by Publisher | May 31, 2016 | Egypt, News |
Threatened three times before arrest, he faces life in prison ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Coptic human rights activist arrested this month by Egyptian security officials faces the possibility of life in prison on concocted charges because of his efforts...
by Publisher | May 30, 2016 | News, Uganda
Five children narrowly escape death. NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda strangled his wife to death this month for leaving Islam, relatives and neighbors said. Awali Kakaire, 34, early in the morning on May 8 killed Mariam Nakirya...
by Publisher | May 26, 2016 | News, Sudan
Government jets target civilians in Nuba Mountains region. JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Air Force bombing of civilians in the Nuba Mountains town of Heiban on Monday (May 23) struck a Christian family, killing a 6-month-old boy and wounding six...
by Publisher | May 25, 2016 | India, News
Assailants twice drive families out of village. NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – After deciding their gods were angry at them because neighbors had become Christians, Hindu villagers in Chhattisgarh state last month attacked 28 Christians, drove them from their homes...
by Publisher | May 25, 2016 | News, Pakistan
Provincial government orders introduction of emergency hotline for minorities A young Pakistani Christian woman accused of blasphemy chose not to flee from her home, so that her Christian neighbours wouldn’t be targeted in her absence. The accusations against Sonia...
by Publisher | May 20, 2016 | News, Uganda
Missing Muslim villager suspected. NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim villager in eastern Uganda is suspected in the poisoning death of a pastor on Sunday (May 15), sources said. Micah Byamukama, pastor of Kasecha Baptist Church in Kasecha village,...
by Publisher | May 13, 2016 | News, Pakistan
Police find no basis for accusation. LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) Muslims in Pakistan have told 300 impoverished villagers they must either produce a Christian accused of blasphemy, leave the area, convert to Islam or be killed, sources said. Imran Masih, a...
by Publisher | May 6, 2016 | India, News
On same day in another area, 57-year-old pastor beaten. NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India initially declined to take action after Hindu extremists tortured one Christian and severely beat another, sources said. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh,...
