Topic: eritrea
GOOD news. Sudan and South Sudan on Friday, 08 March 2013, signed an agreement for practical implementation of the security agreements, which the two countries signed in September last year.&nb ... discussAsmara, Eritrea, Dec 4, 2012 / 12:25 am (CNA).- The Eritrean government’s practice of forced military conscription means that seminarians and other church workers are being forced into the army, ... discuss
From Catholic World News An annual report on religious freedom throughout the world, released by the US State Department, "sends a signal to the worst offenders that the world is watching,” ... discuss
The prophet Isaiah reminds us that you should never forget “the rock from which you are hewn.”And in the Book of Deuteronomy we are told to “remember the days of old; consider the generations lo ... discuss
A legal twist. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has jumped into a church property dispute that could have national consequences. The case involves seven churches that left The Episcopal Church ... discuss
03/12/2012 China (ChinaAid) Members Detained and Sent to Labor Camp as Chinese House Church Repeatedly Targeted for Persecution -A house church belonging to the China for Christ denomination has been ... discuss
The Obama Administration is tying foreign aid to the treatment of homosexuals. We wonder if the treatment of Christians even comes up in their diplomatic exchanges. In fact, given recent a ... discuss
I felt these two recent pieces on the internet should appear together as they highlight a growing anti-Christian sentiment in our own country and in the world at large. International Christian Concern ... discuss
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Why is Professor Juan Cole such an apologist for the Iranian government? Juan Cole is professor of history in Michigan University. He is a talented person, and having lived in Eritrea for some time, ... discuss
Eyob Mussie, an Eritrean refugee, was arrested on 12 February in Jeddah on charges of Christian proselytising. A court had decided to repatriate him forcibly. An appeal has been made to find a third c ... discuss
May 3, 1942 “In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. The ... discuss
Here in the US, we have the power to curb if not eliminate religious persecutions against Christians, Jews, Hindus from Muslim nations that receive foreign aid. Please email your Congressman and Senat ... discuss
Hello people,> Thanks for writing in. I am going to send you the first and second parts of my July 2006 conversation with this Seer.> But first, a few notes to go with it, which I might expand on in n ... discuss
Hello people,> Thanks for writing in. I am going to send you the first and second parts of my July 2006 conversation with this Seer.> But first, a few notes to go with it, which I might expand on in n ... discuss
Fron OneNewsNow This month, two Christians died while being held in government-run prisons. Reports say one of the believers died as a result of ongoing physical torture and complications from an illn ... discuss
The Persecution & Prayer AlertThe Voice of the Martyrs, Canada1. Imprisoned Christian dies, more believers arrested in EritreaEritrean Christians continue to be targeted by authorities and imprisoned ... discuss
Clearly the symptoms exhibited by these pirates indeed correspond to those caused by radiation poisoning: "Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship":A tense standoff has developed in waters off ... discuss
The Times [SA]:A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates.Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost ha ... discuss
The Persecution & Prayer AlertThe Voice of the Martyrs, Canadawww.persecution.netWednesday, April 2, 20081. The Religious Liberty Partnership Calls for Prayer for ChinaIn a historic move, key organiza ... discuss
The Persecution & Prayer AlertThe Voice of the Martyrs, Canada1. Two Nuns Attacked in Alibaug, IndiaSister Mercy Tuscano and Sister Philomena D'Mello were attacked by approximately 50 Hindu assailants ... discuss
The most highly "experienced", super-qualified, smartest woman in the world was only a few rooms over in the White House on a half dozen days when her husband had sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsk ... discuss
Among the things that bug me about our current obsessions with race is that dwelling on our past makes us ignorant of the evils we can actually do something about. Power Line has a post calling attent ... discuss
From Front Page Magazine:It was as swift and brutal an honor murder as any among the dozens committed in Germany over the years but with two noticeable differences.First hit with baseball bats over th ... discuss
The Persecution & Prayer AlertThe Voice of the Martyrs, Canada1. Church Leaders Detained in Inner Mongolia, ChinaThe president of the Inner Mongolia Branch of the Chinese House Church Alliance, Wang D ... discuss
From the US Department of State: The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002, at a Launching Conference hosted by ... discuss
The Persecution & Prayer AlertThe Voice of the Martyrs, Canada1. Pastors Arrested, Beaten in IndiaPastor Yashwant Paul was arrested in the Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh on charges of "fraud" on ... discuss
Prayers for October 30, 2007From The Voice of the Martyrs.ERITREAGospel Singer Helen Berhane Granted Asylum in Denmark - VOM SourcesEritrean gospel singer, Helen Berhane, who was released from prison ... discuss
Gospel singer Helen Berhane (at right) was imprisoned in Eritrea for two years and tortured in an effort to force her to renounce Christianity. The effort failed. She fled to Sudan after h ... discuss
BBC News:An Eritrean Christian gospel singer who was tortured and detained without charge for two years in her homeland has been granted asylum in Denmark.Helen Berhane was imprisoned inside a metal s ... discuss
Iran’s interior minister said China renewed its support Friday for negotiations over his country’s disputed nuclear activities, and he warned that new U.N. sanctions could force Teh ... discuss
More and more keep dying in Eritrea. The deaths are going up. Eritrea is located south of Saudi Arabia, in North Africa. The people who are imprisioned there, are placed in train like karts, in the de ... discuss
A comprehensive new study on religious liberty around the world shows that countries with Christian backgrounds generally have the highest levels of religious freedom. The study, directed by esteemed ... discuss
Daimnation!: The root cause of the violence in Darfur According to the new UN Secretary, it’s all about global warming [excerpts out of sequence]: e rains in southern Sudan began to fail. Acc ... discuss
