HONG KONG (Morning Star News) – Pastor Thongkham Philavanh was feeding his chickens and ducks behind his house in Vanghay village, northwestern Laos, on Monday (July 22) when two men on motorcycles, faces covered, arrived. After a brief exchange, one of the gunmen fired seven shots into his head and body. The assailant’s gun was fitted […]
Unknown Assailants Shoot Pastor Dead in Laos
Provincial leader of Lao Evangelical Church attacked at home.
July 28, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Pastor, Five Other Christians Arrested in Laos
Village officials detain them at prayer meeting.
June 27, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Village officials in central Laos on Saturday (June 22) arrested a pastor and five other Christians as they prayed in preparation for worship services the next day, according to a rights watchdog. Tahae village authorities arrested the church leader, identified only as Pastor Mum, and the other Christians in […]
Local Officials in Laos Stop Worship, Expel Christians
Family barred from returning to village.
October 3, 2023 By - 1 Comment
(Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian family in Salavan Province, Laos lost their home and were expelled for their faith, officials in another province on Sunday (Oct. 1) disrupted the worship service of a house church and threatened to arrest them, according to a rights group. In Savannakhet Province’s Khampou village, Assaphone […]
Pastor in Laos Was Tortured and Killed, Sources Say
Christian was leader of officially recognized church.
November 14, 2022 By - 5 Comments
(Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor with an officially recognized church in Laos was found last month with signs that he was tortured and killed for his faith, area sources said. Christian leaders and police in central Laos’ Khammouane Province believe Pastor Seetoud, who went by a single name, was killed for […]
Police in Laos Arrest Grandmother, Three Other Christians During Worship
Christianity considered enemy of the country, rights group says.
December 12, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Police in Laos arrested a grandmother and three other Christians while they were worshipping last month, according to an advocacy group. Raiding a church service in Keovilai village, Vilabouly District in Savannakhet Province, local police on Nov. 18 arrested the 78-year-old woman identified as Grandma Bounlam and three men identified by […]
Pastor in Laos Stabbed to Death
Church planter refused orders to stop proclaiming Christ.
September 17, 2015 By - 1 Comment
(Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern Laos who disregarded officials’ orders to stop preaching Christ has been stabbed to death, sources said. A prison official identified only as Wansai entered the home of pastor Singkeaw Wongkongpheng in Na-ang village, Chomphet District, Luang Prabang Province on the night of Sept. 8, relatives told advocacy […]
Court in Laos Fines, Sentences Pastors to Prison for Praying for Sick Woman Who Died
Authorities try to stop spread of Christianity by abusing law, group says.
February 19, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – A pastor and four other church leaders in Laos were convicted last week of being “illegal doctors” because they prayed for a sick woman who later died. The People’s Court of Savannakhet Province on Feb. 12 sentenced the five Christians to nine months in prison and a fine of 500,000 kips […]
Seven Christians Arrested in Laos for Meeting for Worship
Local officials ban Christian services in village.
September 29, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Local officials in Laos arrested seven Christians for meeting for worship on Sunday (Sept. 28), according to a rights group. The chief of Boukham village, in Atsaphangthong District, Savannakhet Province, along with village security officials and police arrested the Christians as they ate lunch after meeting for worship in the home […]
Lao Christians Charged with Murder after Praying for Sick Villager
Authorities initially arrest pastor, four others over burial dispute.
June 29, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
(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 […]
Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion
Eight families under threat of being expelled from village.
March 20, 2014 By - 2 Comments
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – More than two dozen Christian converts in a village in southern Laos could be expelled for their faith if government officials fail to keep local authorities from violating their constitutional rights, according to an advocacy group. The Christians from eight families in Natahall village, in Savannakhet Province’s Phin District, were […]