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Faith group to march on Washington to raise awareness for religious persecution

For the Martyrs founder Gia Chacon participates in the first March for the Martyrs in Long Beach, California, on Sept. 5, 2020.

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The March for the Martyrs, the first large-scale march in U.S. history to stand in solidarity with persecuted Christians around the world, will return to the nation’s capitol for its third annual march on Saturday.

The founding president of For the Martyrs, Gia Chacon, told Fox Digital, “Christian persecution is a human rights crisis, and it should be treated with the same level of urgency as any other crisis.”

The international ecumenical organization Open Doors USA reported that in 2021, 5,898 Christians were killed for their faith, and 5,110 churches and other Christian buildings were attacked, with 6,175 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or imprisoned around the world.

According to Open Doors USA, more than 360 million Christians around the world face extreme persecution and discrimination because of their faith.

Chacon says this year the march will have a special focus on China and Turkey.

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For the Martyrs founder Gia Chacon participates in the first March for the Martyrs in Long Beach, California, on Sept. 5, 2020.
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On Monday, the trial began for the former archbishop of Hong Kong who was arrested earlier this year by the Chinese Communist Party.

Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested for allegedly colluding with foreign forces by failing to register his pro-democracy charity fund with the government.

“It’s becoming more and more difficult for Christians to practice their faith freely. We’re watching out for China. Multiple organizations predict that it’s that the persecution that’s coming to Christians in China is going to be on the same level as Mao’s China… persecution in China is going more digital,” said Chacon.

David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA, predicted China is setting the tone for future religious persecution with the use of monitoring systems: 

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“China [is] monitor[ing] the religious behavior of their citizens to score any sort of attendance or religious practice as a withdrawal on their social score, so that eventually they’re put on a no travel list… because they went to a Bible study or a mosque, or that their kids aren’t allowed to go to the university.”

“These are the kinds of things that are happening on a small scale now. But over time, as you have that centralized control,…

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