WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- United States President George W. Bush on Monday, July 14, condemned Iran, Eritrea, Sudan, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and China for violations of religious rights, saying thousands of people are suffering and "languish in the nation's" jails, but noted some progress in Communist-run Vietnam.

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- At least hundreds of Eritrean refugees, many of them Christians, faced the prospect Saturday, June 14, of being forcible deported from Egypt to the Horn of Africa nation where they "almost certainly face indefinite imprisonment and torture" or even "execution" rights activists involved in the case said.

ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians jailed in Eritrea on charges related to "illegal worship" are refusing to denounce Jesus Christ and in some cases organize the Lord's Supper with fellow inmates, despite pressure from authorities, well-informed Christian sources told BosNewsLife Wednesday, June 11.

ASMARA/LONDON/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- At least four prominent Protestant pastors in Eritrea faced another day of uncertainty Saturday, May 31, after government officials said the church leaders may receive the death penalty for "treason", while dozens of other believers were detained in recent days, a well-informed advocacy group reported.

ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential independent Christian rights group confirmed late Wednesday, February 27, that Eritrea has released dozens of evangelical Christians, but warned that some 2,000 other believers remain imprisoned in the African nation "due to their faith in Christ."