North Korea Christians Face More Persecution Than Ever

February 1, 2008
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Christian Persecution
Friday, 01 February 2008 (6 hours ago)
By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent reporting from the Netherlands
North Korean Christians facing severe persecution, report shows.

ERMELO, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in North-Korea have faced more persecution in 2007 than ever before, according to a major human rights report released Friday, February 1. 

The Netherlands-based respected Christian rights group Open Doors said North Korea is number one on its annual World Watch List (WWL), which ranks countries by the "intensity of persecution" that Christians face "for actively pursuing their faith."

For the first time, North Korea received over 90 of the maximum 100 points given to the alleged most serious violators of religious rights for Christians.

Vietnam and Somalia disappeared from the WWL's top 10 of its 50 mentioned "worst" countries, while China returned to that category, Open Doors said in comments published Friday, February 1, on the Website of Dutch Protestant daily 'Reformatorisch Dagblad' (Reformed Daily). China's return to the top 10 comes amid reports that Chinese security forces have been burning Bibles while closing house churches and detaining its leaders.

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