(Morning Star News) – While a government-hired thug in China threatened to kill a Christian family, officials in a neighboring province arrested a pastor, her daughter and her 3-year-old grandson, sources said. In Xinning, Hubei Province in the central part of the country, police and religious affairs officials upset by a house church’s outreach arrested […]
Authorities in China Detain Pastor, Daughter and 3-year-old Grandson
In neighboring province, government-hired thug threatens to kill family.
October 5, 2017 By -
China Tightens Control on Churches, Enforces Law Against Teaching Children
Officials order house-church members to stay home.
September 15, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – China has tightened its “choke-hold” on churches across the country in recent weeks, according to advocacy group China Aid. Recent bans on unregistered church worship and on teaching Christianity to children, “as if intending to eliminate all house churches at once,” have startled Christians, a China Aid source reported. In Guangzhou, […]
Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’
Officials accuse advocates of seeking to 'overthrow' government.
August 11, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – After 19 long months of investigative detention following his Dec. 16, 2015 arrest, renowned human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai was finally charged with a crime on July 30. Vietnamese authorities charged Dai, 35-year-old legal associate Le Thu Ha and four other human rights activists, including Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton, 45, […]
Buddhists in Burma Attack, Injure Newly Converted Christians
Angry mob ruins properties.
July 30, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – About 150 angry Buddhists and monks this month attacked newly converted Christians in Burma (Myanmar), destroying their homes and property and injuring seven people. In Thi Taw village in northwest Burma’s Sagaing Region, the mob threw stones and broke into houses on July 6, two days after two families put […]
Pakistan’s Calculated Spin on Apparent Killing of Chinese Evangelists
Interior ministry’s statement sends chilling message to foreign Christians.
July 11, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamabad’s claim that “violations” of business visas contributed to the murder of two Chinese evangelists last month served key government purposes. Lee Zing Yang (Li Xinheng is said to be the more accurate rendering), 24, and Meng Li Si (Meng Lisi), 26, were teaching Chinese to people in Pakistan, and, like […]
Pastor Jailed in Burma Falls Ill
65-year-old Baptist leader on trial for ‘spying.’
June 20, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – One of two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma army last Christmas Eve is suffering deteriorating health from malnutrition, sources said. Pastor Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, has become weak, lacks energy and suffers from asthma and diarrhea, according to his wife and a lawyer for Nawng Latt and fellow […]
Christians Shot to Death in Attack on Marawi, Philippines
Those refusing to recite Islamic creed are targeted.
June 1, 2017 By -
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – Among 19 civilians an Islamic extremist group in the Philippines killed after storming a city on May 23 were eight Christians shot for refusing to recite the Muslim creed, government investigators told local press. They were the first Christians slain in the ongoing battle for Marawi City, capital of Lanao […]
Terrorists Linked with Islamic State Abduct Priest in Attack in Mindanao, Philippines
Policeman beheaded, 13 other Catholics kidnapped.
May 24, 2017 By -
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – An ascendant terrorist group in the Philippines that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) yesterday wreaked violence on the island of Mindanao, kidnapping a catholic priest and 13 members of his parish. Soldiers engaged in firefights with the Maute Group (MG) in Marawi City as its militants reportedly […]
Indonesia Joins Repressive Islamic Regimes in Sentencing Ahok to Prison for ‘Blasphemy’
Statute treads on human rights in world’s largest Islamic country.
May 9, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – Indonesia took a huge leap backwards in its reputation as a moderate Islamic democracy today when a court sentenced the Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, to two years in prison for “blasphemin The blasphemy accusation was key in Ahok’s defeat in a bid to be re-elected as governor […]
Two Pastors in Burma Detained More than Three Months Without Trial
Baptist leaders tried to help couple who lost their house.
April 7, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma army have been jailed without trial for more than three months, sources said. Pastors Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, and 35-year-old La Jaw Gam Hseng were arrested on Dec. 24 after helping local journalists cover military conflict in northern Shan state, eastern Burma […]