Even though a pastor — who is a permanent United States resident — was released from a Chinese prison more than a year ago, the Chinese government refuses to let him return to the U.S.
The leader of the rights group ChinaAid says persecution of Christians in China has intensified but that believers are persevering and that Christianity is increasing.
An attorney in Pakistan reports that a 14-year-old boy appears to have been forced by his employer to convert to Islam and is being kept from his family.