Vietnamese Evangelists Severely Beaten in Police Custody
Ho Chi Minh City authorities continue to harass house church leaders

 HO CHI MINH CITY, (Compass) -- Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam are subjecting house church leaders who confront injustice to relentless harassment, according to sources in Ho Chi Minh City. The renewed pressure is thought to be retaliation for recent incidents where police have had to retreat from persecuting Christians because of effective local and international advocacy. [more]

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Editorial: Burma -- The Ravaged Country by Paul Sharpe [Christian Monitor]

"...Please use your liberty to promote ours." - Aung San Suu Kyi, 26 January 1997
Once one of the wealthiest countries in Asia, Burma has degenerated into a land of poverty, war, disease, and dispossession. A litany of government human rights abuses against its own people includes restrictions to freedom of speech and religious worship, torture, oppression, forced labor, rape, murder and summary executions. These well-documented crimes against humanity stand as unfading indictments against the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (previously known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council or SLORC), who have, since the brutal crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations in 1988 that resulted in thousands of deaths, ruled Burma with the iron fist of fear. What was once the golden land of prosperity is now a ravaged and tormented land. It is a "land of fear." [more]

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GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR BURMA TO BE OBSERVED IN TAIWAN AND LONDON [ANS]

According to information received by ASSIST News Service (ANS), Christian Monitor (CM), a daily online monitor of Christian persecution around the world, will be observing the Global Day of Prayer for Burma (which is on Sunday, March 14) by hosting a series of prayer meetings in Taiwan during the third week of March. [more]

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Christians in Laos threatened with death [EkklesiaNewsUK]

Christians in Laos have been told they will be killed if they do not give up their faith or leave their village according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. [more]

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