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Young Christian Woman Allegedly Abducted in Pakistan
Muslims said to employ various ruses; forced conversion, marriage feared.LAHORE, Pakistan, April 13 (CDN) — A Muslim tricked a 19-year-old Christian... Read more »
Chinese Christian Rights Activist Gao Zhisheng Released
Church likely to face another harsh year, report says.DUBLIN, April 9 (CDN) — Christian human rights activist Gao Zhisheng, kidnapped by state security... Read more »
Christian Rights Activist Gao Zhisheng Released
Church likely to face another harsh year, report says.DUBLIN, April 9 (CDN) — Christian human rights activist Gao Zhisheng, kidnapped by state security... Read more »
False Charges Filed against 47 Christians in Pakistan
Police try to extract bribe after attacking home; in Rawalpindi, militants attack chapel.VEHARI, Pakistan, April 8 (CDN) — Police here filed false... Read more »
Iranian Authorities Release Assyrian Pastor on Bail
Accused of 'converting Muslims,' church leader faces trial - and threat of murder.ISTANBUL, April 5 (CDN) — An Assyrian pastor the Iranian government... Read more »
Signs of Witness Intimidation Mount in Orissa, India
Fear factor results in transfer of rape case; meantime, 6-year-old girl says politician is killer.NEW DELHI, April 2 (CDN) — Due in part to intimidation... Read more »
Vietnamese Christian, Family, Forced into Hiding
Officials expel them from village; elsewhere, pastor dragged behind motorbike.HO CHI MINH CITY, April 1 (CDN) — Suffering severe abuse from villagers and... Read more »
Pakistani Muslim Prohibits Burial in Christian Graveyard
Land-grabber seizes cemetery, keeps mourners from burying body of young man.GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, April 1 (CDN) — A Muslim land owner who effectively... Read more »
Recent Incidents of Persecution
Madhya Pradesh, India, March 31 (CDN) — Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) extremists accompanied by police officials on March 28 disrupted Christian worship... Read more »
Vietnam's Temporary Release of Priest Goes against Trend
Government granting leave to Father Ly is said to be tightening control overall.DUBLIN, March 30 (CDN) — Vietnamese officials have in recent months... Read more »

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North Korea Celebrates Leaders Birthday

CRISES AS LEADER TURNS 68 

Halton Hills, ON (Feb. 16, 2010) – Most people in North Korea will celebrate the 68th birthday of North Korean “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il today with parades, cultural performances and other special events. February 16 is a national holiday. It is considered the most important date in North Korea along with April 15, which is the day on which Kim Jong Il’s father Kim Il-Sung was born. While Kim Jong-Il is being showered with expensive gifts, the North Korean people are being tortured by their government as two forced combat campaigns of 150 days and 100 days are continuing. In these periods almost every citizen has to work actively for the state or face imprisonment. Christians are even under more scrutiny during these combat campaigns.
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North Korea Top Persecutor of Christians for Eighth Straight Year

IRAN JUMPS TO SECOND PLACE ON WORLD WATCH LIST 

 

Halton Hills, ON (January, 2010) – Two of the most notorious and restrictive regimes in the world top the Open Doors 2010 World Watch List (WWL) of 50 countries which are the worst persecutors of Christians. In the No. 1 spot for the eighth straight time is North Korea, the country where every religious activity is recognized as an insurrection to the North Korean socialist principles. In 2009, the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Il targeted Christians all over the country. That resulted in arrests, torture and killings. North Korean leaders are desperately trying to control society in order to eradicate all Christian activities. There are an estimated 200,000 North Koreans in political prisons, including 40,000 to 60,000 Christians.  A veteran North Korean watcher, who can’t be identified due to security reasons, states: “Christians are the target of fierce government action, and once caught, are not regarded as human. Last year we had evidence that some were used as guinea pigs to test chemical and biological weapons.”  
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Moroccan Authorities Raid Bible Study, Arrest Christians
By Pablo Fredrick   MARSEILLES, France, February 9 (Compass Direct News) – A large, military-led team of Moroccan authorities raided a Bible study in a small city southeast of Marrakech last week, arresting 18 Moroccans and deporting a U.S. citizen, area Christian leaders said. Approximately 60 officers from the Moroccan security services on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 4) raided the home of a Christian in Amizmiz, a picturesque city of 10,000 mainly Berber people 56 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Marrakech. A church Bible study was in progress at the home with visitors from western and southern Morocco, the leaders said.  Five of the 18 people held for 14 hours were small children, two of them infants no more than 6 months old. The other small children ranged from 20 months to 4 years old, and also detained was the visiting 16-year-old nephew of one of the participants. The Christian leaders said authorities interrogated participants in the Bible study for 14 hours. The authorities filmed the interrogations with digital video cameras and cell phones.
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