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Pastor in India faces false charge, burned church building
The wife of a pastor falsely named in a criminal case in India this week sought the arrest of a Sikh man suspected of setting their church building and residence ablaze on June 14, sources said. -
WEA joins Korean church bodies opposing civil code bill over religious freedom concerns
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Christian families hospitalized after severe assault in India
Nine tribal people in India have been released on bail after they sent 13 Christians to the hospital with severe injuries, sources said. -

Blind Christian in Pakistan acquitted of blasphemy
A court in Pakistan has acquitted a blind Catholic man who spent 10 months in prison on a blasphemy charge carrying a mandatory death sentence, ruling that prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to prove the allegation, his lawyer said. -

Muslims protest against church construction in Indonesia
Muslims on June 11 protested a second time against plans for a church building in Central Java, Indonesia, sources said. -

Muslim in Pakistan kills Christian co-worker
A Muslim in Pakistan killed a Christian co-worker on Monday (June 22) after telling him he could not drink water from a cooler used by other laborers, sources said. -

Vanished report on India’s worst anti-Christian violence deepens survivors’ distrust
Police in eastern India have opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of an official report on the killing of about 100 Christians and the destruction of hundreds of church buildings in 2008. -

Six Naga hostages, including two pastors, killed as India's Manipur crisis widens
Six Naga men taken hostage in India's northeastern state of Manipur, two of them pastors, were found dead on June 10, their remains reportedly mutilated. More than a week later, their bodies have still not been handed over to their families. -

The Send Philippines draws 13,000 to dual-venue gathering aimed at long-term youth mobilization
More than 13,000 young people gathered across two Manila-area venues on Philippine Independence Day on June 12 for The Send Philippines, a Christian youth mobilization event that organizers describe as the beginning of a sustained, multi-church initiative rather than a one-time gathering.
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