Please pray for Eritrea.

'Release and other religious rights campaigners are holding a prayer vigil outside the Eritrean Embassy in London this Thursday (TODAY!) on behalf of persecuted Christians in Eritrea.

As recently as last week, 65 more Christians were arrested in this East African nation in what Release partners describe as an ongoing crackdown on the Eritrean church.

Scores of arrests were reported in the first few weeks of this year in Asmara, the capital, and in the town of Nakfa in eastern Eritrea (Prayer Alert, January 20, 2011).
The latest estimates suggest that about 1,500 Christians are detained for their faith in Eritrea, often in appalling conditions.'