The Christian Post, one of my favorite websites, is reporting today that over the weekend there will be a protest in Washington DC about the repatriation of North Korean refugees.
In case you don't know what repatriation means, it simply means to restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin. So this rally is against sending North Koreans back to North Korea - why? Because they are being tortured.
The events begin at 2 p.m. Saturday with a rally in front of the Chinese embassy, and will continue with a prayer vigil for the North Korean people on Sunday evening at the Korean Central Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Virginia.
Both rallies take aim at China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees, an issue that has in recent months sparked a widespread boycott of the Chinese 2008 Olympics among hundreds of churches in South Korea and the United States.
The article goes on to say...
Protestors say repatriation violates international laws that protect political refugees, since North Korean authorities consider anyone who runs away as traitors and all returnees are subject to arrest, imprisonment, torture, and even death.
Please join me in praying for this event and also for those who are impacted by this decision.
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