August 21, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/BUCHAREST (BosNewsLife)-- Romania has expressed concern about the deportations of Gypsies, or Roma, from France, saying it could lead to "xenophobic reactions". Friday's statement came as French authorities put some 100Roma, on a charter flight headed to their native Romania after expelling scores of others on Thursday.
Posted in Europe, Romania | 1 Comment »
August 20, 2010
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
BANES, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The devoted Catholic mother of late dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died in prison, prepared for another tense weekend Friday, August 20, after Cuban officials made clear she would not be allowed to attend Sunday Mass and visit the cemetery where her son is buried, rights activists said.
Tags: La Caridad, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Reina Luis
Posted in Americas, Cuba | No Comments »
August 18, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- After 60 years, the oldest synagogue in Hungary's capital Budapest will reopen September 5 during a ceremony attended by Israel's government and other leaders, a chief rabbi has told BosNewsLife.
Tags: Jewish, Óbuda, Slomo Koves, Synagogue
Posted in Europe, Hungary | 2 Comments »
August 17, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Up to 200,000 Christians are among the millions impacted by deadly flooding in Pakistan BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, August 17, but the United Nations warned that only a fraction of flood victims have received any help.
Tags: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, World Bank
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | No Comments »
August 16, 2010
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent
SEOUL/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea has reportedly executed three Christians who were meeting in an underground church, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, August 16. Twenty others attending the same worship service were sent to notorious labor camps, said well-informed Catholic news service AsiaNews.
Tags: AsiaNews, Kuwal-dong, North Korea, Pyongan Province
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Korea North | No Comments »
August 15, 2010
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christian evangelists were free Sunday, August 15, after a court in Tanzania acquitted them of “illegal preaching”, trial observers said.
Tags: Cecil Simbaulanga, Dar es Salaam, Eleutery Kobelo, Kariakoo
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August 14, 2010
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights investigators have urged the international community to reject plans by
Burma’s military rulers to organize parliamentary elections on November 7.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Junta, Media, U.N.
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Burma | 1 Comment »
August 13, 2010
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential Chinese house church pastor was briefly detained in southern China shortly after authorities evicted his congregation from a hotel, his church and rights investigators said Friday, August 13.
Tags: Chengzhong Village, Guangzhou, Pastor, Wang Dao
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August 13, 2010
By Mike Bouwer, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Malaysian court sentenced two Muslims Friday, August 13, to five years imprisonment for torching a Protestant church, the first of several attacks on places of worship that shocked the nation this year.
Tags: Malaysian, Protestant, Raja Mohamad Faizal Raja Ibrahim, Raja Mohamad Idzham Raja Ibrahim
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Malaysia | No Comments »
August 12, 2010
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An impoverished Christian family in Pakistan faced uncertainty Thursday, August 12, after a Muslim cleric pledged to withdraw a case of blasphemy against them, officials familiar with the procedures said.
Tags: Bashiran Bibi, Koran, Yousaf Masih, Zahid Masih
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | No Comments »
BUDAPEST/BUCHAREST (BosNewsLife)-- Romania has expressed concern about the deportations of Gypsies, or Roma, from France, saying it could lead to "xenophobic reactions". Friday's statement came as French authorities put some 100Roma, on a charter flight headed to their native Romania after expelling scores of others on Thursday. 
