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NORTH KOREA:  CSW’s June week of prayer
Recently in the news for its aggressive stance to South Korea, North Korea’s personality cult regime harshly punishes all who mildly stray from its idolatry. While refugees are fleeing North Korea to seek asylum or citizenship in sympathetic Asian states, inmates inside North Korea’s ‘gulag’ prisons are subjected to some of the worst forms of torture and deprivation on earth.  North Korea desperately needs our prayers.
CSW spoke alongside a North Korea defector at the EU in April to testify about the regime’s brutality towards prisoners. With your help we want to continue to raise North Korea’s plight high on the international agenda and stand together in prayer with North Korean people.
Organising your own prayer event is a wonderful way of supporting North Koreans and learning more about the issues they face.  Find out more by downloading the prayer pack from our website.
>>> Download the North Korea prayer pack
   

CHINA: Gao Zhisheng disappears again
We reported in March that Christian human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, had reappeared alive after thirteen months of international pressure. Only weeks later he went missing again, and hasn’t been seen since. Fears of Gao’s disappearance clearly highlight the worsening situation for human rights lawyers who bring cases against the government.
>>> Pray for Gao and his family
      

ERITREA: Annual London protest remains strong
Last weekend, CSW joined forces with NGOs and persecuted Church agencies to protest human rights abuses outside the Eritrean embassy in Angel, Islington.  The crowd of 70 protestors made their presence known and denominational representatives presented a petition to the Eritrean Ambassador calling for “swift and positive action”.
>>> See the photos and read what happened!
       

Father’s Day: think outside the box!
This week CSW is giving you the chance to treat your dad to an alternative Father’s Day gift! 

You could buy... 

A gift that helps fact-finding in Vietnam
Gift amount £10

Provide a much appreciated lifeline to Eritrean refugees in Kenya
Gift amount £15

Provide sustenance for a persecuted family in China
Gift amount £25

CSW’s Unique Gift List has been developed so that on each special occasion you’ve got an opportunity to make a vital difference to persecuted people with the gift that you give!
>>> Visit CSW’s Unique Gift List for Father’s Day!

Global Day of Prayer: hear the story of a North Korean refugee
At West Ham Stadium this weekend thousands of Christians will gather to pray!  CSW are presenting a rare opportunity to hear the testimony of a North Korean refugee and lift up the persecuted Church.  Join them this Saturday and get your tickets online for just £5!
>>> Global Day of Prayer tickets