It's Really Difficult To Be A Christian In China, Sub-Saharan Africa And Wait, India Too
One in every three Christians living in Asia faces high levels of persecution. The persecution of the Christian has increased for the straight sixth year. North Korea is on top in rankings of 50 countries.
A global advocacy group, 'Open Doors' has come up with a revelation that one in every three Christians living in Asia faces high levels of persecution and it has increased after religion based threats and violence across the globe, particularly in China and sub-Saharan Africa.
The situation is quite grim in China as around half of the 100 million Christians living in China face persecution and "the worst it's been in more than a decade", following "new laws seeking to control religious expression", the Open Doors watchdog said. India also found its place in top 10 India and the Open Doors said, as "Hindu extremists act with impunity and violent attacks on Christians and churches rise".
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The persecution of the Christian has increased for the straight sixth year. It means 245 million Christians which accounts for one out of nine-faced high levels of persecution in 2018 against 215 million or one in 12 in 2017.
"Worldwide, our data reveals that 13.9 per cent more Christians are experiencing high levels of persecution than last year. That's 30 million more people," Open Doors UK and Ireland CEO Henrietta Blyth said in a statement.
Over 43,00 Christians lost the lives or were killed due to their beliefs last year and 3700 of them were in Nigeria, according to the 2019 World Watch List.
Due to attacks by groups like Boko Haram and ethnic Fulani herders, the number of deaths has doubled in Nigeria, the NGO said.
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"Africa has become the home of violence against Christians," said Michel Varton, president of Open Doors France. North Korea is on top in rankings of 50 countries.
The NGO also said signs of religious repression are obvious but it's hard to obtain data in the country where the religion is forbidden or is a political crime. North Korea is followed by Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan, Eritrea, Iran, India and Syria.
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"For many Christians in India, daily life is now full of fear -¨C totally different from just four or five years ago," said Blyth.
