Dear John & Doves,
 
  Please pray continue to pray for the release of these brave Christian children.
 
  Here are some additional facts about the 131 children that had been rounded up in Eritrea.
 
  Christian Children Rounded Up In Eritrea
 Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights group supporting persecuted believers, said 131 children aged between two and 18 were rounded up last week by a group of policemen as they were attending Sunday school at the Medhanie-Alem Orthodox Church in Asmara, the Eritrean capital.

30 CHILDREN

Except those aged two to 14 who were released with their parents, the remaining group of roughly 30 children are still being detained, CSW claimed. Eritrean officials have neither confirmed nor denied the allegations.

CSW quoted one eye-witness as saying that the children were put in a hall at a local police station on February 19, while singing "I am not afraid of persecution, hardships and even death. Nobody can separate me from the Love of Jesus Christ. He died on the cross and he gave me new life."

The policemen allegedly turned on a television and put the volume up high after the children refused to stop singing. As part of the Orthodox Church, the Medhane Alem group has normally been exempted from the Eritrean government's crackdown against Protestant Christians, some of whom suffer imprisonment in metal shipping containers or underground cells for refusing to renounce their faith, the Compass Direct news agency reported.

FULL STORY at http://www.worthynews.com/christian-persecution/children-rounded-up-eritrea.html