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Hindu Nationalists in India Plan 'Religious Cleansing' in Madhya Pradesh District
Ground-breaking for 'reconversion rally' leads to attack on Christian house church.NEW DELHI, May 20 (CDN) — Hindu nationalist organizations in Madhya... Read more »
Muslim Teachers in Pakistan Allegedly Abuse Christian Students
Derogatory remarks, beatings, pressure to convert to Islam drive two girls to drop out.SARGODHA, Pakistan, May 19 (CDN) — Muslim teachers at a girls... Read more »
Christian Girls Kidnapped in Yemen Are Rescued
Parents, other abducted Christians remain missing.ISTANBUL, May 18 (CDN) — Saudi Arabian and Yemeni security forces rescued two German girls yesterday,... Read more »
Egyptian Convert from Islam Devastated by 'Delay Tactic'
Court suspends Mohammed Hegazy's lawsuit pending outcome of separate case.CAIRO, Egypt, May 17 (CDN) — An Egyptian convert to Christianity said he is... Read more »
Christian Forced to Sell Kidney to Pay Debt to Boss in Pakistan
Employer charges non-Muslims at least 400 percent interest.LAHORE, Pakistan, May 14 (CDN) — A low-wage Pakistani Christian said his Muslim employer last... Read more »
Lao Christians Expelled from Village Suffer Critical Illnesses
One dead, two hospitalized; village chief threatens other residents.DUBLIN, May 14 (CDN) — In spite of assurances of religious rights by officials in... Read more »
Pakistani Christians' Employer Has Them Illegally Arrested
Upset with their objections to discrimination, factory owner uses police to beat them.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 12 (CDN) — Police illegally detained three... Read more »
Anti-Christian Motives Suspected in Evangelist's Slaying in India
Hostilities common in area in Bihar state; victim had been part of team attacked in 2008.NEW DELHI, May 11 (CDN) — The gruesome nature of the May 2... Read more »
Chinese Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Missing Again
Two weeks after release, Christian vanishes while in police custody.DUBLIN, May 7 (CDN) — Gao Zhisheng, a Christian human rights lawyer released by... Read more »
Pakistani Muslims Abduct Young Christian Woman, Family Says
Mother beaten on two occasions for trying to recover her; police refuse to prosecute.LAHORE, Pakistan, May 6 (CDN) — Muslims who kidnapped and forcibly... 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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