NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Uttarakhand state, India last week passed an amendment to its controversial anti-conversion law expanding punishment to life imprisonment. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government managed to introduce the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025 during an assembly session that turned chaotic over alleged Panchayat (local council) rigging. The […]
India’s Harshest Anti-Conversion Law Approved in Uttarakhand
Life imprisonment prescribed for ‘forced conversion.’
August 26, 2025 By -
Kidnapping, Abuse Traumatize Christian Girl in Pakistan
16-year-old rescued from forced conversion, sex slavery.
August 25, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham Islamic marriage and forced her into prostitution. The forced prostitution resulted in serious health issues for the 16-year-old girl, whose name is withheld […]
Islamist Influence Growing in Pakistan, Report Says
Muslim extremists pressure judiciary and public officials.
August 22, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Religious freedom in Pakistan is facing unprecedented threats as Muslim extremist groups increase their hold on public officials, according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The report, “Streets of Fear: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2024/25,” which documents violations of such freedoms […]
Prisons in Pakistan Mistreat Christians, other Minorities, Study Says
Abuse and discrimination documented in new report.
August 20, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Prisoners from minority backgrounds, particularly Christians, face systemic bias in Pakistani jails and are subjected to abuse by prison staff and Muslim inmates, a new study shows. They are labeled as “untouchables” and given menial tasks like cleaning toilets, according to the study released on Aug. 15, “Hope […]
Justice Elusive 2 Years after Attacks on Christians in Pakistan
Demonstrators call for government to act.
August 18, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes for justice are dimming amid the sabotaging of prosecution efforts, advocates said. None of the perpetrators have been convicted after they ransacked and damaged more than 25 church buildings and 85 homes […]
Nuns in India Jailed, Christians Assaulted amid Baseless Charges
Hindu extremists fabricate ‘human trafficking’ allegations, victims say.
August 15, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Falsely accusing two nuns and a Christian man of trafficking three women in India, Hindu extremists with threats and assault forced the three tribal Christian women to sign a statement against their companions, sources said. “We will gang rape you if you do not do as we say,” the members […]
Minorities in Pakistan Decry Blasphemy Law, Discrimination
Christians participate in National Minorities Day rallies.
August 11, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – On the eve of Pakistan’s annual National Minorities Day, a human rights advocate on Sunday (Aug. 10) called on parliament to address an alarming increase in false blasphemy allegations. With most rallies and seminars for the annual Aug. 11 National Minorities Day taking place on Sunday (Aug. 10) […]
Change in Religion on ID Card Ordered for Christian in Pakistan
Court mandates rare correction for convert from Islam.
August 5, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan last month ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from Islam to Christianity, her attorney said. The woman, whose name is withheld for security reasons, renounced Islam and married a Christian man 15 […]
Pastors Beaten in Custody after Arrests in India
Police detain Christians after Hindu nationalists disrupt worship.
August 4, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have laceration scars, sources said. Pastor Moses Logan of Bhilai, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state said the jailor and guards at Durg jail beat the five other […]
Lawmaker in India Offers Reward for Attacking Christians
Bishops condemn law enforcement’s failure to respond.
July 31, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Catholic bishops this week strongly condemned law enforcement for failing to prosecute a state legislator who publicly offered up to $12,663 USD (1.1 million rupees) for violent attacks on Christian leaders. The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) expressed “deep anguish and alarm over the growing climate of hostility […]