Asia

• 1 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 28 Christians are indicted for the lynching of Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Anti Terrorism Court in Lahore has indicted 28 Christians accused of the brutal killing of two Muslims after the attacks on the churches in Youhanabad, on March 15, and for the ensuing riots. ...
• 1 April 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Flood emergency in Kashmir New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy rainfall is ravaging Pakistan and Kashmir, leading to severe flooding and landslides. The death toll continues to increase and many villages have become completely submerged in water and ...
• 1 April 2015
  ASIA - Amnesty: executions increased in 2014 Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - An alarming number of countries used the death penalty, especially in Asia to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amn ...
• 1 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Idlib in the hands of jihadists. Orthodox priest kidnapped Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Idlib has fallen into the hands of anti-Assad jihadist militias since Saturday, March 28, and there is news of violence and discrimination against the Christian inhabitants of the city ...
• 31 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Religious Lebanese leaders denounce a plan of sectarian fragmentation of the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Unanimous support and unconditional love to the armed forces, appeal for an end to the vacancy in the president's office, condemnation of masked terrorism in religious matters and the announceme ...
• 31 March 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "Way of the Cross on Good Friday in prayer for peace" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Celebrate a Way of the Cross through the streets of Manila, to reflect on the passion of Christ, be reconciled with the Lord and renew one’s life, praying intensely "for natural disasters and f ...
• 30 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 20 victims of the attacks on the churches in Youhanabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There are 20 victims of the attacks on the churches in Youhanabad which occurred on March 15: Yesterday, the Christian community celebrated the funeral of another of the wounded, Shamim Bhatti. M ...
• 30 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church participates in the mourning for the death of Assyrian Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church, as a sign of solidarity and closeness with the Assyrian Church of the East, took part in the mourning for the death of Assyrian Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV. For this reason, it ...
• 28 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch to the UN: the "Arab Spring" impacted negatively on Christians New York (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Arab Spring" impacted negatively on the condition of the Christian communities in the Middle East, causing a mass exodus similar to those caused 100 years ago by the massacres of ...
• 28 March 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Humanitarian crisis in Mindanao; a law has been submitted in the Philippine congress on the Muslim region Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Humanitarian crisis looms as thousands flee Mindanao conflict, in southern Philippines. Therefore a ceasefire is what a forum of non-governmental organizations and local associations call for, ...
• 28 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian leaders: a Commission of inquiry regarding the massacre in Youhanabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Political and religious leaders are asking the government in Punjab to set up a special Commission of inquiry regarding the massacre in Youhanabad, which deals with both the terrorist attack on M ...
• 27 March 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The first house of formation of the Guanellian’s has been inaugurated Ho Chi Minh (Agenzia Fides) - The first house of formation of the Servants of Charity (Guanellian’s) in Vietnam has been inaugurated. As Fides learns, the inauguration took place on March 24 in the district of Go Vap. ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Guaranteed education to Shama and Shehzad’s children, Christian couple burned alive Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Suleman and Sonia go to school. Poonam will also go. The three children are children of Shama and Shahzad Masih, the Christian couple tortured and burned alive by a mob of Muslims on charges of b ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of human rights of indigenous peoples: first investigation Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - indigenous people of Indonesia have been the victims of violations of human rights, of the right to property, of the right to a decent and safe life for many years. This is what we read in the f ...
• 26 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Jinnah Institute: "Continuous and constant violence against religious minorities" Lahore (Ageniza Fides) - "Violence against religious minorities in Pakistan was continuous and constant in the period 2012-2014. Forced conversions, kidnappings, damage to areas of worship, sexual violence and targeted k ...