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Subject: PERSECUTION REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2003.

Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:19:01 -0800

From: "Bruce Atchison" <ve6xtc@telusplanet.net>

To: "Ted" <thilts@help-for-you.com>

CC: "John M. Lindner" <jml@christianaid.org>

PERSECUTION REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2003.

The Voice Of The Martyrs provides these stories of Christians suffering for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

China:

One Christian released; one sentenced to "re-education"

Xiao Bi-gaung, a Christian leader and advocate for the underground house churches in China has been released from prison since a link could not be found to prove the charges that he was involved in activities that "subverted the Chinese government and socialist system." Sources spoke to his wife, Gou Qinghui, who reported that he was not beaten or physically abused while incarcerated. The outcry resulting from the publicity around his case is seen as a major factor in his release. Police asked Xiao, "How did you get your story on the Internet?" Xiao wishes to express his thanks for the prayers and support of Christians around the world.

Another Christian leader arrested with him, Zhang Yi-nan, however, has been sentenced to two years of "re-education through labour." A source within the Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) told VOM sources that "Zhang doesn't have a criminal problem. He has a mind problem. He is too superstitious." Entries in his personal journal and written prayers, such as asking the Lord to "destroy the strongholds in China," were used against him, proving his need for "re-education." Zhang has sixty days to appeal the conviction as well as ninety days to request an administrative trial in the People's Court.

We encourage Christians to politely protest this conviction to the Chinese Embassy in your country. Contact information can be found on our web site at http://www.persecution.net/links. htm. Chinese-speaking Christians may wish to contact the Re-education Through Labour Commission of Lu Shan County by calling (from North America) 011-86-375-2924123, extension 23050.

India:

Evangelist beaten and refused treatment for converting Dalits

Last month, an evangelist in Siddapuram, Karnataka, South India, T. J. Mathew, was returning home on his bike from the home of a fellow believer when he was attacked and beaten unconscious. According to VOM sources, when other Christians tried to take him to the local hospital, the attackers prevented them until police came and intervened. However, when he was taken to the Siddapura hospital, he was refused admittance. Mathew was then taken about one hundred kilometres away to Mysore, where he was finally treated.

The attackers complained to the police that Mathew was converting Dalits (low caste Hindus) to Christianity. ( Mathew was expected to return to Siddapura on October 28 and a baptismal service is planned on November 7, when about ten converts from Hinduism are expected to be baptized.

Turkey:

Two beaten for distributing Bibles

Two Christians, Yakup Cindilli (32) and Tufan Orhan, were beaten for distributing New Testaments on October 23 in Orhangazi in northwestern Turkey and left semi-conscious in a field. According to an October 31 report from Compass Direct, the next day Cindilli slipped into a coma because of a blood clot on his brain and is in critical condition. Local police have arrested three suspects. One of the suspects, Metin Yildiran, is reported to be president of the local chapter of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a far-right political party.

Eritrea:

Full Gospel Church confiscated

According to an October 30 report from Compass Direct, government forces have sealed a complex in the Eritrean capital of Asmara that has been rented to the Full Gospel Church for use as their headquarters and meeting place for the past eleven years. On September 17, 2002, soldiers entered the complex and refused to leave, declaring it government property. Since then, five soldiers have remained in a section of the complex. On October 15, government forces ordered the church staff and members to hand over the building, saying that the church had violated presidential directives and was involved in an illegal "cell-group" ministry. On October 26, the building was completely sealed and church members were refused entrance.

The Eritrean government refuses to recognize the Full Gospel Church and a dozen other independent Protestant churches with a combined membership of around 20,000 members. Since May 2002, all of these churches have been ordered to close their church buildings and stop both public and private meetings.

Christians in Eritrea face constant harassment and the threat of imprisonment for their faith. On September 7, twelve young people were arrested and were told they would only be released when they deny their faith (for more information, see http://www.persecution.net/pnparchive/arch7.htm). At last report, the twelve remain in custody, refusing to deny Christ. On October 5, the police pressured their parents to persuade their children to sign the denial. According to a fellow evangelical, "These arrested Christians don't care about what happens to themselves but many are worried about what might happen to their parents now." In August, sixty-two young people were arrested for possessing Bibles at the Sawa summer military camp. All but six have been released, and none of those freed will discuss the terms of their release. At present, there are 230 known evangelicals in prison for their faith. The government denies that there is any religious persecution in Eritrea.

