{"id":30334,"date":"2020-09-10T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=30334"},"modified":"2020-09-10T12:02:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T03:02:57","slug":"vomk-report-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2020\/09\/10\/vomk-report-121\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS \u2013 CHRISTIAN PRISONERS RELEASED IN ERITREA"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30331″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”There are reports from Eritrea that the government has released 27 Christian prisoners of faith, and hopes are rising that more could follow.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][vc_column_text]According to Release International, the sister mission of Voice of the Martyrs Korea,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the government has just set free 27 prisoners, most of whom have been imprisoned for more than ten years. They have yet to be named. There are believed to be 19 men and eight women, who were jailed at Mai Serwa prison, close to the capital Asmara. They were released yesterday, September 8, and on September 3.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There are indications that other Christian prisoners at the jail have been informed they could soon be set free.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30332″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Map of Eritrea” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230c0c0c|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This follows the release of 22 Methodist prisoners in July from another prison, mainly women and children.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There are believed to be around 500 Christian prisoners of faith in Eritrea, many imprisoned indefinitely under appalling conditions. \u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In August, Eritrea announced it was releasing some Pentecostal Christians, among others, in a move to prevent the spread of coronavirus in its overcrowded jails. The 27 just released are believed to be the first to be allowed to leave.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u2018We are encouraged by the news of this release of Christian prisoners,\u2019 says\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley. \u201cWe pray the remaining Christians in prison will soon be released as well. As for the 27 Christians who have been set free from jail, they are still not free to leave Eritrea. Some have been imprisoned for so long that they have become completely\u00a0<\/span>institutionalised<\/span>. They will need help and support.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”30337″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”In Eritrea, prisons\u202fare located in\u202fthe hot desert and prisoners are kept in metal shipping containers.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230c0c0c|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Individuals interested in learning more about Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s work in partnership with Eritrean Christians can visit\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/country-profile\/Eritrea\/<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30331″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”There are reports from Eritrea that the government has released 27 Christian prisoners of faith, and hopes are rising that more could follow.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][vc_column_text]According to …","protected":false},"author":659,"featured_media":30330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-column","category-vomk-report"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en","zh","ru"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}