Nigeria: “Persecution Watchdogs Contest Media Reports on Nigeria Violence”
Author: R.E.A.L.
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Los Angeles: Nigeria Women to Protest Killings – March 20
ANS reports on Los Angeles Nigerian women protesting against violence in Jos on March 7 and on March 17 – with an event scheduled on Saturday March 20
Helen Bako, who comes from the Jos area and now works as a social worker in Southern California, is the founder of Nigerian Women Against Violence.
She told ANS that the protest against “the recent bloodshed in Jos and the surrounding areas,” will take place at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the the Gateway Sheraton, 6101 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, close to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) where representatives of the Nigerian government will be staying.
“Hundreds of women and children were brutally murdered by machetes and swords in Jos ten days ago,” Helen Bako told ANS. “Villagers continue to be attacked. Where was the Nigerian government? Where was the army? Where was the police? What are the facts?”
Smoke rises in Jos after latest round of violence
She added that Nigerian Women Against Violence calls on the international community and the United Nations to “hold the Government of Nigeria accountable to protect the lives of its citizens.”
She went on to say, “We believe the Nigerian Government has a responsibility to protect its children, its women, and its men, no matter what their religion. We call for an end of bloodshed in Nigeria no matter whose blood is shed.
“We call the Nigerian Government to invite an independent inquiry from the United Nations to establish what happened over the last several weeks in Jos. We want the world to know what happened. We don’t want it to happen again. We are Nigerian woman. We are against violence. We call on our government to protect us and to protect our children.”
Nigerian Women Against Violence is a grass-roots organization of women dedicated to uncovering violence in Nigeria and doing what we can to make it stop.
For more information, contact Helen Bako, Nigerian Women Against Violence. Telephone: (714) 673-7770, FAX: (714) 734-8305
E-mail: bakohe@aol.com
Communist China: Google may pull out of China by April
— London Times: Google could pull out of China as early as April 10, a Chinese newspaper reported, quoting an agent for the search engine”
Polish court jails three men for Auschwitz sign theft
Polish court jails three men for Auschwitz sign theft
— named as “Radoslaw M, Lukasz M and Pawel S”
Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader gets out of jury duty
Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader gets out of jury duty
— The South Bend Tribune reports on Ku Klux Klan leader Railton Loy (aka Ray Larsen) couldn’t be fair on a jury unless “the defendant was white,” promised to wear KKK robe to court
— Railton Loy is the “Imperial Wizard of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Osceola”
— Spring 2002 – SPLC: “In Indiana, a Klan group’s reputation goes from bad to worse”
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Egyptian Police Arrest 13 Copts, Victims of Attack on March 12
Asia News reports:
— “Egyptian security forces have arrested 13 Coptic Christians – including four minors, subsequently released – victims of the attack on 12 March. They are being charged with illegal religious assembly, damage to public property, arson and assault. About a dozen Muslims, from a total of 2000 perpetrators, have been detained over the assault against 400 Coptic faithful at the Church of St. Michael in Mersa Matrouh in the north-west of Egypt.”
— “The violence was sparked by extremists, incited by the local Imam, Mohamad Khamis Khamis, during Friday prayers. From the microphones of the mosque of Al-Ansar, located near the church of Saint Micheal, near the building that housed the Copts, the Islamist leader urged the faithful to ‘holy war’ against the Christian place of worship, ordering its destruction, and calling for the expulsion of the ‘infidels.'”
— “The crowd was trapped inside the church and the Copts attacked them, raiding the homes before setting them on fire. The raid resulted in the wounding of 23 Christians, including two seriously, so who have been sent to Victoria Hospital in Alexandria, 200 km away. Sources of the local church denounced the complete devastation of 18 houses, four shops and 18 cars (pictured). ‘These people are completely ruined,’ says the activist Wagih Yacoub.”
Israel: Major Palestinian Demonstration Against Honor Killings
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Communist China – VOM: “Stop the Demolition of a Chinese Church”
Stop the Demolition of a Chinese Church |
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I am writing this e-mail as an urgent call for you to speak up for our brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ who have been silenced by the Chinese government. More than 50,000 members of the Linfen Church network in China are suffering today after an unprecedented attack on one of their many branch churches. In September 2009, Chinese authorities raided a branch of the Linfen Church in Fushan, demolishing buildings and injuring more than 100 church members. Weeks later, church leaders were arrested and sentenced to prison. Now the Chinese government plans to demolish the network’s flagship church, the Jindengtang (Golden Lamp) Church building in Shanxi province. The church, which was recently constructed to house the Linfen network’s growing congregation, can seat as many as 5,000 people. Help prevent the Chinese government from destroying the Golden Lamp Church building! Join with VOM and ChinaAid Association in a campaign to prevent the demolition of this church building. Perhaps together, our voices can help save a church building that has meant so much to our persecuted brothers and sisters in this part of China. How you can help:
The Linfen Church network is an unregistered church in China that includes 50,000 members who meet in 30 different locations. The church traces its history back to the mission work of Hudson Taylor’s China Inland Mission. One branch of the church, in Fushan, was demolished by government officials last September. Ten of the church’s top leaders are currently in prison or labor camps, some sentenced to as much as seven years on the dubious charge of “disrupting local traffic order.” Now government officials have threatened to tear down the Linfen network’s flagship church, the Golden Lamp Church. This large church, with its towering steeple and cross that stand out over the city of Linfen, was built with verbal approval from local officials but without official permission from China’s Communist religious authorities. An official from the Land Resources Bureau has told a China Aid contact that the church will be destroyed. Following the attack in Fushan, the Golden Lamp Church was surrounded by military police, and church members have been barred from using the 5,000-seat church. NOW IS THE TIME to pray for and speak out on behalf of our brothers and sisters in China. Please add your voice to this rising chorus for justice. Thank you for standing with us, and with them. For those in bonds, |
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History of the Linfen Church