September 23, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center
 NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS (BosNewsLife)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas officially asked the United Nations on Friday, September 23, to recognize Palestine as an independent state, despite fierce resistance from the United States and Israel.
Tags: Clashes, East Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Nablus, Ramallah
Posted in Americas, Israel, Middle East, United States of America | No Comments »
September 23, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- There were new concerns Friday, September 23, about the health situation of jailed Vietnamese priest Nguyen Van Ly, who already spent over 15 years in prison "for his work in advocating religious freedom, democracy and human rights in Vietnam" his
supporters said.
Tags: Authorities, Nguyen Van Ly, Strokes, Vietnam
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Vietnam | 1 Comment »
September 22, 2011
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- The Christian community in Nigeria's central Plateau state are anxiously awaiting the arrival of some 1,300 additional riot police following weeks of sectarian violence that reportedly killed as many as 100 Christians.
Tags: Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Kaduna, Plateau
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | No Comments »
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 20, 2011
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)– A Christian accused of blasphemy against Islam has died in a Pakistan prison after he was allegedly denied medical care, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, September 20.
Tags: Aslam Masih, Authorities, Blasphemy, Pakistani
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | No Comments »
September 19, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China has unexpectedly released a prominent house church leader from prison amid international concerns about his health, his family and rights activists confirmed Monday, September 19.
Tags: Beijing, China for Christ Church, Henan, Shouwang Church
Posted in Asia/Pacific, China | No Comments »
September 18, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos and Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife Correspondents
 MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BosNewsLife)–- Hungry minority Christians in Somalia faced another struggle Sunday, September 18, after suspected Islamic militants beheaded a Christian convert and foreign aid workers were banned from reaching a dying population.
Tags: Asha Mberwa, Hassan Adawe Adan, Hudur, Hudur City
Posted in Africa, Somalia | 9 Comments »
September 17, 2011
By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (BosNewsLife)-- At least 70 evangelical Christians in Mexico's east-central region were homeless Saturday, September 17, after being expelled by local authorities from their village where traditional Catholics reportedly threatened to "crucify or lynch" them
Tags: Catholics, Crucify, East-Central, Lynch, Puebla, Rituals, Roberto Solano Pineda, San Rafael Tlanalapan, Traditional, Village
Posted in Americas, Mexico | 10 Comments »
September 16, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center
 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- A prosecuted Dutch-Iranian pastor arrived in the Netherlands Friday, September 16, after spending one year in an Iranian jail on charges of spreading Christianity, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.
Tags: Hamedan, Islamic, Sonia Keshish Avanessian, Vahik Abramian
Posted in Europe, Netherlands | No Comments »
September 15, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court that earlier sentenced evangelical pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to death for "apostasy", or abandoning Islam, will "re-examine" his case later this month, a mission group with close knowledge about the case confirmed to BosNewsLife, Wednesday, September 15.
Tags: Church of Iran, Karaj, Shiraz, Supreme Court, Youcef Nadarkhani
Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
|
NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS (BosNewsLife)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas officially asked the United Nations on Friday, September 23, to recognize Palestine as an independent state, despite fierce resistance from the United States and Israel.
