#RedWednesday - Launch of report on Christians unjustly detained for their faith + video recording

#RedWednesday 2019 Westminster Cathedral

Source: ACN

Today is #RedWednesday. To mark the day Aid to the Church in Need launched their new report: 'Set Your Captives Free: A report on Christians unjustly detained for their faith'. The report looks in detail at the false imprisonment of Christians, focusing in particular on four case studies from China, Eritrea, Nigeria and Pakistan.

Neville Kyrke-Smith, National Director of ACN (UK), co-chaired the event with Rehman Chishti, the former Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief.

Also speaking was: Maira Shahbaz, the victim of a case of abduction, rape, forced conversion and marriage; Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, who now directs the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue; Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria, who spent six years as president of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and is outspoken on the situation facing Nigerian Christians; and Rob Flello, a former MP deselected by the Liberal Democrats because of his voting record on same-sex marriage and abortion.

Today's #RedWednesday event was livestreamed from the Houses of Parliament at 4.30pm this afternoon. To watch a recording of the launch see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IgmL2RIe9g&feature=youtu.be