President Xi Jinping speaks at a conference in 2011. (Voice of America/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
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The Chinese government has shut down Bible apps and Christian WeChat public accounts, as part of a series of restrictive measures against Christianity that came into effect on May 1.
According to a tweet by Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness, it is not possible to access some Christian sites on WeChat and “a few snapshots of Christian accounts’ landing page no longer show any content,” International Christian Concern (ICC) reported.
Instead, a message that reads “[We] received report that [this account] violates the ‘Internet User Public Account Information Services Management Provisions’ and its account has been blocked and suspended” is shown.
President Xi Jinping speaks at a conference in 2011. (Voice of America/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
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The Chinese government has shut down Bible apps and Christian WeChat public accounts, as part of a series of restrictive measures against Christianity that came into effect on May 1.
According to a tweet by Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness, it is not possible to access some Christian sites on WeChat and “a few snapshots of Christian accounts’ landing page no longer show any content,” International Christian Concern (ICC) reported.
Instead, a message that reads “[We] received report that [this account] violates the ‘Internet User Public Account Information Services Management Provisions’ and its account has been blocked and suspended” is shown.
As you read this article, Christians all around the world are facing absolutely horrific persecution. They are forced to work as slave labor in concentration camps in North Korea, they are being chased from their homes in some parts of India, they live in constant fear of Islamic terror attacks throughout vast stretches of Africa, and countless numbers of believers are suffering in secret brainwashing facilities in China right now. No group is more persecuted all over the globe than Christians are, but there is very little outrage in the western world about this. In fact, the corporate media will never tell you about most of the things that I am about to share with you. To the corporate media, Christians are the main enemy of “progress” in the western world, and so pointing out the brutal persecution of Christians all over the planet definitely does not suit their agenda.
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.
A cross is etched into the skin of a Venezuelan Christian after an attack in Venezuela’s Mérida State that was reported by Open Doors UK in February 2020. | Open Doors UK
At least four Christian men recently suffered serious injuries after they were stabbed, forced to eat pages of the Bible, and had “crosses” etched into their skin by eight hooded men, according to a persecution watchdog organization.
The attack by men suspected to be criminals from a drug gang took place at Restoration House in the city of Libertador on Feb. 16, Open Doors reported Friday. Restoration House is a church-led drug rehabilitation center in Venezuela’s Mérida State.