ICC Note: The first eight Christians to be charged under Nepal’s new Constitution for “evangelizing” are still waiting on the outcome of their trial. They were arrested and charged after handing out pamphlets about Jesus to students at a Christian school after a trauma counseling session. Another group of Christians was recently attacked and beaten for trying to distribute corrugated metal sheets to some of the villagers. Christians in Nepal face situations like this often, but remain silent because the government will not do anything to help them. Despite the rising persecution in the country, the number of conversions to Christianity in Nepal has also increased, causing an even further rise in opposition to the faith.

08/20/2016, Nepal (World Watch Monitor) – Eight Christians are still awaiting the outcome of their trial, after they became the first people to be charged under Nepal’s new constitution. Their crime? An alleged breach of religious freedom – for distributing pamphlets about Jesus during a trauma seminar in a Christian school, following last year’s devastating earthquake (see video below).

But they are not the only Christians to suffer repercussions following their efforts to provide support. World Watch Monitor visited Champi village, near Kathmandu, to meet a group of Christians attacked in the days that followed, as they tried to distribute corrugated metal sheets to villagers.

As six of them unloaded the sheets from a truck, they were attacked by four of their neighbours, who beat them with steel rods. Other Christian families living nearby tried to stop them, but they were fought off.

…

[Full Story]