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 […]
Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for Alleged ‘Blasphemy’
Landlord, rival shop owner frame him on false charge, attorney says.
July 11, 2022 By -
Death Sentence Upheld for Two Christians in Pakistan
Brothers devastated after years in jail under blasphemy law.
June 23, 2022 By -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 […]
Muslim Forcibly Marries, Converts Christian Girl, Family Says
Neighbor kidnapped 15-year-old, relatives say.
May 27, 2022 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Faisalabad, Pakistan who abducted a 15-year-old Roman Catholic girl has forced her to marry him and convert to Islam, but police refuse to help the family, sources said. Nadeem Masih, a sanitation worker at a textile factory, told Morning Star News that his daughter, Saba Masih, was abducted on […]
Christians Accuse Policeman in India of Destroying Church Building
Officer threatened to arrest, kill them, they say.
May 19, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – After months of appeals to officials in central India, Christians are still awaiting action against a police officer alleged to have burned down a church building and threatened them with false charges if they continue worshiping, sources said. In Chhattisgarh state’s Kistaram village, Konta District, Sub-Inspector Bhavesh Shende on Feb. […]
Christians Left without Homes after Easter Attack in India
Yearly supply of food destroyed.
May 13, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal villagers in eastern India assaulted three Christian families and destroyed their homes on Easter Sunday (April 17), sources said. The assailants, followers of tribal nature-worshipping religion, were upset that the Christian families in Odisha state’s Ejariguda village, Malkangiri District, were preparing for Easter rather than their traditional festival, said […]
18 Christians in India Jailed, Fight False Charge of Five Years Ago
Widow among church members arrested over baseless accusation.
May 4, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians falsely charged with crimes related to an act of vandalism in central India five years ago spent five days in jail and are fighting the case anew after it mysteriously resurfaced, sources said. The 18 Christians, including a widow, in Chhattisgarh state’s Bhelwapal village, Sukma District, were jailed March […]