BHUTAN

- Various partners in CSW's ministry have traveled to Bhutan and are bringing back reports which will help us to better (and more specifically) advocate for the needs of its Christian population.  This will allow for emergency aid to be provided when and where its applicable, along with a commitment to pray for our brothers and sisters there.

- Christians in Bhutan will continue to be mentioned in our prayer calendar. As we receive updates we will publish them on our website and/or in future issues of Outcry.

You can PRAY

 - Ask the Lord to encourage and protect the Christian community in Bhutan. 

 - Pray that God will give them grace and strength to stand firm in their faith and boldness to share the Gospel

 - Pray that the persecution will stop and God will bring about freedom of worship that the persecution in China, by citizens, cults and government, will stop

You can PROTEST

Write to your Senator at U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, or your Representative at U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515.  (Call the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to find out your Congressperson’s name). Ask your Congressperson to raise your concerns with both the Congress and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and to additionally raise this in appropriate international forums.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Fax: (202) 261-8577 
Phone: (202) 647-4000
Email: secretary@state.gov

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You can PETITION

To the United Nations

To: His Excellency Mr Jigmy Y Thinley, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations, Chemin du Champ-d’Anier 17-19, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland 

and to: His Excellency Mr Om Pradhan, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations, Two United Nations Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017, USA. 

Sample letter: 

Your Excellency,

There is growing international concern over the systematic persecution of the Christian minority in Bhutan, particularly in the south.

I urge the Government of Bhutan to bring her law and practice into line with international standards on religious rights. 

I also implore the Government of Bhutan to immediately release, without condition, all those detained on the basis of their faith and to fully restore their civil rights. 

Yours respectfully and sincerely

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