Australia:

Judge clarifies penalty and raises doubts

Two Christians are facing a tribunal in Victoria State, Australia, accused of "vilifying Muslims" in a seminar on March 9, 2002. The Islamic Council of Victoria contends that the seminar violated Victoria State's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act (for more information, see http://www.persecution.net/pnparchive/arch1.htm).

On October 29, Judge Michael Higgins told a tribunal that he had received a call from the Department of Foreign Affairs over concerns about the case raised in a "considerable" number of e- mails from Americans to the Australian embassy in Washington. Part of the concern centred around the punishment that the two men, Daniel Scot and Danny Nalliah, could face. Judge Higgins stated that, while the act provides for up to six months' jail, this penalty would not apply in this case. He noted that a jail sentence applies only to a section of the law referred to as "Serious Religious Vilification." These two men, however, are being tried under the section referred to as "Religious Vilification." Under this section, the judge could order apologies, written statements, compensation, or fines. To view the actual legislation, go to http://www.persecution.net/rrta.pdf.

The judge also indicated his thinking at this point in the proceedings. He acknowledged that the parts of the seminar transcripts presented by the complainants could have been interpreted in that way. However, the seminar went on to talk about the need to dialogue with Muslims, develop relationships and mix socially with them. "Is the document as a whole an incitement to hatred as set out in (the act)? If you stop at page 67 it's pretty easy to say yes, but when you go through the rest, then I think the first view you might adopt starts to wane somewhat," said the judge. The tribunal resumed on November 5, and continued until the 7th. It adjourned until December or February because of prior commitments. The judge will announce the date to resume on Friday.

Please see http://www.persecution.net for ways to help those Christians suffering for their faith.

Christian Aid Mission has these incidents to report.

India:

Missions not intimidated by Hindu radicals

A veteran missions observer says India's mission groups are not intimidated by the present wave of violence, and are forging ahead to bring the gospel to every people group.

On a recent visit to the USA, Christian Aid's missions surveyor in India, whose name is withheld for security reasons, said mission organizations in his country are not letting attacks from radical militant Hindu groups keep them from fulfilling their God-given assignment to bring the gospel to every creature.

In an interview following Christian Aid's Gateways Conference on Indigenous Missions last month he said, "Christian preachers are accustomed to suffering from an anti-Christian government. They are pulling out all the stops and are deliberately proceeding into communities where the gospel has not been preached."

He said mission groups in his country continue to boldly preach Christ not to confront the anti-Christian government but simply because (1) the Bible says they should do so and (2) India's constitution guarantees freedom of religion. They are just exercising their rights.

He proposed that militant Hindus compose less than one percent of the population. "The rest of the people are quite happy with what Christians are doing," he said, "but that one percent shakes the whole country."

He pointed out that many non-government TV channels criticize the BJP (current hard-line political party in power) and defend the rights of minorities, and especially the Christians.

When asked about the anti-conversion laws, he replied, "As far as I know there has not been one example of conversion by coercion, inducement or force." He considered the anti-conversion laws as harassment and nuisance factors that are designed to keep the Dalits (untouchables) from changing their religion.

He said the message of evangelicals in India focuses on the person and work of Jesus Christ. "Trouble comes when Christians belittle the Hindu gods," he said. "Some suffering is a result of foolishness."

At the same time he said that Hindu gurus are influencing the intellectual community of India. They speak of self-realization, saying the power to change is within you, and other themes picked up by the humanistic New Age movement. "It's really Old Age," he said. According to him, the thinking of the elite 21% controls the lives of the remaining 79% of the population.

"India needs the gospel now just as much as it did in 1947," he said, referring to the year of India's independence from British rule.

To learn how to support mission groups native to India write insider@christianaid.org and put MI-444 600-WMN on the subject line.

Colombia:

Gospel spreads despite terrorist threats

Missionaries working in the terrorist minefields of Colombia boldly proclaim Christ amid bombs and guns of right-wing and left-wing terrorists.

