Asia

PYONGYANG, North Korea — As many as 1 million people may be imprisoned in North Korea for political and religious reasons, a Christian advocate for

BEIJING — China’s crackdown on religious freedom advocates ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games extended to two Christian human rights attorneys during two September

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the United States and the United Nations to mount an international effort to hold

MALATYA, Turkey — An e-mail message to Turkish Protestant leaders in June surfaced in the Turkish press in September, according to Compass Direct News Service.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Death threats and other dangers in Maiduguri drove most of the members of a church of converts from Islam to other parts

RANCHI, India — Local villagers in Jharkhand state arranged for a Christian worker, Ajay Topno, to be shot to death in September for converting three