NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India suspect a church member’s Hindu family killed him last month for refusing to renounce his faith, sources said. In West Bengal state’s Gobindapur village, Jhargram District, Hindu relatives of Madhab Gorai had threatened to burn him to death and feared his faith jeopardized his daughter’s impending […]
Hindu Relatives Suspected of Killing Christian in India
Family members threatened to burn him alive, sources say.
September 23, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
Two More Christians Accused of Blasphemy Receive Bail
Those accused on spurious grounds spend years in jail.
August 30, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Two Christians accused of blasphemy, including one who has spent four years in jail, have obtained bail from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, sources said. Following the release on bail earlier last week of another Christian accused of blasphemy, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 24) […]
Supreme Court of Pakistan Grants Bail in Blasphemy Case
Justice expresses concern over abuses of law.
August 24, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A two-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday (Aug. 23) granted bail to a Christian in a blasphemy case, with one of the justices expressing concern over blatant misuse of the law, the attorney of the accused said. Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed said this was the first […]
Christian Parents in Pakistan Denied Custody of Kidnapped Girl
Separately, 14-year-old Nayab Gill escapes captors, sources say.
August 23, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Refusing to review evidence from a Christian couple trying to recover their 12-year-old daughter after she was allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert and marry, a judge in Pakistan last week denied them custody, sources said. Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan of the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench on Thursday […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for Alleged ‘Blasphemy’
Landlord, rival shop owner frame him on false charge, attorney says.
July 11, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian bicycle mechanic in Lahore, Pakistan was sentenced to death last week on baseless charges of blasphemy, his lawyer said. Attorney Riaz Anjum said that in 2017 Muhammad Irfan had asked Ashfaq Masih not to charge him for a bicycle repair because he was a devotee of Muslim Sufis […]
Death Sentence Upheld for Two Christians in Pakistan
Brothers devastated after years in jail under blasphemy law.
June 23, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hopes for freedom of two Christian brothers on death row under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws were dashed this month when a court upheld their death sentence despite lack of evidence against them, their lawyers said. Qaiser Ayub, 45, and Amoon Ayub, 42, have been incarcerated since 2014, and their appeal of […]
Police in India Assault, Charge Pastor for Family Devotional
Officers tie him to tree and beat him, sources say.
June 17, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Nearly two months after police arrested a pastor in India from his grandmother’s home, tied him to a tree and beat him, threats from officers and others have kept him from filing a complaint on the brutality, sources said. Pastor Pravesh Kumar of Amamahua, Uttar Pradesh state was visiting a […]
Christian in Pakistan Wrongly Jailed without Trial, Lawyer Says
Islamist bias results in four years without bail.
June 16, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A young Christian in Pakistan has spent more than four years in jail on a false blasphemy charge as courts have delayed processes due to Islamist bias and discrimination against him, his attorney said. Patras Masih was 18 years old when he was accused in February 2018 of sharing a […]
Christian in Pakistan Jailed since March 2019 Granted Bail
Mentally ill Stephen Masih falsely accused of blasphemy, sources say.
June 8, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A mentally ill Christian jailed since March 2019 on a charge of blasphemy, punishable by death, has been granted bail, sources said. Stephen Masih was arrested on March 11, 2019 after a Muslim mob burst into his home in Imranpura Bedian village, Sialkot District, beat him and other family members […]
Christian Girl in Pakistan Testifies of Kidnapping, Rape
Police initially slow to investigate Muslim who ‘married’ her, sources say.
June 7, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A 15-year-old Christian girl told a court in Pakistan on Monday (June 6) that she was kidnapped and raped by the Muslim accused of abducting her and forcibly converting and marrying her. While most girls facing captors’ threats to harm them or their families are pressured into making false statements […]