"In some places there are car bombs," a mission leader from Colombia told Christian Aid this week. "We also have horse bombs, bicycle bombs, even Bible bombs. Buildings and cars are blown up, but we go on preaching the Lord Jesus Christ. Just 20 days ago a car bomb exploded 20 blocks from my house, killing two police and a woman selling orange juice."

The leader, whose name is withheld for security reasons, was in the U. S. to attend the Christian Aid sponsored Gateways Conference of Indigenous Missions in October. He began preaching the gospel in 1965 after he was supernaturally delivered by prayer after spending 15 months in a mental hospital. In those intervening 38 years, he and his co-workers have planted 38 churches.

The going has been tough, but this former soldier is now a soldier for Christ. He says there are three military groups operating in the countryside: The communist guerrillas, the right-wing paramilitary groups, and the government military itself.

The rebels patrol the southeastern two-thirds of the country. He has churches in some of those places and recently closed two churches due to threats from rebels.

"The rebels think that Christians and pastors bring government undercover agents with them," he said. "So no outsiders are safe in the area."

That's why most of his missionaries are local people. He currently has 55 missionaries working in jungle and rebel-infested areas.

In the early days he tried sending some of them to seminary in the city, but once educated they didn't want to leave the city. So for the last 20 years he has provided training on location on a regional basis. Workers come together for a week of training, and then return to their villages. Subjects covered include preaching, counselling, church discipline, how to help people.

In July he brought together 102 trainees for a week of Bible training. Total cost of food, lodging, materials and travel subsidies was $3500. The workers take the printed materials back with them to use in their churches.

It's important that the teachings be strictly positive. "We dare not bad-mouth the rebels," he said. "We've even had rebels come and sit in our sessions and eat our food to see if we were OK." Apparently they agreed to "live and let live."

It's hard to believe but the work moves forward. "Now we are starting a new work in Sogamosa," he said. "On November 1 we paid our first month's rent for the missionary's house there. Already we have six believers."

The unrest has caused many in the countryside to flee to cities and towns. Their unsettled condition makes them a fertile harvest field. One missionary is ministering to 38 children and some of their parents. "Soon we will have a new church there," he said confidently. To learn how you can help, write

insider@christianaid.org and put MI-444 201-VOC on the subject line.

India:

Believers in Orissa battle nature and persecution

Believers in eastern India's Orissa state are battling both persistent persecution and perennial attacks by nature.

Orissa state is hit by cyclones and floods nearly every year. This year September storms submerged 3390 villages and affected nearly three million people in 18 districts, according to reports received by Christian Aid. One mission leader said 100 families from his home church were affected.

"They are living in makeshift homes and suffering to the maximum due to continued rain and lack of food and clothes," he said last week.

As if natural calamities weren't enough, the believers in that state face constant persecution from right-wing Hindus. The leader told Christian Aid he and his colleagues were severely injured in a merciless attack recently. They took the matter to the district officials, who took some unspecified measures. After that a letter threatening attack on pastors of the area was circulated.

He also said a small village with a handful of Christian families in the southern part of the state was set on fire and then looted by hoodlums, though he said the affair seemed to be an ethnic rather than a religious problem. Persons wanting to send aid to impoverished believers in Orissa may write to insider@christianaid.org and put MI-444 640-IEA on the subject line.

Tibet:

Tibetans prepare for missionary leadership

Many Tibetans emigrated to India and Nepal after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959. A Tibetan Christian leader in Nepal told Christian Aid some of them are finding the Lord and preparing for missionary service.

One Tibetan believer is in his second year of a four-year study program. He was educated in Tibet and is translating portions of Scripture from Nepali into Tibetan to gain a deeper understanding of God's Word.

Another Tibetan believer translated some discipleship training materials. Then he developed an eye problem and needed surgery. His eyesight was in jeopardy but another believer provided the surgery fee and now he is doing well. He is hoping to go to Bible college in India to better prepare himself for missionary leadership.

The leader explained that the lack of training materials in the Tibetan language is a tremendous handicap. Also, translation of religious writings must be done at a whole different level from common, everyday speech. This presents an additional hurdle to translating and understanding God's Word.

