ICC Note:

Persecution against Christianity is mounting in the country of Laos. The latest attack against a church leader resulted in the burning of his house. Everything was destroyed. Luckily, he and his family were gone when the attack occurred at 1 AM. Everything was lost including his motorbike. This is only the latest in a long string of attacks against Christians detailed in an article by World Watch Monitor.

3/23/2017 Laos (World Watch Monitor) – An arson attack on a family’s home in Laos is the latest incident reported by the country’s minority Christian community.

In January, the home of Yeng*, a church leader, was burned to the ground. He and his family were away when the attack happened at 1am. It wasn’t possible for neighbours to put out the fire before it had engulfed the whole building. Yeng lost everything, including his supply of rice and his motorbike.

Over the last two years Laotian Christians have faced many attacks because of their faith: being expelled from villages, jailed, humiliated in public, shot at – as well as being pressured by their families to return to the country’s dominant religion, Buddhism.

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