(Morning Star News) – Eager to stop the spread of Christianity, authorities in a village in Laos have charged a pastor and four church members with murder after they prayed for a sick woman who later died, area sources said. The deceased, a mother of eight grown children in Savannakhet Province identified only by her […]
Lao Christians Charged with Murder after Praying for Sick Villager
Authorities initially arrest pastor, four others over burial dispute.
June 29, 2014 By -
Meriam Ibrahim Released from Custody after Attempt to Leave Sudan
Elements within government attempting to charge mother of two with ‘fraudulent’ travel documents.
June 26, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – The Sudanese mother of two detained at a Khartoum airport on Tuesday (June 24) after her death sentence for apostasy was overturned on Monday was released today, and foreign governments are pressuring Sudan to permit her to travel outside the country, according to various sources. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim reportedly left a […]
Daughter of Poisoned Christian in Uganda Strangled to Death
Muslim extremists threaten to kill former sheikh but instead attack 12-year-old girl.
June 26, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hassan Muwanguzi, poisoned earlier this year in Uganda by Muslim relatives, did not expect the Muslim extremists who threatened to kill him on June 16 to murder his 12-year-old daughter. Muwanguzi did not recognize the four men who appeared at his door that evening and forced their way into his […]
Sudan Detains Meriam Ibrahim after Cancelling Death Sentence
Family arrested at Khartoum airport.
June 23, 2014 By -
(Updated June 24) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) agents today detained Meriam Yahia Ibrahim at the Khartoum airport, 24 hours after her death sentence for alleged apostasy was cancelled, according to her attorney. More than 40 security agents reportedly detained her along with her husband, Daniel Wani, 22-month-old son […]
Christians Hospitalized in India after Attack for Objecting to Discrimination
Hindu extremist-instigated mob beats one man unconscious.
June 23, 2014 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Ten Christians in India’s Chhattisgarh state whose faith cost them their food rations were hospitalized last week after a Hindu extremist mob attacked them for objecting to the discrimination, sources said. One of the Christians fell unconscious and two women were among those hospitalized in the attack on about 100 […]
Coptic Teacher Loses Appeal, Sentenced to Prison in Egypt for ‘Blasphemy’
Falsely accused woman likely to remain in permanent exile, advocates say.
June 17, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Coptic woman has lost her appeal of what human rights activists call a false conviction for blaspheming Islam and has been sentenced to six months in an Egytian prison. The appellate court ruling, handed down on Sunday (June 15), shocked the Christian woman, 25-year-old Demyana Abd al-Nour, her family […]
Religious Rights Violations in Indonesia Expected to Continue as Elections Approach
Islamic extremists said to be preparing to close more churches.
June 16, 2014 By -
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – The average of 56 incidents of religious rights violations churches suffered annually in Indonesia over the past seven years is not expected to abate following elections next month, sources said. Jakarta Christian Communications Forum records show churches suffered 392 incidents of religious rights violations, mainly closures and attacks, from 2007 […]
Nigerian Girl Who Escaped Boko Haram Abduction Aches for Schoolmates
Government, U.S., U.N. response inadequate, congressional subcommittee told.
June 12, 2014 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The 18-year-old high school student escaped from Boko Haram with her life, but she’s feeling sharp loss. One of more than 300 girls kidnapped by the Islamic extremist group on April 15 from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, Patience (last name withheld for […]
Commitment to Egypt’s New Constitution Questioned after ‘Blasphemy’ Charge
Christian on trial for ‘liking’ Facebook page run by converts from Islam.
June 10, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Charges of “blasphemy” against a Christian in Egypt for “liking” a Facebook page run by converts from Islam call into question the government’s commitment to a new constitution guaranteeing freedom of belief and thought, rights activists said. Kerolos Shouky Attallah, of Al-Mahamid village near Luxor, is accused of violating Article […]
Concerns about Religious Rights in Bhutan Raised at U.N. Council
Freedom of worship, legal recognition for Christians in democratic monarchy lacking, members say.
June 4, 2014 By -
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – Several member countries of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have raised concerns over lack of rights for religious minorities in Bhutan, but legal recognition for Christians remains nowhere in sight. At the UNHRC’s recent Universal Periodic Review of the Buddhist nation in Geneva, Switzerland, the United States and other […]