Communist China: Falun Gong Practitioner Dies From Persecution in Beijing
Day: October 9, 2009
Communist China: Chinese Embassy Report on Gao Zhisheng ‘beyond laughable,’ Says Professor
Communist China: Beijing Pastors “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan and Hua Huiqi Persevere During Crackdown
Communist China: Officials put on alert to use military force against potential “unrest” by churches
Communist China: Officials put on alert to use military force against potential “unrest” by churches.
— Compass reports:
— “Following a mob attack on a church in northeastern China and the demolition of their worship site last month, the government put officials on alert to use military force against churches to quell potential ‘unrest,’ according to a leading advocacy group.”
Pakistan — SAP-PK: Pak Government Hostage to the Extremists Will Not Abolish the Blasphemy Law
(Pakistan) SAP-PK: government hostage to the extremists will not abolish the blasphemy law
— Asia News reports that “Irfan Mufti, director of South Asian Partnership-Pakistan (SAP-PK), who tells AsiaNews that the country lacks the ‘political will’ to reject the ‘controversial law'”
— April 16, 2008 – Rehman and Gilani at Pakistan National Assembly mtg where it passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy
—- “Karim’s resolution condemned the reprinting of the controversial cartoons in Danish newspapers and demanded that the UN make a law suggesting capital punishment for blasphemy”
Ethiopia: Jailed Evangelists in Ethiopia Win Appeal but Remain in Prison
Ethiopia: Jailed Evangelists in Ethiopia Win Appeal but Remain in Prison
— Compass Direct News reports: ” Two Christians in Ethiopia who had been sentenced to six months of prison on false charges of offering money to people to convert have successfully appealed their sentence, only to be kept in prison on a new charge.”
Aung San Suu Kyi meets ambassador for sanctions talks
Aung San Suu Kyi meets ambassador for sanctions talks
— London Times: “Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained Burmese democracy leader, held a rare meeting with Britain’s ambassador to Rangoon today amid growing hints that she might compromise on her support for sanctions against the country’s military junta.”
Florida: Public Bus Vandalized With Racial Slur
Florida: Public Bus Vandalized With Racial Slur
— First Coast News reports on St. Johns County:
— “Bright yellow paint covered the entire side of one of the Sunshine Bus program’s vehicles: ‘KKK. No ******* aloud” (sic).'”
Oregon: Portland neo-Nazi indicted in mailing of noose to Ohio NAACP officer
(Oregon) Portland neo-Nazi indicted in mailing of noose to Ohio NAACP officer
— The Oregonian reports:
— “A Portland-based organizer for a national neo-Nazi group was brought before a federal judge in shackles Thursday, accused of mailing a hangman’s noose to the president of an Ohio chapter of the NAACP.”
— “Daniel Lee Jones, the 33-year-old regional director of the American National Socialist Workers Party, was in court to make his first appearance on two criminal civil rights charges.”