Source: Christian Freedom International, August 21, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Eritrean Embassy in Washington D.C. refused to accept a hand-delivered letter calling for the release of seven church leaders who are imprisoned with no charges, no court cases, no legal representation, [and] no family visits for over 20 years. The letter was addressed to the Embassy of Eritrea and signed by a dozen organizations and over 60 individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letter reminds Eritrean officials of their obligations under international treaties and the Eritrean Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eritrea, a small country in Africa, is often referred to as the \u201cNorth Korea of Africa\u201d due to its lack of freedom. The government exerts control over nearly every aspect of life, including religion, forcing many Christians to practice their faith in secret. Many believers are imprisoned or locked in metal shipping containers under the scorching sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> for details about these believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also see a prayer resource about these men from Church in Chains<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Christian Freedom International, August 21, 2025 The Eritrean Embassy in Washington D.C. refused to accept a hand-delivered letter calling for the release of seven church leaders who are imprisoned with no charges, no court cases, no legal representation, [and] no family visits for over 20 years. The letter was addressed to the Embassy of … Continue reading Eritrea: Letter Calling for Release of \u201cThe 7\u201d Refused<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14135,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134\/revisions\/14135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}