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March 31, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Bangladesh was to release Friday, April 1, a young evangelist who was sentenced to one year imprisonment for "creating chaos" by selling and distributing Christian books and other literature near a major Muslim gathering.
Tags: Attorney, Biplob Marandi, Bishwa Ijtema, Lensen Swapon Gomes
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Bangladedh | 1 Comment »
March 31, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- A leading Christian rights group warned Thursday, March 31, that dissolving Burma's military government will not lead to "true democratic reform" for the Asian nation.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Benedict Rogers, Min Aung Hlaing, NLD, Than Shwe, Thein Sein
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Burma | No Comments »
March 30, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Afghan man who was arrested for converting to Christianity and fears he may be executed, remained behind bars Wednesday, March 30, more than a month after another convert was released amid international pressure.
Tags: Afghan, ChristianUnion, Mazar-e-Sharif, Shoaib Assadullah
Posted in Afghanistan, Asia/Pacific | 1 Comment »
March 29, 2011
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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Tuesday, March 29, over the whereabouts of three house church members in Iran who were detained after security forces raided a worship service, local Christians said.
Tags: Kermanshah, Masoud Delijani, Meghdad Babakarami, Mohabat, Nahid Shirazi, Tehran
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 1 Comment »
March 29, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians were among thousands of families trying to rebuild their homes and churches in northeastern Burma Tuesday, March 29, following a 6.8 magnitude earth quake that killed at least scores of people, Christian missionaries said.
Tags: ASEAN, Golden Triangle, Ho Chi Minh City, Junta, Missionaries, Myanmar, Quake
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Burma | No Comments »
March 28, 2011
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
 HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba has released an evangelical pastor from a six-and-a-half year prison sentence under condition that he does not preach and remains confined to his home city of Camaguey, representatives said Monday, March 28.
Tags: Cuba, Felix Navarro, Jose Ferrer, Omar Gude Perez, Raul Castro, Solidarity
Posted in Americas, Cuba | No Comments »
March 28, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- India's anti-terror agency was under pressure Monday, March 28, to investigate anti-Christian violence amid allegations that right-wing terrorists played a key role in the massive killings of Christians in India's state of Orissa and violence in Karnataka state.
Tags: Agency, Colonel, Investigation, Karnataka, Luitenant, Orissa, Prasad Srikant
Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | No Comments »
March 27, 2011
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran has secretly executed a Jewish-Armenian couple and three other persons, raising concerns about other religious minority prisoners in the strict Islamic nation, Iranian Christians and rights activists confirmed Sunday, March 27.
Tags: Adiva Mirza Soleiman Kalimi, Armenian, Couple, Iranian, Jewish, Varoujan Petrosian, Yousef Nadarkhani
Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
March 26, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center
 BERLIN/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian father spent another day in a German prison Saturday, March 26, after refusing to pay a fine for not allowing his children to attend government-run "sexual education" classes, his lawyers said.
Tags: Alliance Defense Fund, Baptists, Children, Court, Parents
Posted in Europe, Germany | 3 Comments »
March 25, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 ISLAMABAD/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- Islamic militants have threatened to kill the director of a Christian advocacy group in Pakistan because he criticized controversial anti-blasphemy legislation on Pakistani television networks, his organization said Friday, March 25.
Tags: Bhatti, Duniya TV, Express TV, Governor, Joseph Francis, Kal Tak, Minister, Taseer
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Europe, Pakistan, United Kingdom | No Comments »
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Bangladesh was to release Friday, April 1, a young evangelist who was sentenced to one year imprisonment for "creating chaos" by selling and distributing Christian books and other literature near a major Muslim gathering.
