NEWS ALERT: Laos Detains Thai, Lao Christians For Bible Study

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Lao authorities have jailed four Christians, including two Thai citizens, in northern Laos after they were caught explaining the Bible to at least one Lao man, their supporters told BosNewsLife Saturday.

Laos Fires Christian Converts From Security Forces

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in southern Laos have dismissed two members of a village security force because they and their families "accepted the Christian faith", a well-informed rights group said Friday, June 22.

NEWS ALERT: Laos Detains Pastor For Spreading Christianity (UPDATE)

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(ADDS REPORTS ABOUT EXPELLED CHRISTIANS FROM HOME) By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos VIENTIIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Police in northern Laos have detained a pastor "for attracting people to the Christian faith" as part of a wider crackdown on evangelism in the region, a representative told BosNewsLife Saturday, June 9.

NEWS ALERT: Crackdown on Churches “Spreading” in Southern Laos

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
VIENTIIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- A government crackdown on churches in southern Laos is spreading to a new district with the brief detention of two "prominent pastors" for alleged unauthorized worship and their involvement in evangelism and an order take down crosses, representatives told BosNewsLife Monday.

Laos Closing Down Church Around Good Friday

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Protestant Christians in a southern village of Laos were without a church building Good Friday, after Lao officials closed it down following similar raids on other churches in the area, a well-informed investigator told BosNewsLife.

BREAKING NEWS: Lao Christians ‘Reclaim’ Confiscated Church Buildings (BosNewsLife Exclusive)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife  
VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Members of three evangelical churches in southern Laos began reclaiming their church buildings confiscated by Lao authorities in a daring move to worship during Palm Sunday, the countdown to Easter, a representative told BosNewsLife.

Christians Detained In Eastern India, Woman Hiding

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India CALCUTTA, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in eastern India remained detained and at least one woman was in hiding, late Friday, March 30, after they were attacked by anti-Christian mobs and Hindu extremists backed by local police, Christians said.

BREAKING NEWS: Laos Detains Christians Over Worship Service (Update)

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Lao authorities have detained five Christians who attended a Christian worship service Sunday, March 25, in southern Laos amid a crackdown on Christianity in the region, representatives told BosNewsLife.

Report: Laos Christian Facing Ultimatum To Recant Faith

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- The only known Christian in a rural district of northern Laos was under pressure Wednesday, March 7, to abandon his faith in Christ or face expulsion from his village, his supporters told BosNewsLife.  

Laos: ‘Recant Faith In Christ Or Face Expulsion’

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service VENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in northern Laos have given 10 Christian families till March 18 to recent their faith in Christ or face expulsion from their village, a group representing the believers told BosNewsLife Friday, February March 2.