Tag: Religious Persecution
Officials tell Lao Christians to remove videos of attack by authorities,...
Christians in Laos have faced a string of similar assaults and legal moves against them
Another Indian state approves controversial anti-conversion law
The anti-conversion legislation was first introduced in Odisha in 1967 and has since been in force in 10 Indian states
3 Christian girls abducted in Pakistan for forced marriage, says report
A human rights commission of Pakistan report estimated that 1,000 Christian and Hindu women are abducted and forcibly married every year
2021 is ‘worst year’ for Christians in India, says ACN report
Anti-conversion laws have further emboldened right-wing Hindu groups in their hostility toward Christians
China starts processing licenses for online religious activities
Religious groups seeking to hold online activities should first get an Internet Religious Information Service Permit
Mob breaks into Christian chapel in Sri Lanka
The mob reportedly threatened the pastor and assaulted churchgoers, one of whom ended in the hospital for treatment of injuries
Jesuit priest granted bail in abduction, gang rape case in India
Father Aind and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of five women in 2018
Street preacher arrested in China’s Yunnan province
The preacher reportedly traveled to Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture for an outreach program with an ethnic minority group
Chinese woman detained for attempting to share Gospel with Xi Jinping
According to China Aid, Zhou has attempted to share the good news with the Chinese leader for more than 50 times in the past years
Uyghur retiree serving 10 years for ‘illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang
China has held up to 1.8 million predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in a network of detention camps since 2017
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