North Korea has been named the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian for the 14th year running with Iraq and Syria also in the top five. By Katie Mansfield, The Express-US. More than 7,000 Christians were murdered because of their faith in the last year with millions punished for their beliefs….
(Prayer information via OpenDoors) The repeated tragedy of migrant boats capsizing in 2013 has drawn attention to the repressive circumstances for Christians in Eritrea. Those in the Coptic Church enjoy relative freedom, but Christians of other denominations suffer house raids, arrests and systematic torture. Gabriella is an influential Christian in the underground church who was…
By Morning Star News Eritrean authorities are punishing 39 high school students for their Christian faith, excluding them from a graduation ceremony and subjecting them to beatings and hard labour, according to Christian support organization Open Doors. After completing a four-month military training required in Eritrea, the students, including 11 girls, have been arrested for…
By World Watch Monitor Religious persecution in Eritrea is at its “highest level ever and getting worse”, an Eritrean Christian leader, who cannot be named for security reasons, has told the Christian charity Open Doors International. Thirty-seven Christian students from the College of Arts and Social Sciences in the town of Adi Kihe, and five…
International Christian Concern reports that 125 Christians have been beaten and detained over the past week in Eritrea. ” Police arrested these church members from homes and workplaces during broad daylight and then marched them through town to the police station while beating them,” an investigator for Open Doors said. Among the 125 Christians, 45 men…