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Laos Government Crackdown On Christians Continues
Real estate news By BosNewsLife News Center
Thursday, 11 October 2007
A village church in Laos that once had nearly 2,000 members has shrunk to only a few dozen daring to attend, amid a deadly government crackdown on local believers accused of being "separatist rebels," a Christian news agency reported Thursday, October 11.
Most of the leaders of the Laos Evangelical Church in Ban Sai Jarern village in Bokeo province in northwestern Laos are still imprisoned, said Compass Direct News, which investigates reports of persecution.
In addition many other believers, including women and children, are still in prison, local Christian sources said, although estimates of the number detained were apparently unavailable. Only up to 30 believers still meet, three months after government forces detained 200 Hmong Christians "falsely" accused of being separatist rebels were, Compass Direct News said. “The men are either still in hiding for fear of being arrested, or are still imprisoned or under house arrest, and many are still fearful to come out of their homes to worship in church," a Christian source said, apparently on condition of anonymity because of security fears. "There is only a small number who dared to come to church on Sunday."
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