Zprávy HCJB 26.5.2004

 SESTRA ŘÍKÁ - ČÍNSKÉ ÚŘADY SE SNAŽÍ ZAKRÝT SMRT UČITELKY
   Sestra učitelky domácího sboru Gu Xianggao, která byla minulý měsíc údajně ubita k smrti čínskou státní policií, říká, že úřady zaplatily její rodině za mlčení v tomto případě. V dopise, který obdrželi v ASSIST News Service today, sdělila Gu Xiangyan, že její bratr byl falešně obviněn z vraždy, když policie minulý měsíc zaútočila na jeho domácí sbor o 500 000 členech v provincii Heilongjiang na severovýchodě Číny. Podle zpráv křesťanských pozorovatelů z ChinaAid bylo několik dalších věřících zatčeno a zadrženo včetně vedoucího skupiny Xu Shuangfu a známého Zhao Wenquan. Z obavy před mezinárodní kritikou se rozhodly státní orgány „kompenzovat“ rodině smrt Gu Xianggao, která zemřela ve vězení a přinutily rodiče, aby souhlasili s kremací, sdělila v dopise její sestra. Dodala, že její rodina dostala okolo 28,000 dolarů, což pro chudou čínskou rodinu představuje jmění. Pak jim bylo nařízeno, aby o tom, co se stalo, nemluvili. (Assist News Service)
 
 VŠECHNY ZPRÁVY V ANGLIČTINĚ
   CHINESE AUTHORITIES TRY TO COVER UP DEATH OF TEACHER, SISTER SAYS The sister of a house church teacher Gu Xianggao, allegedly beaten to death last month by Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) forces, says the authorities paid her family money in an attempt to cover up the crime. In a letter received by ASSIST News Service today, Gu Xiangyan said her brother was also falsely accused of murder after police raided his 500,000-strong house church movement known as "Three Grades Servants" last month in Heilongjiang Province, northeast China. According to Christian rights watchdog ChinaAid, several other believers were arrested and detained, including the group's leader Xu Shuangfu and well-known house church leader Zhao Wenquan. Apparently fearing an international outcry, PSB officials "compensated" the family of Gu Xianggao, who died in custody, and forced his parents to accept cremation, his sister said in a letter. She added that her parents were paid about US$28,000, a fortune to most impoverished Chinese families, and then ordered not to tell what had happened. (Assist News Service) NIGERIAN KILLINGS CONTINUE DESPITE EMERGENCY RULE Despite the imposition of a state of emergency in Plateau State, Nigeria, the ethno-religious killings which led to the proclamation of emergency rule there show no sign of abating. Recent reports indicate that at least four towns have been overrun by suspected Hausa/Fulani militia who killed 44 in one 24-hour period. The attackers were believed to have come into Plateau State from neighboring Nassarawa State. In Saminaka Village there was fierce fighting, leading to the death of at least six people while scores of houses were burned down by the rampaging militiamen. A number of casualties were recorded in several villages of the area. Moses Michael, an Igbo trader residing in Gidan Sabo said, "We tried to repulse the attack but we were overpowered and we simply took to our heels." He regretted that there is no police presence in the affected towns, adding that victims of the fighting have been fleeing to Kwande to escape the fighting. (Voice of the Martyrs) UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY STILL ILLEGAL IN TURKMENISTAN Unregistered religious activity remains illegal, an official of Turkmenistan's Adalat (Fairness or Justice) Ministry has confirmed, despite a presidential decree abolishing criminal penalties for worshipping without state approval. "If people act without registration they will be fined," he said. The ban on unregistered activity in the religion law has not been amended and Article 205 of the Administrative Code, which spells out fines of up to ten times the minimum monthly wage for leading or even taking part in unregistered worship services, remains in force. Muradov denied any harassment of believers in Turkmenistan, describing those who had claimed such harassment as "sick." More than ten weeks after the president reduced the number of members required to register a religious community from 500 to five, no new communities have yet been able to register. (Forum 18 News) SOUTHERN INDIA ANNOUNCES REPEAL OF ANTI-CONVERSION LAW Barely a week after India's Congress Party defeated the previous pro-Hindu government in national elections, Chief Minister Selvi J. Jayalalithaa of Tamil Nadu, southern India, has announced the repeal of the state anti-conversion law. Ms. Jayalalithaa heads the local branch of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazakham party (AIADMK), which was soundly defeated in the general elections. On May 18, Jayalalithaa announced that she would drop the state's anti-conversion law. "I have ordered that the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Act 2002 be repealed at once," she said. "An ordinance for this purpose will be brought immediately." The Tamil Nadu anti-conversion law was enacted on October 5, 2002, despite large-scale protests by the Christian minority and opposition parties. It contained loose definitions and required all conversions to be registered with the state government. Without proper registration, both "converter" and "converted" could be jailed and fined as common criminals. (Compass) EVEN BIOHAZARDS BECOME CAN OPEN DOORS FOR MINISTRY Jerry and Wendy Cowles of Interserve are working in India to bring the Emmanuel Hospital Association into compliance with new biohazard laws. Until now, medical facilities in the country disposed of used needles, human tissue and other medical waste by dumping it on the ground behind buildings where people traverse frequently. Not only were passers-by stepping on the hazardous waste, but drug users were able to scavenge for used hypodermic needles to resell. Unfortunately, very few hospitals have made a move to come under the law, and enforcement has been lax. The Emmanuel Hospital Association is a cooperation of hospitals that have acquired 19 old mission hospitals serving the rural poor. The hospitals were old and in need of updating. With the Cowles' assistance, hospital workers dug two pits in the rear of the facility for biological waste. Because the Cowles work in areas where it is illegal to openly evangelize, they look for opportunities to share their faith. They, like others who work with Interserve, are Christian professionals who use their professional skills to minister to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the people they serve. (Mission Network News) NATIONAL MISSIONARIES REAP HARVEST IN WEST AFRICA In November 2000, Accelerating International Mission Strategies (AIMS) held an Equipping for the Harvest conference in Burkina Faso to network pastors to reach the 32 unreached people groups within the country. Almost 3,500 pastors representing 14 major denominations and approximately 66 percent of the country's church leadership attended. By the end of the conference, the pastors formed partnerships with a plan to reach all 32 people groups. Seventy-five Burkinabe missionaries who attended the 2000 conference completed their training in May 2003 and were commissioned to take the gospel to various unreached people groups in the country. Since then, fifteen new churches were planted and 118 people have accepted Christ. "Our goal is to see a church-planting movement among every unreached people group in West Africa," said the AIMS West Africa Coordinator. "We'd like to see the whole continent saturated with the gospel." AIMS exists to challenge the church to take the gospel where it has never been proclaimed. (Assist News Service)
 

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