

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was international concern Wednesday, August 30, that a reported decision by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to further restrict evangelizing among Muslims would lead to

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly a dozen Dalits, including six members of a Christian family, were feared dead Tuesday, August 29, after Hindu militants attacked them as part of a violent campaign against

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese authorities sent a female Mongolian missionary to a labor camp and dissidents, including a blind activist, to prison amid a crackdown on

GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP (BosNewsLife)-- Two journalists of the conservative American television network Fox News Channel were released Sunday, August 27, ending what

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A key bishop of China's "underground" Catholic Church who disappeared a decade ago while in police custody has been

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was uncertainty Saturday, August 26, about the fate of three Catholics sentenced to death for their alleged role in massacring

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife) -- Prison authorities have "brutally beaten" Jorge Luis García Perez (Antunez), an influential Christian dissident serving an 18-year prison sentence in

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (BosNewsLife) -- A Malaysian woman whose decision to renounce her Muslim faith and marry a Christian man captured this Asian nation's attention was