The Abubakar Shekau faction of the terrorist group Boko Haram executed the chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Adamawa state, Reverend Lawan Andimi, on 20 January. Rev Andimi was abducted on 2 January 2020, when terrorists wearing military fatigues ransacked Michika town and forced him into a vehicle. News of Rev Andimi’s… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 21
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The Persecution of Christians Part 20
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on churches in Nigeria and abroad to join in three days of “Special Fasting and Prayer,” commencing on 31 January. The initiative is being launched in response to “the gruesome murder of the Chairman of CAN Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev. Lawan Andimi, abduction… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 20
The Persecution of Christians Part 19
A Canadian pastor who was sentenced to a life term of hard labour in North Korea for “crimes against the state” in December 2015 has been released, the country’s official news agency says. A statement confirmed 62-year-old Hyeon Soo Lim had been released on humanitarian grounds. On Tuesday the Canadian government confirmed a delegation had… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 19
The Persecution of Christians Part 18
North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in reality it functions as a totalitarian regime. Driven by a paranoid tyrannical leader, persecution pervades every aspect of civic, social, family, and private life. While formally North Korea is an atheistic country, its constitution nominally grants freedom of religious belief, but prohibits the… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 18
The Persecution of Christians Part 17
Fatima grew up in a Muslim family in Saudi Arabia. From a child her chief desire was to know and live for God. She belonged to a distinguished Bedouin tribe in the Province of Qassim. From her childhood she was a brilliant student who had the ability to learn off by heart all she heard… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 17
The Persecution of Christians Part 16
Gospel singer Helen Berhane (32), who was released from prison in November 2006 after being detained in Eritrea without charge for two years, has been granted asylum in Denmark. She and her daughter arrived in the country safely on 19 October 2007. For the past eleven months, Berhane had been maintaining a low profile in… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 16
The Persecution of Christians Part 15
In Protestant churches in China last Christmas, robed choir members again raised their voices in song, but this time their music was not traditional carols and hymns of praise to God. It was “My Motherland and I” and other anthems of homage to the Chinese Communist Party. In the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (PCA) churches,… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 15
Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2
“We wiped out about 20 villages,” Private Zaw Naing Tun said, adding that he, too, dumped bodies in a mass grave. The two soldiers’ video testimony, recorded by a rebel militia, is the first time that members of the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar’s military is known, have openly confessed to taking part in what United Nations… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2
Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1
Two Myanmar soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations and rape. The August 2017 order from his commanding officer was clear, Pvt. Myo Win Tun said in video testimony. “Shoot all you see and all you hear.” He said… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1
Sep 2020. Uighur Horrors in China
China’s internment of Uighurs and other Muslims in the north-western Xinjiang province is a moral outrage. In the name of fighting Terrorism the People’s Republic has imprisoned as many as Two Million People, according to estimates from the US State Department. In a chilling example of the euphemisms behind which authoritarians can hide a policy… Continue reading Sep 2020. Uighur Horrors in China