Freedom of religion cases 20158/28/2023 Last week, according to a missionary in Nepal, the government announced to all leaders of Christian orphanages and boarding schools in Kathmandu that it would impose huge fines, close them down and confiscate possessions should they find just one Christian booklet in their institution. The freedom of Nepal’s Christians is increasingly under threat. The police making the arrests “wanted our people to say yes, they have preached the Gospel …which is not true”. Shrestha denies the counsellors were trying to convert children. While it is a Christian school, not all pupils are Christians. Barnabas Shrestha, chairman of Teach Nepal, says they were “invited by a pastor to do the counselling in the school”. The counsellors were working for Teach Nepal. The seven men and one woman arrested June 9 were charged with trying to convert children to Christianity by distributing the pamphlet during a trauma seminar. Nepal’s first religious freedom case since the country’s new constitution was implemented in 2015 is due to come to trial later this week.įacing charges will be eight Christian counsellors arrested for distributing a pamphlet about Jesus in a Christian school while helping children through the trauma of last year’s earthquake.Īnything perceived as evangelizing is outlawed in the new constitution. Nepali Christian leaders have welcomed their acquittal. The pastor of Charikot Christian Church, Shakti Pakhrin, was arrested a few days after the seven had been detained, in June. The charges against them all have been dropped: five are staff of Teach Nepal while two others are school principals. The seven men and one woman, all counsellors, were charged with ‘proselytising’ – apparently outlawed in the new constitution – after giving out a pamphlet about Jesus in a Christian school, while helping children through the trauma of the 2015 earthquake. UPDATE: A court in Nepal has dropped a case against eight Christians, the first case about freedom of religion since the country’s new constitution was implemented in 2015. Release on bail, Dolakha, Nepal 2016Vishal Arora The eight arrested Christians after their
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