"Our vision is that Tibetan believers should have a chance to understand God's Word and be able to apply it in their lives, as well as for future ministry," the leader said.

A ten-day training session for believers in September was postponed due to the Maoist insurgency distressing the country.

To learn how you can support ministry among Tibetans write to insider@christianaid.org and put MI-444 702-TAF on the subject line.

Please go to http://www.christianaid.org for mission reports and for information on how to help them.

Forum 18 presents these incidents of religious rights violations.

Belarus:

Belarusian Orthodox Church not approved

Non-Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Christian communities can only gain Belarusian state registration if they have the approval of a local Moscow Patriarchate bishop, a government official has told Forum 18 News Service. Also, a church official told Forum 18 that the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) has registered its title as a brand name "so that no other organisation can register with that name." The 2002 law on religion says that registration is compulsory, but does not require Orthodox applications to have the approval of a Moscow Patriarchate bishop. This non-legal, state-enforced requirement restricts the Russian True Orthodox Church, which comes under the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox (People's) Church and catacomb True Orthodox communities.

Georgia:

After four years of attacks, a suspended sentence is given

Religious minorities in Georgia have welcomed the first criminal punishment given in four years of unpunished violence by self-styled Orthodox vigilantes, Forum 18 News Service has been told, even though the jail sentence given is a suspended sentence. However the sentenced attacker has told Forum 18 that he is innocent, that Jehovah's Witnesses violently assaulted him contrary to their past record, and that he will lodge court appeals by the end of this week. The sentenced attacker has a long record of leading raids on private flats and beating up individual believers, often working together with similarly violent Tbilisi-based Old Calendarist priest Basili Mkalavishvili, who is still free.

Nagorno-Karabakh:

Officials defend restrictions on minority faiths

Following Forum 18 News Service's report of official threats to a local Baptist, Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have defended to Forum 18 the actions they took against him and their restrictions on minority religious activity. The authorities state action was taken, not on the basis of martial law as police claimed but, on the basis of street-trading and customs legislation, and deny that threats were made against the Baptist or his family. The authorities also point out that the only faith to have state registration is the Armenian Apostolic Church. Nagorno-Karabkh states that it abides by international human rights agreements. However all such agreements prevent religious activity being restricted because religious communities either do not have or wish to acquire state registration.

Turkmenistan:

Even harsher controls on religion?

Turkmenistan plans to make its harsh state restrictions on religion even harsher, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Under a new draft religion law,which neither the OSCE nor Forum 18 has been able to see, penalties for breaking the law will lead to criminal, not administrative, punishments. The new law also reportedly requires religious groups to "coordinate"contacts with foreigners with the government, and to gain permission before receiving foreign support such as funding and religious literature. Turkmenistan has the harshest state controls on religion in the former Soviet Union, but the Justice Minister claims harsher controls are necessary to address security concerns. Places of worship have already been demolished and police routinely break up religious meetings. Believers have been beaten, threatened, fined, sacked from their jobs, imprisoned, had their homes confiscated, been sent to a remote area of the country, and deported from Turkmenistan.

Please check http://www.forum18.org for full versions of these stories regarding religious rights violations in communist and post-communist lands.

ASSIST News Service provides this instance of a pastor who's faithful to Christ in spite of being imprisoned.

Indonesia:

Exclusive interview with imprisoned pastor Rinaldy Damanik

(On his way out of Palu, Central Sulawesi, an Open Doors co-worker briefly spoke with Rev. Rinaldy Damanik at the Maesa Detention Centre (Rutan Maesa), Indonesia. Damanik is a prominent Christian leader who has been sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly transporting illegal arms. He is appealing the sentence to the Supreme Court. Christians around the world have been praying for Damanik's release. The Open Doors co-worker was returning from a quick visit to the villages of Beteleme and Saatu after a deadly attack which left 11 Christians dead on October 10 and 12. Conflict between Muslims and Christians in the area has caused hundreds of deaths and injuries and left thousands homeless. Below are excerpts from that interview).

Open Doors: How are you doing?

Rinaldy Damanik: I am doing very well, both body and soul. I believe this is so because of the many prayers made for me from many brothers and sisters all over the world. Praise the Lord for Open Doors who I know has done a lot to muster support for me as well as for the suffering church in Indonesia, especially in Central Sulawesi. How am I aware of this? As of yesterday, since my detention at this place at the beginning of the year, I have received 13,425 letters and postcards. These are only letters from abroad, not including the letters from within the country.

OD: Having received this huge amount of letters, what were (the guards') comments?

Damanik: There is one guard who once said, "This is the first time in prison's history that an inmate received thousands of letters from all over the world!" The head of security here also commented, "If Pak Damanik should decide to run for a seat in the provincial People's Representatives Body, he would already have enough support!" The guards always ask for Pak Damanik's stamps every time a batch of letters arrives.

OD: I heard that your mother-in-law died recently in Tentena and you couldn't be there to support your wife and your daughter.

Damanik: Yes, she died on October 10. Though earlier I said that I can still rejoice here in prison, yet I cannot say that I wasn't sad for not being able to be there with my family in this time of loss. I could only cry and pray by myself in my cell as soon as I heard from the prison guard about the news of her passing away. But my heart was torn almost to pieces and filled with a lot of sadness when I heard about what happened in Beteleme, Saatu and Pinedapa a few days after the departure of my mother-in-law.

OD: That is actually my next question: What do you think about the latest attacks? I heard rumours that said you were in Tentena days before your mother-in-law passed away. The rumours also said you had a meeting with some leaders there and that is the reason for what happened in Beteleme and the other villages in Poso Pesisir. What's your comment on these rumours?

Damanik: Okay, let me clarify the story. On October 4, the prison received a fax message from the head of Tentena General Hospital stating the serious condition of my mother-in-law's health. In his opinion, she only had days to live. She was asking if she may see me again before she died. After reading the fax message, the prison warden told me that I needed to go to Tentena to see my mother-in-law for the last time as she requested. So, it was the warden who wanted to take me there, and not because I begged him for it. I told the warden that I wouldn't take a step out of my cell unless an official letter was made permitting me to go to Tentena to see my dying mother-in-law.

On Sunday, October 5, at around 7 a. m. , we departed for Tentena in the prison's van. I was escorted by the head of prison security himself with three other guards and three members of my defense team as witnesses in a different car. It was really nice to be able to see all the villages and the scenery between Palu and Poso again, after almost a year "away." The interesting thing about the trip to Tentena was when we travelled the road between Kawua and Tentena, a road that usually is travelled in 50 minutes. But that day, it took us a little over four hours!

OD: Why did it take so long?

Damanik: I don't know how they learned about my trip to Tentena, but almost at every Christian village along the road, people stopped us and asked me to say something to strengthen them, or just to shake my hands. I was touched deeply by their show of support for me. There were a couple of those villages that almost didn't allow me to go through to Tentena, out of their love and concern for me. I was humbled by their expressions of love. All the guards were speechless when they saw how the people welcomed us, yet their impression was positive.

Arriving in Tentena, we went straight to the hospital and I managed to talk to my already weakened mother-in-law. Even when I was with her, people were coming to the hospital. Because the hospital officials were afraid that this would disturb the other patients, they asked me to go out to say something to calm them. When I stepped outside, I saw hundreds of people chanting my name and rushing towards me to shake hands and to bless me. After that, I went back inside. All this time, the prison guards were at my side. So the rumours you heard about me having a secret meeting while I was in Tentena were untrue. Whispering to anyone other than to my dying mother-in-law was already impossible, let alone having a secret meeting. The guards were also witnesses to the fact that in my greetings to all the people, both on the way to and in Tentena, I didn't even once encourage the people to harm anyone or retaliate against anyone that hurt us. So, I don't know who started and spread the rumours. But one thing I know, whoever he is, the intention is clear, to once again make me a scapegoat.

We returned from Tentena late. The time clock said 2:25 a. m. on October 6. I thank the Lord for the opportunity to say goodbye and pray with my mother-in-law just four days before she passed away.

OD: When she died on the 10th, did you get another permission to go to Tentena?

Damanik: I could have if I wanted, but after some advice from my friends at the Crisis Centre in Tentena, I decided not to go there because Beteleme had been attacked very early that day. Some survivors and some of the wounded had been taken to Tentena. If I was there too, it could have created a serious situation, though for a very different reason. I was afraid that my presence would create some hysteria and raise retaliation sentiments in the hearts of the Christians, especially the young people. My decision to not go was also confirmed by my wife over the phone when she discouraged me from going there, due to the uncertainty of the situation in Tentena at the time. But, what I heard later really made me sad and mad, all in one.

OD: What happened?

Damanik: There was news in the local paper about the attack on the village of Beteleme, and in the same article, the reporter included reports by some people who said that they saw me in Tentena on the 10th. Also, rumours spread which said that I was also seen in Kawua (just outside the town of Poso) where they said I was holding a secret meeting under the pseudonym of Tukimin. Thankfully, there were a couple of reporters who were sensible enough to respond to the rumours by coming to the prison. They clarified the rumours with me, with the warden and even a former Laskar Jihad fighter who is also a fellow inmate here. He testified that I was in the prison at the time Beteleme, Saatu, Penedapa, and Pantangolemba villages were attacked. I thank the Lord that the reporters were honest enough to put down their findings in the following day's edition, so that I was cleared from the misleading rumours. Maybe it was good for me to be in prison when these attacks occurred.

OD: Why so?

Damanik: In almost every incident in Poso, those people who like to name scapegoats for the incidents always make me one of them. Now, being in prison, I don't think anyone in their right mind would believe such accusations anymore. Yet at the same time, I am very sad with the recent attacks. I will take any length of sentence in prison, even if I have to be hanged to death on a gallows, if that's required to bring peace in Poso. Then I will do it! But now? I am in prison for something that I didn't do and yet Poso is still not at peace! Christians are still being attacked and killed, their houses burned, and they have to flee their own villages for safety. For this fact, my heart is torn in pieces.

OD: What do you think that the government and the people, both Christians and Muslims, need to do to bring a lasting peace in Poso?

Damanik: If there are people who are still bitter towards the Christians or the other way around, they should come forward so that we can discuss this. They should not go out attacking and killing innocent people. In every reconciliation in any country, there should be confession and restitution in order for that reconciliation to take place. The government should be willing to play a more active role in settling the conflict in Poso. The government through the national police should reveal the intellectual actors behind every disturbance of peace in Poso. They should uproot every problem.

OD: Didn't the government do this at the Malino peace meeting last year?

Damanik: No, they only encouraged both the Muslim and Christian representatives, who were also signers of the Peace Accord later, to forgive each other. Forgiveness is good, but there is no forgiveness if there's no confession of faults to forgive. When they failed to do this in every incident, then everyone is busy finger-pointing at another person or another group of people as the scapegoat. I believe this is why genuine, lasting peace is so hard to come by in Poso.

OD: Now I would like to know about your legal status. I believe you should have been released from prison back in September as your fifth detention expired on the 15th. Why are you still here and what are you and your defense team going to do about it?

Damanik: By Indonesian law, I should have walked out of this detention centre on September 16 because there's no way that my detention can be extended. The legal term for my status now should be "freed for the sake of law" based on Government Directive No. 27, Chapter 19, Indonesian Book of Law, and Directives from the Ministry of Justice. Though the warden had agreed to let me go, yet he got an instruction from the Provincial Ministry of Justice Office here in Palu that forbids me to leave the centre for reasons not yet clear. I could have walked out on my own will, but I don't want that. I was put here with an official letter, so I also want to walk out from here with an official letter of release in my hand. My legal defense team has urged me to sue the Provincial Ministry of Justice, but I told them that wouldn't be effective. I would rather resort to collecting all the materials for us to write a letter directly to the Ministry of Justice in Jakarta. If anyone is brought to justice regarding my present status then it should be the government, through the Ministry of Justice. We want the government to tell us which legal protocol they are using to keep me in prison.

But I must say that my being here until now should be viewed as God's good and perfect plan. Just imagine how things would turn out if I was freed on September 15, in light of what has happened recently in Beteleme and the other villages. Those who are the scapegoat chasers would have a field day with me.

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