Tag: Religious Persecution
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
Hanoi archdiocese decries storming of church during archbishop’s Mass
“This action is unacceptable in a country with the rule of law, causing frustration and pain to the faithful," read the statement
Christians attacked, driven from their home in southern Laos
The attack was the latest in a string of similar assaults and legal moves against Christians in the one-party communist state
Catholics outraged over storming of church during archbishop’s Mass in Vietnam
“It was pretty confronting and really troubling to see the liturgy being stopped by several officials,” said the archbishop of Hanoi
Catholic bishop of Xinxiang, China, still in prison 9 months after...
The prelate was arrested on May 21, 2021, a day after seven priests and ten seminarians were also taken by the police
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