Police arrest Christians violently assaulted in Hindu mob attack on church
A Christian charged under India’s anti-conversion law after Hindu nationalists attacked a church is seeking anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court of India.
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Killer of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his 2 sons freed from prison despite life sentence
One of the Hindu extremists sentenced to life in prison for burning Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons to death in India 25 years ago was given a hero’s welcome after he was released on April 16.
India: Pastor’s son fights for Christians’ right to bury their dead
Ramesh Baghel has become the face of a struggle for securing dignity in death for Christians across Chhattisgarh state, India, as he prepares a new petition to the Supreme Court of India.
Muslim man stabs wife, mother of 6, to death for going to church, accepting Christ as her Savior
A mother of six children was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband in Uganda after she attended her first church service, sources said.
Mother of 3 beaten by sword-wielding father who threatened to kill her for accepting Christ
The Muslim husband of a woman in Somalia sent her back to her parents for accepting Christ, but they also rejected her for sharing the Gospel with her sister.
Authorities in Indonesia reject church construction despite meeting all permit requirements
Local officials in East Borneo Province, Indonesia, refused to approve construction of a church building even though the congregation had met all requirements for a permit, sources said.
Muslim woman kills Christian couple by poisoning food after taking her daughter to church
A Muslim woman in eastern Uganda killed a Christian couple and accidentally took her own daughter’s life in the process.
Christian apologists flee Indonesia amid threats of physical violence, blasphemy charges
A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them to seek refuge abroad.
‘Systematic targeting’: Sudan interrogates, jails 19 Christians
Several Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani by security personnel associated with the Sudan Armed Forces. Some of the Christians arrested were members of various churches affiliated with the Sudan Council of Churches.
'I will not deny Christ': Pastor, wife imprisoned on false charges of ‘forced conversion’ win bail
A Christian couple in India convicted of forcible conversion despite lack of evidence and sentenced to five years in prison have won bail while they appeal, sources said.
