Zprávy HCJB 22.2.2007

	Po více než čtyř letech eritrejský křesťan umírá ve vězení.
	Zdroj: Compass Direct News. Křesťan z východoafrické země Eritrea zemřel minulý týden ve vězení čtyři a půl roků poté, co ho eritrejský režim uvěznil za bohoslužbu v zakázaném protestantském boru. Křesťané z jižního přístavního města Assab potvrdili, že bratr Magos Solomon Semere zemřel ve čtvrtek 15.února ve vojenské věznici Adi-Nefase na předměstí Assaby. Podle došlých zpráv 30-letý Semere zemřel „následkem fyzického trýznění a vleklého zánětu plic, jehož přiměřenou léčbu věznice nepovolila.“ Byl členem sboru Rema. Poprvé byl uvězněn na podzim 2001 za evangelizaci a za vedení modlitebního kroužků se šesti jinými křesťany. Byl propuštěn, ale tři měsíce nato znovu uvržen do vězení za bohoslužbu s velkou skupinou věřících. Jeho snoubence byly zakázány návštěvy ve vězení a jemu samému byla opakovaně nabízena lékařská péče nebo propuštění, když se zřekne své víry. Jeho bývalý spoluvězeň řekl, že Magos „vždy volil poslouchat raději Boha, než lidi.“ Semere je třetím křesťanem, který v Eritreji zemřel pro víru od konce října a o němž se to ví.
	Všechny zprávy v angličtině.
	ERITREAN CHRISTIAN DIES AFTER MORE THAN 4 YEARS IN JAIL Source: Compass Direct News A Christian in the East African country of Eritrea died in prison last week, four-and-a-half years after the Eritrean regime jailed him for worshiping in a banned Protestant church. Christians from the southern port city of Assab confirmed the death of Magos Solomon Semere on Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Adi-Nefase Military Confinement facility just outside Assab. According to one source, Semere, 30, died “due to physical torture and persistent pneumonia for which he was forbidden proper medical treatment.” A member of the Rema Church, Semere was first jailed in the fall of 2001 when he was arrested for evangelizing and starting meetings for worship with six other Christians. He was released and then rearrested three months later for again worshiping with a large group of believers. Semere was banned from seeing his fiancé during his prison sentence and was repeatedly offered medical treatment or release if recanted his faith. His former fellow prisoner said that throughout everything, “Magos was determined to obey the Lord rather than men.” Semere’s is the third known Christian to die for his faith in Eritrea since last October. RESTARTED KURDISH RADIO PROGRAMS GET FIRST LISTENER RESPONSE Source: Trans World Radio After restarting 15-minute evangelistic Kurdish Kurmanji radio programs last fall, Trans World Radio (TWR) received its first response in January. Following a pause of several years, TWR and long-time partner ERF began broadcasting three times a week in the most common Kurmanji dialect of the Kurdish language spoken by 80 percent of the Kurds. Primarily oral communicators, Kurds live in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and in former states of the Soviet Union. “I was thrilled when I discovered your radio programs,” wrote the Kurdish listener living in eastern Turkey. “For two or three years I have been listening to Christian broadcasts in Turkish. However, my heart was so happy when I heard the radio programs in the Kurdish language. Thank you so much!” The listener continued, “My parents are of another major religion, and I had to attend a strong religious school. But there I discovered quite soon that for Kurds, the majority faith cannot be the truth.” AUTHORITIES BAN 10 U.S. CHRISTIANS FROM BELARUS FOR 2 YEARS Source: Voice of the Martyrs Canada Ten American volunteers opted to leave Belarus voluntarily on Friday, Feb. 16, rather than be forcibly deported after they were fined and ordered to leave the country for teaching English without a license in an evangelical church in the eastern city of Mogilev. Oleg Slepchenko of the Belarusian Interior Ministry told the Associated Press that when police raided the class, Bibles were found on the tables, and the group was singing religious songs. The Americans have been banned from the country for two years. Group training that is not state-sanctioned is strictly controlled in the country, and there are additional laws against religious propagation by foreigners and unregistered church groups. UPDATE: CYCLONE SLAMS INTO MOZAMBIQUE’S SOGGY COAST Sources: Mission Network News, BBC, Voice of America Cyclone Favio, which made landfall earlier today with winds between 100 and 130 mph, has delivered another flood threat to already-soggy Mozambique. Flooding in the Zambezi River Valley had previously displaced more than 100,000 people and killed 40 following heavy rains in the region. Forecasters do not expect this cyclone to reach the badly flooded areas around the Zambezi River, but admit that cyclones are highly unpredictable. The cyclone will lose much of its category 4 power when it moves inland, but will continue to bring heavy rains to the region. “The humanitarian community here in Mozambique thought they kind of had things under control,” said Food for the Hungry’s Paul Wagner who works near the flooded Zambezi River. “But now, with the cyclone approaching, no one is quite sure what’s going to happen.” Fernanda Texeira, secretary general of the Mozambican Red Cross, added that food is another major concern. Thousands of acres of farmland were destroyed by the floods just months before the harvest. * Eight hours of daily Christian Portuguese programs airs on an FM station in Maputo, Mozambique, as the result of a cooperative effort involving HCJB Global Voice, Trans World Radio and Radio Africa Network. FOUNDATION TO DRILL 1,000 NEW WELLS FOR ETHIOPIA’S POOREST Source: Christian Newswire The Blair Foundation has accepted the invitation of Ethiopian President Yaregal Aysheshim to establish a well in 1,000 of the East African country’s poorest villages in Benishangul-Gumuz. Using a new technology, the foundation is drilling wells in villages not accessible by conventional and otherwise expensive drilling rigs. Costing just $687 per well, this cost-effective technology utilizes local materials for both drilling and construction, allowing trained locals to maintain and repair the wells. In Benishangul-Gumuz, people walk long distances to fetch unsafe water from the nearest river while untapped, clean, fresh drinking water lies directly beneath their feet. The foundation plans on drilling in remote villages that have never had access to safe drinking water and is relying on individual donors and organizations to sponsor the drilling of these new wells. Sponsors receive information about the village and location of the wells along with a report, a photograph of the constructed well and additional information about the village. * Staff members with HCJB Global Hands’ community development department help bring clean drinking water and sanitation to rural Ecuadorian communities. In 2006 they worked with local villagers to install wells in 21 communities and water systems and other related facilities in an additional seven villages, benefiting a total of nearly 7,000 people. © Copyright 2007 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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