Pakistan

By BosNewsLife Asia Service KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Pakistani Christians were camping on an open field in the capital Islamabad Thursday, October 11, terrified to go home after a court granted bail to an anti-Christian Muslim leader while authorities detained a Christian boy on charges of blasphemy.

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- BosNewsLife's Dec 9-Dec 23 news coverage was dominated by reports on Christians and Jewish people clinging to their faith amid shootings, a changing political environment, and at least some justice for victims of what was Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Jawad Mazhar in Pakistan LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christians in Pakistan were recovering of their injuries Thuesday, January 14, saying they were were shot at a wedding party for refusing to convert to Islam -- the latest in a series of Islamic attacks on weddings across the country.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife STRASBOURG, FRANCE (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi who faces execution by hanging on controversial charges of 'blasphemy against Islam' has been nominated for the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought by an influential group of European legislators.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- New details have emerged about a murdered Christian teenager in Pakistan with investigators saying he was killed this month for "wasting horse food" and then hung from the rafters of a barn where he was employed, to create the impression of a suicide.

By BosNewsLife News Center BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The November 11-17 newsweek was marked by reports of Islamic militants attacking churches and, in at least one case, beheading a young Christian man "for leaving Islam", though believers continued to gather in worship expressing their faith in Christ and in their future.

By BosNewsLife Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and Santosh Digal reporting from the region DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in India's Punjab state refuse toinvestigate the involvement of Hindu militants in the attempted murders of Christians, according to a report obtained by BosNewsLife Tuesday, March 2.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI (BosNewsLife)-- Seven Indian Christians were preparing Friday, October 18, to appeal lifetime sentences handed down for the murder of a prominent Hindu leader, which sparked India's deadliest anti-Christian riots on record