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Much of the world would like you to believe Christians are no longer persecuted. Especially in America. But they would be wrong. It is just more subtle in our country. The world feels there will be no consequences for these heinous crimes. This is more than hate speech. This is torture and murder. When nations refuse to speak up, they are complicit in these murders.....

India Pastor Martyred in Cover-up

After preaching at a service at Beradakia Church in his native town of Baliguda, Kandhamala district in India, 35-year-old Pastor Jimendra Nayak never made it home to the village of Barakhema.

He took an auto rickshaw after the service to return to his home in Puri district but he didn't leave the vehicle alive. Pastor Nayak's body was found inside the cabin of the rickshaw with his head badly smashed. Police insist that he died in a mysterious "accident," but VOM contacts investigating the pastor's death reveal that the pastor's accidental death was highly unlikely.

Bystanders interviewed by VOM sources around the bus stop where Nayak was last seen reported unfamiliar people discretely asking questions about the pastor's whereabouts, the time of his service, etc.

No investigation has taken place yet, and for several weeks, relatives couldn't get a postmortem report. The pastor had previously been threatened and detained by radical Hindus many times in order to keep him from his missionary work.

He is survived by the living testimonies of his wife, one-year-old son, 14-year-old sister, eight-year-old handicapped brother and his elderly parents, whose faith has been strengthened by this incident.

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from Agape Press
by AP

The president of the persecution watchdog group Open Doors USA says an estimated 200,000 Christians are imprisoned in North Korean labor camps, where many face torture and execution.

Rev. Carl Moeller says escapees will testify this week at congressional hearings and demonstrations in Washington as part of North Korea Freedom Week. The goal, he says, is to appeal for prayer and international pressure on the communist regime.

For the fourth year in a row, Open Doors has ranked North Korea as the worst violator of religious rights in the world. Moeller calls it "one large concentration camp, with the entire population trapped in a nightmare that doesn't end." He urges American Christians in particular to pray for their fellow believers in North Korea.

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A World Watch List of 50 nations where Christians face the most intense hostility and harsh treatment because of their faith.

A map showing the persecuted Christian church from the Voice of the Martyrs

List is from open doors usa

1. KOREA 2. Saudi Arabia 3. Iran 4. Somalia 5. Maldives

6. Bhutan 7. Vietnam 8. Yemen 9. Laos 10. China

11. Afghanistan 12. Uzbekistan 13. Turkmenistan

14. Eritrea 15. Comoros 16. Pakistan 17. Egypt

18. Myanmar (Burma) 19. Azerbaijan 20. Morocco

21. Brunei 22. Libya 23. Iraq 24. Cuba 25. Djibouti

26. India 27. Sudan 28. Nigeria (North) 29. Tajikistan

30. Sri Lanka 31. Russia (Muslim Rep: Muslim republics of

the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Kabardino Balkarya,

Dagestan and Tatarstan) 32. Tunisia 33. Qatar 34. Nepal

35. Indonesia 36. Turkey 37. Algeria 38. Ethiopia

39. Bangladesh 40. Mauritania 41. Kuwait 42. United Arab

Emirates 43. Belarus 44. Colombia (Conflict Areas)

45. Oman 46. Jordan 47. Syria 48. Mexico (Southern

Mexican state of Chiapas) 49. Philippines (South: Mindanao)

50. Kenya (Northeast)

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