Nepal

Supreme Court upholds prison sentence and fine.

After moving in with his parents after the birth of his son, Pawan (surname withheld for security reasons) said that in March 2020, they told him and his wife to either partake of Hindu rituals or leave their home in central Nepal’s Bhaktapur District. Pawan said they tried to resolve the issue, but they could not, and his parents temporarily took his child.

A pastor in Nepal forced to pay exorbitant bail amounts for three separate cases was sentenced to two years in prison on Nov. 30 under a law against proselytizing, sources said.

In an effort to have the registration of Christian organizations revoked, Hindu extremists in Nepal have reportedly forged documents making it seem like Christian groups in the area are seeking ethnic divisions to gain converts.

After local Hindus objected, municipal officials in Nepal ordered a church to stop the construction of a worship hall.

A pastor arrested twice in Nepal on charges that violate religious rights was finally released from jail but only after paying an exorbitant bail.

Two pastors were arrested in Nepal on the last Saturday of March falsely charging them with hosting worship services amid the Himalayan country’s lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19.

A pastor was been arrested in Nepal for sharing a healing prayer amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Hindu extremist threats have driven a pastor in Nepal into hiding following a leak onto social media of a restricted audience-interview he gave on his journey to Christ, sources said.

A Christian from South Korea arrested in Nepal on charges of “attempting to convert” was released on bail on Wednesday (Aug. 7), sources said.