Korean Reds Targeting Christians
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to watch a special that CNN did called Inside the Secret State that showed horrific footage of people (who I believe were mostly Christians) being killed by executioners in North Korea. The footage that made this special was secretly shot by people who are sick of being prisoners in North Korea. If CNN re-airs the program, I'll do my best to inform you about it so you may watch.
In the meantime The New York Sun has an outstanding article that discusses how North Korea is targeting Christians and killing them. Here are a few snippets....and be warned much of this article is graphic.
A woman in her 20s executed by a firing squad after being caught with a Bible. Five Christian church leaders punished by being run over by a steamroller before a crowd of spectators who "cried, screamed out, or fainted when the skulls made a popping sound as they were crushed."
These and other "horrifying" violations of human rights and religious freedom in North Korea are reported in a new study by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, titled "'Thank You, Father Kim Il Sung': Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion in North Korea."
The report, released yesterday, comes as President Bush is touring Asia, calling for increased political freedom. In remarks prepared for delivery early this morning in Japan, the president called on Red China to extend more freedom to its population of 1.3 billion. In an advance text of the speech, President Bush also extolled Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province, as "a free and democratic Chinese society." And the president noted North Korean human rights abuses while reassuring the Hermit Kingdom's people.
"Satellite maps of North Korea show prison camps the size of whole cities," Mr. Bush said. "We will not forget the people of North Korea." Continue reading
I would also request that you keep President Bush in your prayers as he discusses and attempts to speak out in defense of religious freedom in the Asian countries.