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Originally published in Christianity Today Last week Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalising religious conversion, joining neighbouring countries like India and Pakistan, where the region’s small-but-growing Christian minority faces government threats to their faith. The “Nepali government has taken a regressive step as this law severely restricts […]
Originally published in Christian Today Four Nepali Christians who were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for ‘violence and witchcraft’ after praying for a woman with mental illnesses, have had their sentences overturned, according to World Watch Monitor. Lali Pun, Bimkali Budha, Ruplal Pariyar and his wife Ganga were imprisoned in […]
Originally published in UCAN India Some 5 000 Christians marched silently through India’s Jharkhand state demanding the release of six Christians jailed last week on complaints of offering money to villagers to attract them to Christianity. The September 25 ecumenical “silent protest” was organised after a local court on September […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Six days after a Pakistani Christian was sentenced to death for blasphemy, the young man’s lawyer says there was insufficient evidence against his client and that the police failed to investigate the matter properly. Nadeem Masih, 24, from the Yaqoobabad area of the religiously […]
Originally published in Assist News Service Pakistan’s most famous Christian prisoner, Asia Bibi, has been nominated for the European Union’s high-status award, the Sakharov Prize. Bibi, a mother-of-five, who is currently behind the bars waiting for a hearing of her appeal against capital punishment, was nominated by a group of […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A North Korean woman who suffered unspeakable horrors while imprisoned for her faith has shared how God’s faithfulness — and one desperate prayer — sustained her through the darkest of days. Growing up war-torn North Korea, Hannah Cho often heard her mother pray, “Hananim! […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Christianity is growing in the despotic state of North Korea despite the horrendous persecution of dissenters, sources on the ground say. A North Korean defector who works with the country’s underground church said that people “no longer respect Kim Jong-un” and are refusing to […]
Originally published in CBN News The little girl had no idea her parents were criminals until the day she found a Bible hidden in the family’s home. “When I was twelve, I accidentally found a Bible my parents had hidden in their closet. I don’t know why, but I started […]
By Lyndsey Koh–Originally published in Mission Network News Bibles For The World is in the ministry of distributing bibles legally. But with China’s restrictions in the past on the spread of God’s Word, Bibles For The World couldn’t go into China for scripture distributions. However, China has slowly opened to the […]
Rising persecution sparks protest during Indian leader’s White House visit Originally published in Persecution.org Christian families were beaten by villagers, forced to take part in Hindu rituals and had the water for their crops cut off in one of a growing number of incidents of persecution being reported from India […]