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Tortured Christian Languishing on False Charges
Compass Direct News reports LAHORE, Pakistan – A 37-year-old Christian is languishing in a Sialkot jail after police broke his backbone because his father was preaching Christ, according to a local advocacy group. Arshad Masih had been in a hospital – chained to his bed on false robbery charges – after police torture that began Dec. 28, 2008 left him incapacitated. He was discharged from General Hospital in Lahore on Saturday June 20 and returned to jail despite efforts by the Community Development Initiative CDI, a support group that is providing Masih legal assistance. CDI Research Officer Napoleon Qayyum said that hospital personnel treated Masih callously, but that conditions there were better than in the jail in Sialkot. At least in the hospital, Qayyum said, Masih’s gray-haired father was able to carry him … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Pakistan, Persecution
Pray for Us
Hear about the faith, courage and challenges facing three followers of Christ in Nigeria, the Middle East and Colombia. The also request our prayers. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Persecution, Video, Voice of the Martyrs
Police Attack House Church in Vietnam, Leaders Jailed
Compass Direct News reports HANOI – Police invaded the Sunday service of the Agape Baptist congregation in Vietnam’s Hung Yen Province on June 7 and beat worshippers, including women, and arrested a pastor and an elder. Christian sources said police put the two church leaders into separate cells, and each man was beaten by a gang of five policemen. Pastor Duong Van Tuan of the house church in Hamlet 3, Ong Dinh Commune, Khoai Chau district said that officers beat them in a way that did not leave marks: hard blows to the stomach. The beatings came in retaliation for Pastor Tuan refusing to leave the area as police had ordered, Christian sources said. He and the church elder were released later that evening. Read the full story at Compass Direct News. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution, Vietnam
Remember My Chains
All over the world our brothers and sisters in Christ after suffering because of their faith in Jesus. They ask us to pray for them and to remember their chains! … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Persecution, Video, Voice of the Martyrs
