In a well-known case earlier this year, several monks were kidnapped and murdered as part of the ongoing hostilities between the Algerian government and the Armed Islamic Group, the leading opposition. East Asia . The continuing persecution of Chinese believers is well documented. Churches have been bulldozed with belivers inside. Pastors have been arrested, humiliated and executed.
Christians have been threatend and imprisoned.
Human Rights Commission can react more quickly to them. Representatives of several organizations, including Amnesty International and Voice of the Martyrs, have testified before the US Congress, calling for economic and political measures against nations that persecute Christians. Latin America . It was with much relief that the Christian world was able to report the release of Ray Rising, a Wycliffe missionary kidnapped in Colombia. Unfortunately, the mission station from which he was taken had to be closed and moved due toongoing security threats.