Perspectivas / Perspectives

La International Christian Concern ha manifestado su profunda preocupación por la reciente elección de To Lam como presidente de Vietnam. La organización teme que, bajo su liderazgo, los cristianos, especialmente los de grupos étnicos minoritarios, enfrenten un aumento en la represión religiosa.

Ago.10 (OrthodoxTimes/InfoCatólica).– La International Christian Concern (ICC) ha manifestado su seria preocupación por la reciente elección de To Lam como presidente de Vietnam, advirtiendo que los cristianos, especialmente aquellos de grupos étnicos minoritarios, podrían enfrentar un aumento en la persecución bajo su liderazgo.

El 3 de agosto de 2024, To Lam fue designado nuevo secretario general del Partido Comunista de Vietnam, generando inquietud entre los defensores de la libertad religiosa. Lam, conocido por su estricta postura contra los derechos humanos y las religiones minoritarias durante su tiempo como Ministro de Seguridad Pública, reafirmó su adhesión a las ideologías comunistas en su discurso de aceptación.

But not only Christians are persecuted in Burkina Faso. Anyone who disagrees with the ideology and policy of the regime is a victim of cruel repression.

July 26 (DPnet).– Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso in 1984, which means "land of straight people", under a new regime oriented to Marxist radicalism. Since the coup in 2022 and since the most recent one perpetrated in 2024, freedom of expression was curtailed with foreign journalists expelled and media suspended by authorities in the context of the recent post-coup transitional regime and the armed conflict. Armed groups and government forces committed unlawful attacks. Several public figures were victims of enforced disappearances and women and girls were victims of abduction. Armed groups severely restricted the economic and social rights of civilians in towns and villages under siege, mostly in the northern and eastern regions.

Army forces together with the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDPs) –an auxiliary force– and Ansaroul Islam are perpetrating crimes against humanity with a special emphasis on Christian communities.

Egypt is one of the places where Islam predominates and Christians are more tolerated. Apart from very small communities of Catholics and Protestants, there is a considerable community of Coptic Christians surviving through 13 centuries of islamic ruleNevertheless, many have lost everything — their homes, their possessions and sometimes even their loved ones — because they chose to follow Christ. Among them is Domiana, a woman who faced persecution in Egypt. Today, we share her story and invite you to consider standing with persecuted Christians like her. This is just one example of many similar cases.

When Domiana’s neighbors in Cairo, Egypt, learned that she had left Islam to follow Christ, she and her family faced strong opposition. Local Muslims assaulted Domiana and set fire to her apartment building, forcing her and her children to live on the street for three days.

La Contraloría General de la República emite Reglamento que limita el ejercicio de la objeción de conciencia 

Santiago de Chile, Jul.3.– La objeción de conciencia es un derecho humano fundamental arraigado en la libertad de conciencia, por lo que restringirlo puede afectar otros derechos fundamentales como la igualdad y la no discriminación, como lo enfatiza la Conferencia Episcopal Chilena (CECH) en su presentación ante la Contraloría por el Reglamento del Ministerio de Salud sobre objeción de conciencia. Esta norma modifica el Decreto Supremo N° 67 de 2018 del Ministerio de Salud, que aprueba reglamento para ejercer objeción de conciencia según lo dispuesto en el artículo 119 tercero del Código Sanitario.