http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/3000-christians-in-prison-in-eritrea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/3000-christians-in-prison-in-eritrea/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:07:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114445 Catholic Culture: The government of Eritrea--one of the most repressive in the world--has placed 3,000 Christians in prison, “where they face mistreatment and deprivation of food and medical treatment, pending renunciation of their faith,” according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/3000-christians-in-prison-in-eritrea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114308 OneNewsNow.com: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration's release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight "countries of particular concern," but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102403 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/two-die-in-prison-and-over-100-detained-in-church-raids-in-eritrea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/two-die-in-prison-and-over-100-detained-in-church-raids-in-eritrea/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:45:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94693 Christian Today: "Two Christians are reported to have died in separate Eritrean prisons after being refused medical treatment amid a renewed crackdown by the authorities against unregistered churches." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/two-die-in-prison-and-over-100-detained-in-church-raids-in-eritrea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90661 writing at The Center for Vision & Values: "There is more than enough bad news to fill the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report. Worst of all were the conditions in 13 'countries of particular concern.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/30-eritrean-christians-arrested-for-praying-in-private-home/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/30-eritrean-christians-arrested-for-praying-in-private-home/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:31:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90413 All Voices: "According to a report by the International Christian Concern (ICC) (www.persecution.org) some of the Christians were only recently released after being detained for their faith." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/30-eritrean-christians-arrested-for-praying-in-private-home/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/eritrea-detains-christians-in-latest-crackdown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/eritrea-detains-christians-in-latest-crackdown/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:18:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80387 BosNewsLife: "Eritrean security forces have detained nearly a dozen Christians, taking them to undisclosed locations, local Christians and rights activists said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Thursday, November 4." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/eritrea-detains-christians-in-latest-crackdown/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/eritrea-frees-14-christians-two-years-after-being-detained/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/eritrea-frees-14-christians-two-years-after-being-detained/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:20:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52650 Christian Today: "All 12 of the released Christians are members of the Kale-Hiwot Church and were high school students at the time of their arrest. Upon their release, authorities warned the believers not to participate in any Christian activities or risk execution, according to the watchdog." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/eritrea-frees-14-christians-two-years-after-being-detained/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/17/eritrea-releases-elderly-christian-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/17/eritrea-releases-elderly-christian-women/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:05:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=45526 International Christian Concern: "International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that yesterday at 3:30 PM local time, Eritrean officials released all the Christian women they had arrested December 5th . . . for praying together at a house in Asmara." Wikipedia: Eritrea ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/17/eritrea-releases-elderly-christian-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/27/third-christian-this-year-dies-in-eritrean-military-prison/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/27/third-christian-this-year-dies-in-eritrean-military-prison/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:21:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31198 Christian Post: "Another Christian imprisoned for his faith in Eritrea has died from authorities denying him medical treatment, according to a Christian support organization." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/27/third-christian-this-year-dies-in-eritrean-military-prison/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/12/three-christians-killed-in-eritrea-for-refusing-to-denounce-faith/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/12/three-christians-killed-in-eritrea-for-refusing-to-denounce-faith/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:21:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=18066 Christian Today: International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that three Christians have been tortured and killed in Eritrea for refusing to denounce their faith. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/12/three-christians-killed-in-eritrea-for-refusing-to-denounce-faith/feed/ 0