Not only in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan, but also in India, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Central Asia, North Korea and China.
A total of 24 Christians are known to be prisoners of conscience because of their beliefs. They are distributed throughout Asia & Africa as follows:
China (4)
Eritrea (5)
Iran (13)
North Korea (1)
Pakistan (1)
Those are the known and confirmed prisoners of conscience in these countries jailed because they are practicing Christians, but there are many more; they are listed (with their photos) HERE and readers may contribute to campaigns to free them or save them from execution with donations, writing letters or signing petitions.
Hundreds more have been killed by the mobs and/or the authorities in North Korea, India, Pakistan and Iraq. Thousands have been killed in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and tens of thousands have been forced to flee from all those countries in the first 20 years of this century.
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