Nepal arrests 4 Christians over ‘false’ conversion allegation; US citizen deported
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(Worthy News) – Four Christians have been arrested in Nepal, including a United States citizen, months after a controversial law criminalizing religious conversion went into effect in the Asian nation.
On Tuesday morning, police in the city of Ghorahi arrested a Christian society leader, an Indian national, a citizen of Colorado and a Nepali interpreter at their hotel for their alleged involvement in religious conversion by “allurement,” according to the NGO Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
The four of them had attended a one-day pastors’ conference that took place Monday in a local church. [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]
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