Tag: Police

Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh’s kidnap inquiry halted

January 19, 2018 Malaysia Borneo, Converts, Joshua Hilmy, Kidnapping, Malaysia, Minorities, Police, Proselytism, Putrajaya, Raymond Koh, Religious freedom, Sabah, Sarawak

The fragile hopes of a Malaysian family in search of answers to the abduction of church leader Raymond Koh were dashed by a surprise development on Wednesday (17 January). Almost a year after Koh went missing, after little or no progress in police investigations, Malaysia’s newest Inspector General of Police . . . Read More

Fifth murder of an Egyptian Copt in two weeks

January 25, 2017 Egypt Cairo, Police, Upper Egypt

The murder of another Coptic Christian in Egypt, this time in the centre of the capital, makes this the fifth death over a 13-day period. Ishak Ibrahim Fayez Younan, 37, was found dead by his brother on 16 January, at Ishak’s flat in the old part of Cairo. He leaves . . . Read More

UPDATE: Compensation for family of Indian Christian couple shot dead in anti-Maoist crossfire

January 6, 2017 India Hindu nationalism, Hyderabad, Kandhamal, Maoists, Odisha, Police

Update 6 Jan. 2017: The Human Rights Commission of the eastern Indian state of Odisha has ordered the state government to pay one million rupees (US$14,720) in compensation to the six children of a Baptist couple shot dead allegedly by a federal paramilitary force in July 2015. Dhubaleswar Nayak, 50, and . . . Read More

Pakistan: Christian boy, 14, raped and hung from tree, but police say death ‘natural’

October 11, 2016 Pakistan Faisalabad, Islamic extremism, Police

Police in a village in Pakistan have denied knowledge of the existence of a post-mortem which shows that a 14-year-old Christian boy was raped, then strangled. Instead, they say he died of “natural causes” by drinking a sugary drink after eating fruit. Zeeshan Masih, a resident of Ghos Nagar, Chak . . . Read More

UPDATE: Four police officers charged with killing Christian lawyer in Kenya

July 18, 2016 Kenya Nairobi, Police, Uhuru Kenyatta

Willie Kimani (centre), his client, Josephat Mwenda (left), and their driver, Joseph Muiruri (right).IJM UPDATE (18 July): A court in Nairobi has charged four police officers in connection with the murder of a lawyer and two of his companions. Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and their driver, Joseph Muiruri, went . . . Read More

Pakistani Christian who sought police help instead faces death for ‘blasphemy’

July 1, 2016 Pakistan Blasphemy, Gujranwala, Islamic extremism, Police, Shahbaz Bhatti

The Science Locus School of Science & Arts in Gujranwala, Pakistan.www.sciencelocusschool.edu.pk An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian man to death for committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam. Anjum Sandhu, 60, had initially sought police protection in May 2015, after alleging he was the victim of . . . Read More

Pakistani policeman beats up church leader over ‘loudspeaker music’

June 16, 2016 Pakistan Caste, Dalits, Deobandi, Islamic extremism, Kasur, Lahore, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pentecostals, Police, Punjab

The Pentecostal United Church in Lahore, Pakistan, where Riaz Rehmat is pastor.World Watch Monitor A church leader in Lahore was beaten up during his Sunday service by a policeman, during a dispute over whether or not music was being played over his church loudspeaker. Lahore has the largest concentration . . . Read More

Kandhamal couple’s shooting evokes darkest memories for India’s Christians

August 20, 2015 India Hindu nationalism, Hyderabad, Kandhamal, Maoists, Odisha, Police

Human rights groups claim a Christian couple were shot dead by Indian federal security forces last month, while they were speaking on the phone to their son on a mountain in the eastern state of Odisha – formerly known as Orissa. The alleged murder of Dhubaleswar (50) and Bhubudi (45) . . . Read More

‘Falsely accused’ Pakistani Christian executed

June 10, 2015 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan, Police, Torture

Aftab Nazir Bahadur was executed today for a crime he claimed he did not commit. The Pakistani Christian, who spent most of his life on death row, was arrested 22 years ago when he was 15. At that time, 15-year-olds could be sentenced to death, although the minimum age was . . . Read More

Mother accuses Pakistan police of killing son by torture

March 10, 2015 Pakistan Police, Torture

A Pakistan mother claims Pakistan police tortured her son to death to extract from her a confession to a theft she says she did not commit. Zubair Masih was buried March 9 in a Christian graveyard in Lahore, under a heavy police presence. He was 20. His brutalized body was found . . . Read More

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