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  • Pakistani Muslim Prohibits Burial in Christian Graveyard

    A Muslim land owner who effectively seized a Christian graveyard here refused to allow the burial of a young Christian at the site on Sunday

  • Vietnamese Christian, Family Forced into Hiding

    Suffering severe abuse from villagers and local Vietnamese officials, Hmong Christian Sung Cua Po fled into the forest with his family on March 19.

  • Threat of Return to Hindu State in Nepal Looms

    Four years after Nepal became officially secular, fear is growing that the country could revert to the Hindu state it was till 2006, when proclaiming Christ was a punishable offense and many churches functioned clandestinely to avoid being shut down.

  • Construction of Two Churches Stopped in Indonesia

    An Islamic mob stopped construction of Santa Maria Immaculata Catholic Church in Citra Garden, West Jakarta earlier this month even as government officials in Yasmin Park, Bogor, West Java halted work on an Indonesian Christian Church building.

  • Christian Woman Jailed under Pakistan's 'Blasphemy' Laws

    Police in Alipur have arrested a Christian woman on a baseless accusation of "blaspheming" the prophet of Islam and tried to keep rights groups from discovering the detention, a Christian leader said.

  • Christians Face 1,000 Attacks in 500 Days in Karnataka, India

    Minority Christians in southern Karnataka state are under an unprecedented wave of Christian persecution, having faced more than 1,000 attacks in 500 days, according to an independent investigation by a former judge of the Karnataka High Court.

  • Lao Officials Visit Expelled Christians, Give Assurances

    Officials in Laos\' Saravan Province on Thursday visited 48 Christians expelled from Katin village and assured them that they had the legal right to embrace the faith of their choice, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF).

  • Pakistani Muslims Accused of Rape Allegedly Attack Sisters

    Five Muslims allegedly ransacked the house of an impoverished Christian in this capital city of Punjab Province last month and angrily beat his daughters in an effort to get the family to withdraw rape charges.

  • Second Wave of Attacks Leaves 13 Christians Dead in Nigeria

    Less than two weeks after a massive attack in Nigeria that killed 500 Christians, Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday unleashed more horrific violence on two Christian villages in Plateau state, killing 13 persons, including a pregnant woman and children.

  • Lao Officials Threaten to Burn Shelters of Expelled Christians

    Officials in southern Laos in the next 48 hours plan to burn temporary shelters built by expelled Christians unless they recant their faith, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom.