Police Use Noxious Gas to Break Up Hmong Meeting in North Vietnam
Police used noxious gas to break up a Christian worship gathering attended by 40 Hmong people in the Dien Bien Dong district of North Vietnam.
Month: December 2002
Horror of North Korean Prison Camps Revealed in CSW Report on International Human Rights Day
CSW conducted interviews with 50 North Koreans in four different countries and heard of human rights abuses such as arbitrary executions and torture for this report which provides a rare insight into conditions in North Korea’s secret prison camps.
Bulgaria’s Non Orthodox Churches Fear New Law
Bulgaria’s Protestant churches have urged President Georgi Parvanov to veto a law that would force non-Orthodox Christians and other minority groups to obtain court approval to operate in the Balkan country.
15 Suicide Attacks Prevented in Israeli Territory
Jerusalem (Bridges for Peace) — The Israeli Defense Minister disclosed that during the past week the security forces prevented 15 attacks that were intended against Israeli citizens and, in addition, arrested over 400 terrorist activists. “The IDF and security forces are making immense efforts to prevent terrorism. Over the past two weeks we are witnessing an increase in terrorist attempts against Israeli citizens. The assessment is that these increasing waves of terror are aimed at interfering with the democratic process in the State of Israel.”
Ten Palestinians Die in Clashes with Troops, as IDF seek Gaza Bombmakers
erusalem (ICEJ) — At least nine Palestinians were killed and at 10 were injured in the early hours of Friday morning during an Israeli military operation in the El-Bureij neighborhood in the Gaza strip, according to Palestinian sources. The AFP news agency quoted Palestinian medical staff as saying that a 10th person, a woman, died in hospital of her wounds.
Nepal: Maoist Rebels Threaten Missionaries
A missionary leader in Nepal reports that he and his missionaries are being threatened by Maoist rebels.