Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change one’s religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Yet, despite Article 18, protecting everyone’s human rights to freedom of religion, in more than 40 nations around the world today Christians are being persecuted for their faith. In some of these nations it is illegal to own a Bible, to share your faith, change your faith or teach your children about Jesus. Those who boldly follow Christ–in spite of government edict or radical opposition–can face harassment, arrest, torture and even death. Yet Christians continue to meet for worship and to witness for Christ, and the church in restricted nations is growing. Areas of the world where Christians face persecution include:
Afghanistan Egypt Libya Somalia
Algeria Eritrea Malaysia Sri Lanka
Azerbaijan Ethiopia Maldives Sudan
Bangladesh Gaza and the West Bank Mindanao, Philippines Syria
Belarus India Mauritania Tajikistan
Bhutan Indonesia Morocco Tibet (China)
Brunei Iran Nepal Tunisia
Burma (Myanmar) Iraq Nigeria Turkey
Chiapas, Mexico Jordan North Korea Turkmenistan
China Kuwait Oman United Arab Emirates
Colombia Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Uzbekistan
Comoros Laos Qatar Vietnam
Cuba Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen
This is a Call to Action for you to become an advocate. Become an advocate regarding human rights violations on an international level. Our brothers and sisters in the faith need us to use our voice on the international stage. We need to be writing government officials around the world. We need to be writing these prisoners of faith and encouraging them and letting them know they are not forgotten! We need to write the media and tell them to report these stories. These people deserve awareness brought to these human rights violations. To write prisoners, go to www.PrisonerAlert.com . For more information on these countries and persecution worldwide, sign on at www.persecution.com .
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change one’s religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Yet, despite Article 18, protecting everyone’s human rights to freedom of religion, in more than 40 nations around the world today Christians are being persecuted for their faith. In some of these nations it is illegal to own a Bible, to share your faith, change your faith or teach your children about Jesus. Those who boldly follow Christ–in spite of government edict or radical opposition–can face harassment, arrest, torture and even death. Yet Christians continue to meet for worship and to witness for Christ, and the church in restricted nations is growing. Areas of the world where Christians face persecution include:
Afghanistan Egypt Libya Somalia
Algeria Eritrea Malaysia Sri Lanka
Azerbaijan Ethiopia Maldives Sudan
Bangladesh Gaza and the West Bank Mindanao, Philippines Syria
Belarus India Mauritania Tajikistan
Bhutan Indonesia Morocco Tibet (China)
Brunei Iran Nepal Tunisia
Burma (Myanmar) Iraq Nigeria Turkey
Chiapas, Mexico Jordan North Korea Turkmenistan
China Kuwait Oman United Arab Emirates
Colombia Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Uzbekistan
Comoros Laos Qatar Vietnam
Cuba Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen
This is a Call to Action for you to become an advocate. Become an advocate regarding human rights violations on an international level. Our brothers and sisters in the faith need us to use our voice on the international stage. We need to be writing government officials around the world. We need to be writing these prisoners of faith and encouraging them and letting them know they are not forgotten! We need to write the media and tell them to report these stories. These people deserve awareness brought to these human rights violations. To write prisoners, go to www.PrisonerAlert.com . For more information on these countries and persecution worldwide, sign on at www.persecution.com .