.- According to the general secretary of Puertas Abiertas in Brazil, Marco Cruz, the current Christian persecution has no precedents since this organization studies the attacks against Christians.
speaking for guide meCruz said that “we have reached the highest level of persecution since Puertas Abiertas began to monitor this issue.”
Likewise, the secretary of Open Doors explained that in less than 10 years the number of persecuted Christians has tripled.
In 2013, 100 million Christians were persecuted around the world, today the figure has risen to more than 360 million, according to reports from Puertas Abiertas.
According to the Open Doors report on persecution, 1 in 7 Christians is violated in different ways for being a Christian.
Main persecutor
“North Korea has achieved its highest score ever,” Marco said, citing the work of Open Doors since its inception in 1993. “And the persecution has further increased in Afghanistan with the Taliban takeover,” he explained. .
Although the number of persecutory actions against Christians in North Korea increased, this year in Afghanistan for the first time they were higher.
Cruz indicated that in North Korea there are between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians trapped in forced labor camps. These people go hungry and are subjected to daily torture.
While in Afghanistan Christians hide their faith, as if discovered they may face death.
Pandemic
Cruz indicated that the pandemic contributed to the increase in Christian persecution.
“In the pandemic, the persecuted Christian faced a double vulnerability,” the secretary said. In addition to the daily pressure, during the Covid-19 health crisis, in regions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, there was also great discrimination against the Church of Christ.
The Open Doors secretary indicated that there was a case in which Christians did not receive emergency aid from the government for their faith.
“There are reports of Christian doctors and nurses who were displaced to treat more serious cases of Covid and did not receive PPE [equipo de protección personal] for the simple fact that they were Christians,” he recalled.
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