About this episode

This episode covers significant news events in Asia, including crackdowns on churches, a prison riot, a mob conviction, and monsoon floods.

This week, China accelerates its severe crackdown on unregistered churches, while a deadly prison riot in Sri Lanka claims multiple lives. Plus, Pakistan delivers a rare mob conviction, and devastating monsoon floods ravage southeastern Bangladesh. All these stories and more. Tune in for the latest developments from Asia.

People in this episode

Hosts: Fr. Michael Kelly, John Laurenson, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong

Topics covered

• religious freedom
• prison riots
• legal convictions
• natural disasters
• Asia news

Keywords

• China
• Sri Lanka
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• monsoon floods
• prison riot
• church crackdown
• mob conviction

Mentioned in this episode

Places: China, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh

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