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One dead, two hospitalized; village chief
threatens other residents.
DUBLIN, May 14
(CDN) —
In spite of
assurances of religious rights by officials in March, Lao Christians
expelled from a village in Saravan Province in January are suffering
from a prolonged lack of adequate food and clean water.The lack of basic resources has led to diarrhea, dehydration, eye and skin infections, fainting and general weakness for the Christians expelled from Katin village, and one person has died, Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF) reported.
A Christian who went by the single name of Ampheng died suddenly in April while praying for one of two other Christians who were hospitalized with illnesses caused by their living conditions, an HRWLRF spokesman told Compass. The exact cause and date of Ampheng’s death were not immediately known.
Expelled from their village at gunpoint on Jan. 18 for failing to renounce their faith, the 48 Christians were forced to build temporary shelters at the edge of the jungle, about six kilometers (nearly four miles) away from the village. Read more at Compass Direct.