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Dozens of Christians released in Eritrea, more languish behind bars
Eritrea (MNN) More Christians have been released in Eritrea, but the fight isn’t over yet. Of the
“Over the years, we’ve heard of thousands of evangelicals being put in military prisons, shipping containers; just horrible situations.”
Eritrean prisoners are sometimes held in shipping containers such as this one. (Photo by Victória Kubiaki on Unsplash)
Believers can languish in captivity for years.
Learn more here. “They often aren’t even charged with anything and they don’t go to court,” Musselman continues. In an unexpected move, Eritrea’s government released dozens of prisoners in
The Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous to Be a Christian in 2021
Around the world, more than 340 million Christians one of every eight believers experience high levels of persecution, just for following Jesus.
For the past 29 years, the Open Doors World Watch List has offered a global indicator of countries where human and religious rights are being violated, and those countries most vulnerable to societal unrest and destabilization.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has turned a bad situation into an unbearable one,” said David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA. “This public-health crisis created an opportunity to expand faith-based discrimination and violence in regions where religious persecution had already reached alarming rates.”