Amid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
Amid Bosnia’s greatest political crisis since the end of its 1992-95 interethnic war, the country’s Serbs celebrated an outlawed holiday Sunday.
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by bcadmin | Jan 9, 2022 | Associated Press, Bosnia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Catholic-Orthodox Relations, Church in Europe, Civil war, ethnic violence, News, Orthodox Christians, Religious Minorities, sanctions, Serbia | 0 |
Amid Bosnia’s greatest political crisis since the end of its 1992-95 interethnic war, the country’s Serbs celebrated an outlawed holiday Sunday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 7, 2021 | Associated Press, blasphemy laws, Church in Asia, News, Pakistan, Religious Minorities, Sri Lanka | 0 |
The charred body of a factory manager who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy was brought back to Sri Lanka on Monday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 4, 2021 | Associated Press, blasphemy, blasphemy laws, Church in Asia, News, Pakistan, Religious Minorities | 0 |
A Muslim mob descended on a sports equipment factory in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Friday, killing a Sri Lankan man and burning his body publicly over allegations of blasphemy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, human rights, News, Pakistan, Religious Minorities | 0 |
An iconic Pakistani human rights defender and journalist I.A. Rehman has died in the eastern city of Lahore after a brief illness, his family and friends said Monday. Rehman was 90. He spent his life defending human rights, opposing military dictators, fighting for the rule of law and democracy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2020 | Anti-Christian persecution, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, ministerial on religious freedom, News, Religious Freedom, religious liberty, Religious Minorities, second | 0 |
Religious minorities are highly vulnerable during conflicts, often exposed to grave violence, and require active protection and assistance, religious freedom advocates said during the 2020 Ministerial to Advance Freedom of Religion or Belief, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and hosted by Poland.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 1, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, human rights, News, Pakistan, Religious Minorities | 0 |
An annual human rights report released this week gives Pakistan a failing grade, charging that too little is being done to protect the country’s most vulnerable, including women and children.
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