Human rights resolution comes down harshly
May 11, 2000
NEW YORK — In a resolution passed by the UN Commission on Human Rights, the government of Myanmar (formerly Burma) received strong censure for its
Baptists asked to fast on behalf of Hindus
May 4, 2000
In early June, Southern Baptists are being asked to pray and fast for 24 hours on behalf of the 850 million Hindus of India. From
Chinese arrested for superstitious beliefs
May 4, 2000
BEIJING — Moths before expanding the crackdown to include the popular Falun Gong spiritual movement, Chinese authorities arrest 21,000 people as part of a two-year
China prevents discussion of censure
May 4, 2000
BEIJING — Introducing a “no-action” motion that passed by a 22-18 vote, China successfully prevented the U.N. Human Rights Commission from discussing a U.S. motion
Bible available in 21 additional languages
May 4, 2000
READING, England — The Bible was made available in an additional 21 languages for the first time last year, according to the 1999 Scripture Language
Secret police send Baptist leaders home
April 20, 2000
A Baptist leader who had been held in prison by Turkmenistan’s secret police (KNB) since Feb. 2 was deported from the Central Asian state
Mongolian man arrested for witnessing
April 20, 2000
Mongolian man arrested for witnessing A Mongolian citizen of ethnic Kazakh descent has been sentenced to 13 years in a prison labor camp in western
Uzbek pastor receives beatings for witnessing
March 30, 2000
A Christian Uzbek pastor jailed since February 1999 on contrived fraud charges is being subjected to physical beatings for witnessing to his cellmates, church sources
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