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Sealed Church in Bogor, Indonesia Appeals to UN
In Bekasi, another church is shuttered - again.JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 6 (CDN) — The Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin Church in Bogor, West... Read more »
Conviction of Legislator in India Falls Short of Expectations
In murder of Christian, Hindu nationalist sentenced to seven years for causing 'grievous hurt.'NEW DELHI, July 2 (CDN) — Christians in Orissa state had... Read more »
Indonesian Muslims Call for Halt to 'Christianization'
Forum highlights religious tensions in Bekasi, West Java.DUBLIN, July 2 (CDN) — Muslim organizations in Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday (June 27) declared... Read more »
Morocco Continues to Purge Nation of Foreign Christians
New wave of deportations raises concerns for foreigners married to Moroccans.ISTANBUL, July 1 (CDN) — Moroccan authorities expelled eight more foreign... Read more »
Recent Incidents of Persecution
Karnataka, India, June 30 (CDN) — Hindu extremists on June 23 beat two pastors, seriously injuring them in Chandapura, Anekal. The Evangelical Fellowship... Read more »
'Blasphemy Laws' Used to Jail Elderly Christian in Pakistan
Muslim vying for same piece of land as Christian accuses him of speaking ill of Muhammad.FAISALABAD, Pakistan, June 29 (CDN) — A Muslim vying with a... Read more »
Christian Professor in Pakistan Beaten for Refusing to Convert
In another province, three eighth-grade students expelled for declining Islam.PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 25 (CDN) — Muslim students attacked a Christian... Read more »
Christian Child Abducted, Forced into Bonded Labor in Pakistan
Muslim landowner offers to remove chains from 11-year-old boy if he converts to Islam.WAZIRABAD, Pakistan, June 21 (CDN) — An 11-year-old Christian boy... Read more »
Church Closure in Indonesia Called Unconstitutional at Hearing
Representative for HKBP congregation in West Java tells court sealing was illegal.JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 18 (CDN) — In a hearing in its lawsuit against... Read more »
Moroccan Islamists Use Facebook to Target Christians
Local Christians sense authorities, extremists and society in collusion against them.RABAT, Morocco, June 17 (CDN) — Moroccan Christians say Muslim... 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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