From Family Security Matters: The Horn of Africa is a critically strategic region to the free world. FSM Contributing Editor Peter Brookes provides us with an expert analysis of how volatile and pot ... discuss
Things are getting bad when an autocracy chastises a republic for its human rights abuses and the criticism has merit. In its newly released annual report on the status of human rights around the wor ... discuss
Background I just discovered on the web....On August 8th, Somalia invaded Ethiopia, the latest chapter in the ongoing dispute over the Ogaden. The Somalis were initially successful in their attack, bu ... discuss
Somalia constitutes, or has the potential to constitute, the next battleground in the GWOT. That does not mean war is a necessity, but it is a nation in which the United Nations recognized government ... discuss
Today, I did a Google Search with the query "what is the root cause of the darfur conflict?" To put it in a nutshell, here's what I believe: "The root of the Darfur conflict is a struggle over contr ... discuss
Copy of an unfinished Sudan Watch entry dated June 4, 2006 from my drafts folder. I've been meaning to complete and file it here at Sudan Watch, for future reference: Last month, two spokesmen for D ... discuss
IRIN report June 14 via Reuters says peace talks aimed at ending a simmering civil conflict in eastern Sudan are not expected to become a drawn-out process, Sudanese authorities said. Excerpt:The e ... discuss
The Persecution & Prayer AlertThe Voice of the Martyrs, Canadahttp://www.persecution.netWednesday, May 24, 2006A weekly news digest on the Persecuted Church and how you can respond.To view a full-colo ... discuss
A new ocean is forming at the Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa and Africa will eventually lose its horn. It won't be long until the Red Sea floods the region and the ocean that will then be born ... discuss
African mediators call for immediate cessation of hostilities in Darfur, reports Sudan Tribune March 18, 2006. AU chief mediator for Darfur peace talks, Salim Ahmed Salim, called for continued collab ... discuss
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Press Release March 8, 2006 reveals the Foreign Secretary today announced in a written statement to the Houses of Parliament that Dr Rod Pullen, a senior grade diplomat an ... discuss
From Associated Press via The Boston Globe 19 February 2006: The 10 US troops who were reported missing after two Marine Corps transport helicopters crashed into the sea have been accounted for, the ... discuss
AngolaPress says British Prime Minister, Tony Blair in a phone conversation with Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gaddafi, has acknowledged the tireless efforts exerted by Col Gaddafi, toward finding a ... discuss
Land at any airport in Darfur and you see rows of Russian helicopter gunships, bristling with rockets and cannon, ready to raid villages in coordination with the Janjaweed, writes David Blair in the ... discuss
From the (thoroughly worthwhile – free advertisement for them) pages of Compass Direct. Check them out to keep up to date on what’s happening to Christians in the rest of the world. It is easy ... discuss
Don't miss these excerpts from a report by Irwin Arieff for Reuters Jan 10, 2006 - and note the part that says 'Khartoum "may be preparing for or anticipating expanded military operations in Darfur': ... discuss
Don't miss these excerpts from a report by Irwin Arieff for Reuters Jan 10, 2006 - and note the part that says 'Khartoum "may be preparing for or anticipating expanded military operations in Darfur': ... discuss
Leaders from eight African countries Nigeria, Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Chad, Central African Republic, Libya and Gabon, will meet in Libya Jan. 4 for a special African Union mini-summit on Darfur crisi ... discuss
Peter Worthington (TO Sun): Put a cork in it, Bono. Bono, the Irish rocker -- lead singer of U2 -- and Make Poverty History activist, has intruded into Canadian politics and feels "crushed" a ... discuss
Released on November 8, 2005, the US Department of State cited specific examples of religious persecution and restraint to religious freedom occuring in countries throughout the world. Below are coun ... discuss
The US State Department has just released a report in which they have named their Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs). Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Washington Tuesday, said, " ... discuss
From Release Eritrea... ...over two hundred Eritrean evangelicals and members of minority churches have been captured and detained from streets, workplaces and residences in Asmara, at the start of t ... discuss
Committee Chairman Richard Lugart, at a US Senate hearing September 28, cautioned:"Even as we focus on Darfur, we must be cognizant that simmering disputes in the East [of Sudan] and the South remain ... discuss
Robert Pape, an associate professor of political science at the University of Chicago, asserts that suicide bombing is primarily "part of an organized campaign to compel a modern democracy to withdra ... discuss
The number of people in Darfur needing food aid soars to 3.5 million - more than half the population and 700,000 more than the worst-case scenario predicted at the start of the year.WFP said rural fam ... discuss
From Agape Press: The president of Open Doors USA is encouraging believers in America not to forget Christians in the Eastern African country of Eritrea, who are persecuted for their faith. Sixteen f ... discuss
The genocide in Darfur began more than two years ago. Since then, more than 400,000 people have died and the international community has yet to take any concrete action toward stopping the violence o ... discuss
The genocide in Darfur began more than two years ago. Since then, more than 400,000 people have died and the international community has yet to take any concrete action toward stopping the violence o ... discuss
(This week's Coalition for Darfur post) The genocide in Darfur began more than two years ago. Since then, more than 400,000 people have died and the international community has yet to take any concre ... discuss
From the USCIRF website: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today announced its 2005 recommendations to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on “countries of particular ... discuss
On April 11, 2005 southern Sudan former rebel group SPLM/A issued a statement making clear its position on UN resolution 1593 [re ICC] rejected by Khartoum, and reaffirming its offer to help with secu ... discuss
A report dated March 11, 2005, by US academic and Sudan expert, Prof Eric Reeves (whose Darfur updates and analyses over the past year have proved highly accurate) is a MUST read to give you the whole ... discuss
