ISTANBUL, February 24 (CDN) — After intense diplomatic pressure last week, authorities released Afghan Christian Said Musa, who had been in prison for nearly nine months on charges of apostasy (leaving Islam), punishable by death under Islamic law. Another convert, however, ....
ISTANBUL, December 9 (CDN) — A Christian in Afghanistan facing “apostasy” charges punishable by death is still without legal representation after authorities blocked a foreign lawyer’s attempt to visit him in prison, sources said. A Christian lawyer from the region who ....
ISTANBUL, November 16 (CDN) — An Afghani amputee in prison for his Christian faith since May will face a judge this Sunday (Nov. 21) without legal representation or knowledge of the charges against him, according to local sources. Authorities arrested Said Musa, 45, on May 31, ....
ISTANBUL, August 12 (CDN) — The killing of a team of eye medics, including eight Christian aid workers, in a remote area of Afghanistan last week was likely the work of opportunistic gunmen whose motives are not yet clear, the head of the medical organization said today. On ....
October 29 (CDN) — ISTANBUL, October 29 (Compass Direct News) – Aid agencies are reviewing the viability of their presence in Afghanistan following the murder of Christian aid worker Gayle Williams, who was killed in Kabul last week in a drive-by shooting. This latest ....
September 11 (CDN) — ISTANBUL, September 11 (Compass Direct News) – More than a week after the Taliban released Korean aid workers in Afghanistan, some South Korean Christians are critical of their government’s ban on missionary travel to the country. South Korea agreed ....
August 2 (CDN) — ISTANBUL, August 2 (Compass Direct News) – A Korean Christian aid worker murdered by his Taliban captors on Monday (July 30) had sacrificed his time and job to help those less fortunate than himself, eventually losing his life while serving the ....
July 28 (CDN) — (Editor's Note: On Monday, July 30, the Taliban claimed to have killed a second Korean hostage.)ISTANBUL, July 27 (Compass Direct News) – South Korean aid workers held hostage by Taliban forces in Afghanistan for more than a week are believed to be ....
March 22 (CDN) — March 22 (Compass) – An avalanche of media coverage of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity has apparently sparked the arrest and deepening harassment of other Afghan Christians in the ultra-conservative Muslim ....
September 9 (CDN) — September 9 (Compass) — Five Afghan men who had converted to Christianity have been killed in separate incidents since late June near the borders of eastern Afghanistan. All five men were stabbed or beaten to death in summary executions by Taliban ....
September 9 (CDN) — September 9 (Compass) — Five Afghan men who had converted to Christianity have been killed in separate incidents since late June near the borders of eastern Afghanistan. The first death was reported on July 1 by Reuters news agency, which received a ....
October 19 (CDN) — (Compass) - As aerial military strikes by U.S. forces continued to pound Afghanistan, the defense lawyer for eight Western relief workers imprisoned since early August in Kabul left Pakistan October 10 to return to the Afghan capital. Pakistani ....
September 21 (CDN) — (Compass) - Taliban authorities arrested 35 more Afghan aid workers, bringing the total to more than 50 Afghans jailed by the strict Islamist regime since early August on suspicion of aiding covert Christian missionary work. At least 35 Afghans ....
August 24 (CDN) — (Compass) - In mid August, one week after Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities began arresting expatriate humanitarian aid workers in Kabul for allegedly \"trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity,\" the strict Islamist regime was still ....
January 19 (CDN) — (Compass) - The supreme leader of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia warned on January 8 that his regime will apply the death penalty to any Muslim who converts to another faith. Monitored over Radio Shariat, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar ....
