A court in western Nepal has acquitted a Protestant pastor of charges of illegal religious conversion of school children due to a lack of adequate evidence after he was slapped with a criminal case ...

Nepal authorities have undertaken major rescue operations for over 800 people, including hundreds of foreign tourists, missing since devastating flooding hit areas on the Nepal-China border, killing ...

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has pardoned former opposition leader Kem Sokha on humanitarian and national reconciliation grounds following a request from Prime Minister Hun Manet. The pardon by ...

Rajasthan became the 12th state to introduce a stringent law, stipulating 20 years in jail and heavy fines for conversion Indian Christians carry banners and placards as they march towards Parliament ...

The Malaysian government has denied that migrants and refugees have been abused in its detention centers as claimed in a Human Rights Watch (HWR) report last week. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution ...

The percentage of Catholics in the US population in 2021 held steady at 21 percent in the latest Pew Research Center survey. The percentage of Protestants, however, dropped, while the percentage of ...

Global and Asian rights groups have urged Singapore to halt the execution of a Singaporean for drug smuggling, while terming the existing anti-drug laws “cruel, inhumane, and degrading.” In a joint ...

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This week’s news roundup details critical events across Asia, highlighting devastating natural disasters in Nepal, Indonesia, and Vietnam, alongside serious human rights and religious freedom ...

Imran Khan and his wife, were sentenced 17 years imprisonment late last year in a case they termed as politically motivated ...

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Church leaders in Karnataka question the deaths of three Catholics and call for an independent... Sister Agnes and the duty of belonging A nun’s quiet lesson in dignity offers a reflection on the ...