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Lao Officials Force Christians to Recant their Faith before allowing a Burial
Separately in Boukham village, authorities move Christians to animal pen. By Sarah Page DUBLIN, December 30 – Officials this week forced Christians in a Lao village to give up their faith in order to bury a family member in the village graveyard, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF). In Huey, Ad-Sapangthong district of Savannakhet Province, where immediate burial is essential in the hot tropical climate, the village’s eight Christian families quickly began … Read entire article »
Filed under: Buddhism, Christian, Compass Direct, Laos, Persecution
Christians in Nepal Attacked as Constitutional Deadline Nears
KATHMANDU (Compass Direct News) – Two years after an explosion shook one of the biggest Catholic churches in Nepal and killed three people, the underground group that orchestrated the attack claimed responsibility for another bomb blast this week. A crude bomb went off Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 22) in front of a leading Christian charitable organization’s office in this capital city, sowing fresh fear and insecurity among Christians ahead of a critical constitutional deadline. On the same … Read entire article »
Filed under: Buddhism, Christian, Compass Direct, Nepal, Persecution
Burmese Army Targets Christian Civilians in War on Insurgents
By Vishal Arora NEW DELHI (Compass Direct News) – A recent attack on Christians and church buildings by Burmese soldiers in Kachin state showed that Christian civilians are targeted in the military offensive against insurgents. “Targeting of Christians is not unusual in Burma’s conflict zones,” Nawdin Lahpai, editor-in-chief of the Kachin News Group, told Compass by phone, referring to the Oct. 16 military firing at a church, detention of a priest and four parishioners, and burning of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Buddhism, Burma, Christian, Compass Direct
Buddhist Extremists in Bangladesh Beat, Take Christians Captive
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries DHAKA, BANGLADESH (ANS) — Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Buddhist members of an armed rebel group and their sympathizers are holding three tribal Christians captive in a pagoda in southeastern Bangladesh after severely beating them in an attempt to force them to return to Buddhism, Christian sources said. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Bangladesh, Buddhism, Persecution
Buddhist Cremation Rite Forced on Christians
Compass Direct News reports that Buddhist villagers in southeastern Bangladesh forced Christians to participate in a Buddhist cremation rite for a deceased family member last weekend and demanded money for a post-funeral ceremony. Uttam Lal Chakma, 55, died last Friday May 15 after a long illness in Dighinala sub-district of Khagrachari hill district, some 400 kilometers 250 miles southeast of Dhaka. A member of Mynasukhnachari Baptist Church in the Babuchara neighborhood, Chakma had converted from Buddhism to Christianity two years ago. Pastor Vubon Chakma and Christian villagers sought to give him a Christian burial the next day, but a hostile group of local Buddhists forcibly stopped them from doing so, according to a local Christian source. The source told Compass that a member of the Buddhist group told family members, “He was born … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Buddhism, Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution
