Officers tie him to tree and beat him, sources say. By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, June 17, 2022 (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, … Read More

Islamist bias results in four years without bail. By Our Pakistan Correspondent LAHORE, Pakistan, June 16, 2022 (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 … Read More

Commentary & Analysis Proposed high fines, shutdowns and onerous regulations submitted for feedback. By Our Vietnam Correspondent HANOI, Vietnam, June 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – When the “Government of Vietnam” posted two draft religion decrees the first week of June, even ranking staff members of the Government Bureau of Religious Affairs were taken by surprise and encouraged religious leaders … Read More

  Woman dies after being stabbed in the eyes. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, June 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A woman in central Uganda who accepted Christ at a church service on May 29 was killed later that day when her father stabbed her in the eyes for leaving Islam, sources said. After having several dreams about … Read More

Convict said to have shouted jihadist slogan as he stabbed clergyman. By the Editor June 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The convicted killer of Archbishop Arsanious Wadid in Alexandria, Egypt was sentenced to death on Saturday (June 11), according to Copts-United. Nehru Abdel Moneim Tawfiq was sentenced to death after a long session in which the 22nd District Alexandria Criminal Court headed by … Read More

Mentally ill Stephen Masih falsely accused of blasphemy, sources say. By Our Pakistan Correspondent LAHORE, Pakistan, June 8, 2022 (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 … Read More

Police initially slow to investigate Muslim who ‘married’ her, sources say. By Our Pakistan Correspondent LAHORE, Pakistan, June 7, 2022 (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’ … Read More

North Cyprus: Court hearing in ongoing trial On 7 June a hearing is scheduled for Ryan Keating in Famagusta for allegedly illegally importing Bibles and Christian literature. The materials were confiscated in a raid by political division police and customs officials on his business premises in January 2021. The business, Exile Café, is used also as a meeting place for … Read More

Catholic church service in Ondo state attacked. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, June 6, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists launched a gun and bomb attack at the end of a Catholic Mass in southwest Nigeria on Sunday (June 5), killing an estimated 70 worshippers, sources said. The terrorists attacked the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state, … Read More

Two injured in assault following burial. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, June 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A youth pastor in Uganda died on May 26 from an axe blow to the head sustained during an Islamic extremist attack on a church on May 20, sources said. Emmanuel Mugabi sustained deep cuts on his leg and head and … Read More