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Eritrean Government Imprisons 150 Christians for Praying Together

October 31, 2013

[Urgent prayer request: The African nation Eritrea is a former Italian colony adjacent to Ethiopia. Although a constitution clearly lays out freedom of religion, the socialist influenced government allows no dissent, controls the media, and has an ongoing record of intense persecution of Christians.] Eritrean Government Imprisons 150 Christians for...Read more

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