North Korea Still Worst Country For Persecution

(ANS) – For the third straight year, the isolated communist nation of North Korea remains atop the annual Open Doors International “World Watch List” of countries where Christians are persecuted. “Christianity is observed as one of the greatest threats to the regime’s power,” the 2005 World Watch List report states. Exact figures are difficult to obtain, but it is believed that tens of thousands of Christians are currently suffering in North Korean prison camps, and at least 20 Christians were shot or beaten to death in 2004 while in detention. “ North Korea is the most repressive nation in the world…it certainly deserves its shameful ranking on the World Watch List,” says Open Doors USA President Dr. Carl Moeller. “It breaks my heart to hear some of the atrocities against our brothers and sisters there. The government will arrest not only a suspected dissident but also three generations of his family to root out the ‘bad’ influence. North Korea is suspected to detain more political and religious prisoners than any other country in the world.

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