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 »
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Village officials in Laos threaten to evict entire church from village unless they give up their faith
By Sarah Page DUBLIN (Compass Direct News) – Nearly 50 Christians await their fate today after officials in Natoo village, southern Laos, on Wednesday (Dec. 21) summoned four of their leaders and warned that they would evict the entire church “within 24 hours” if they refused to give up their faith. Officials told the Christians they had forfeited their right to live in the village because of their faith, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao … Read entire article »
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Lao Officials Arrest Eight Christian Leaders
By Sarah Page DUBLIN (Compass Direct News) – Police early this morning traveled to Boukham village in Laos’ Savannakhet Province to meet with officials about the arrest on Friday (Dec. 16) of eight Christian leaders who had gathered some 200 church members for a Christmas celebration, an advocacy group reported today. Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF) reported that the leaders had secured permission for Friday’s event from Boukham’s village chief and invited him to … Read entire article »
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Officials Announce Ban on Christianity in Laotian Village
Compass Direct News reports: Following the confiscation of livestock from Christian families earlier this month, officials in a village in Laos on Saturday July 11 called a special meeting for all residents and announced that they had “banned the Christian faith in our village.” … Read entire article »
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Christians Livestock Seized and Slaughtered by Laotian Officials
Compass Direct News reports Last Sunday July 5 officials and residents of Katin village in Ta Oih district, Saravan province, Laos, confiscated and slaughtered livestock belonging to nine Christian families in an effort to force them to renounce their faith. … Read entire article »
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