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December 31, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Hungarians demonstrated on New Years Eve against "the end of democracy" ahead of a new constitution and restrictive church law which will be enforced Sunday, January 1.
Tags: Budapest, Democracy, Media, Parliament, Republic
Posted in Europe, Hungary | 2 Comments »
December 31, 2011
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian woman who was detained as part of Iran's crackdown on devoted Christian converts has been released after more than nine months imprisonment, but concerns remain over other jailed believers, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, December 31.
Tags: Elam Ministries, Evin Prison, Mohabat News, Shahla Rahmati
Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
December 30, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos have fined seven regional church leaders for "violating local customs and beliefs" after torturing them for some two weeks, Christian rights activists told BosNewsLife Friday, December 30.
Tags: Customs, Human Rights, Lao, Religious Freedom, Watch
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Laos | 3 Comments »
December 30, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of protesting pastors and other evangelical Christians failed Friday, December 30, to prevent the adoption of the European Union's most restrictive church law, limiting the number of faith groups recognized, and supported, by the state.
Tags: Catholic, Jewish, Lutheran, Orthodox Churches, Reformed
Posted in Europe, Hungary | 3 Comments »
December 30, 2011
By BosNewsLife Southeast Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal reporting from India
 BANGALORE, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hindu militants twice attacked evangelical Christians in India's southern state of Karnataka, injuring several believers, including women and children, Christians told BosNewsLife Friday, December 30.
Tags: Beaten, Injuries, Karnataka, Latha, Leg, Pastor Suresh
Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | 2 Comments »
December 29, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's government says it has received a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she reportedly expresses concerns about a perceived crackdown on democratic freedom in the country, more than two decades after Hungary threw out the Communist regime. The letter arrived just days after the European Commission urged Hungary to withdraw legislation that critics claim will lead to a government takeover of the Central Bank.
Tags: Central Bank, Hillary Clinton, Jose Manuel Barroso, Viviane Reding
Posted in Europe, Hungary | No Comments »
December 28, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities "forced" Christian mourners in southern Laos "to cease practicing their Christian faith" in order to bury a Christian family member, a key human rights official told BosNewsLife Wednesday, December 28.
Tags: Bury, Christians, Funeral, Lao, Province, Savannakhet
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Laos | No Comments »
December 27, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
 LAHORE, PAKISTAN ( BosNewsLife )-- A Christian man who spent more than three years in a Pakistani jail on "false charges of blasphemy against Islam" was hiding with his family in Pakistan's Punjab province Tuesday, December 27, after police briefly detained him again, a friend and human rights official told BosNewsLife.
Tags: Amanat Masih, Blasphemy, Christians, Christmas, Church, Punjab
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | 2 Comments »
December 26, 2011
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nigerian Christians mourned their dead Monday, December 26, after at least 35 people died in a Christmas Day bombing at a Catholic Church and at least four others in similar blasts.
Tags: Christmas, Northern, President Jonathan, Southerner, State
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | No Comments »
December 25, 2011
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ABUJA/VATICAN CITY (BosNewsLife)-- A Muslim sect has claimed responsibility for a powerful bomb blast that hit a Catholic church on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja during a Christmas service, killing at least 39 people.
Tags: Boko Haram, Militants, Muslims, Theresa Church
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | 3 Comments »
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Hungarians demonstrated on New Years Eve against "the end of democracy" ahead of a new constitution and restrictive church law which will be enforced Sunday, January 1.
