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Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life under 'Blasphemy' Law
Young man convicted of 'desecrating Quran' by accusation of rival shopkeeper.FAISALABAD, Pakistan, January 22 (CDN) — A young Christian shopkeeper was... Read more »
Christians Most Hit by Religious Freedom Violations
Mob succeeds in getting local official to shut down HKBP church in West Java.JAKARTA, Indonesia, January 21 (CDN) — A moderate Muslim research institute... Read more »
Algerian Church Continues in Spite of Burnt Building
Fellowship in Tizi Ouzou received no police protection despite repeated violence.ISTANBUL, January 21 (CDN) — Members of a church in Algeria's Kabylie... Read more »
Spike in Anti-Christian Violence Feared before Burma Elections
Attacks on Christians seen as politically expedient in majority-Buddhist nation.CHIANG MAI, Thailand, January 21 (CDN) — As Burma's military junta gears... Read more »
Spike in Anti-Christian Violence Feared before Burma Elections
Attacks on Christians seen as politically expedient in majority-Buddhist nation.CHIANG MAI, Thailand, January 20 (CDN) — As Burma's military junta gears... Read more »
Christians in Jos, Nigeria Fear Further Attacks
Churches burned following assault on Catholic church in volatile Plateau state.LAGOS, Nigeria, January 19 (CDN) — Gunshots and smoke continued to alarm... Read more »
Forced Recantations of Faith Continue in Vietnam
New Christians in northwest violently compelled to return to ancestor worship.HANOI, Vietnam, January 18 (CDN) — A Vietnamese man violently forced to... Read more »
Forced Recantations of Faith Continue
New Christians in northwest violently compelled to return to ancestor worship.HANOI, Vietnam, January 18 (CDN) — A Vietnamese man violently forced to... Read more »
Two Christians Critically Wounded at Wedding in Pakistan
Still in intensive care, they were shot for refusing order to convert to Islam.TOBA TEK SINGH, Pakistan, January 14 (CDN) — Two Pakistani Christians who... Read more »
Church Buildings Attacked in Malaysia Following Court Decision
Muslim groups angered by ruling to allow Catholic newspaper to use word 'Allah.'KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, January 11 (CDN) — In unprecedented acts that... 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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