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More than 20 female Christian prisoners have been freed in Eritrea but the forces of the country have been accused of attacking churches in a nearby Ethiopian region.
The 21 women, all reportedly young mothers, had been captured last August and held in an island prison on the Red Sea after being arrested in 2017.
Their arrests were the result of a series of raids on underground churches by authorities in Eritrea, Christian Today reports.
Many of the women s husbands had been conscripted, thus leaving the children without care.
Several instances of spontaneous releases of Christian prisoners have taken place over the past six months. In February, 70 believers were freed in addition to an earlier 27 who were released in Sept. 2020.
4 Christians beaten, forced to eat pages of the Bible in attack on drug recovery program in Venezuela Written by Libby Giesbrecht Sunday, Mar 07 2021, 10:33 AM The four Venezuelan men are recovering after being attacked by eight hooded men while staying Restoration House. (Open Doors UK)
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A recent attack in Venezuela had four Christians beaten with sticks, cut many times with knives, and forced to eat pages of the Bible.
The four male believers were in a ministry-owned house when eight hooded men broke in, Open Doors UK and CBN News report.
The house in Libertador, a city in Mérida state, was ransacked.
Who Will Save Algeriaâs Closed Churches: the UN, US, or Hirak?
World body challenges North African nation over its treatment of Christians, while local evangelical leaders take heart in renewed protests.
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People in Algiers wave a big Algerian flag during a protest held today to mark the second anniversary of the mass demonstrations, commonly known as the Hirak Movement, that pushed long-time ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika out of office in April 2019.
Algeria’s Christians hope that a one-two punch may reopen their churches.
Last December, a letter from the United Nations asked the North African government to give account. And this week, popular protests resumed after crackdowns and a pandemic-related hiatus.