SIDEBAR: Help for the Persecuted

Some of the following organizations specialize in helping persecuted Christians. Others include such activity in a broader agenda of human rights abuses.

  • Amnesty International, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10001; (212) 807-8400. WWW: http://www.amnesty.org; E-mail: aimember@aiusa.usa.com
  • Christian Solidarity International, 1101 17th St. NW, Suite 607, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 785-5266. E-mail: book_beast@wow.com.
  • Freedom House, 1319 18th St. NW, Second Floor Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 296-5101. WWW: http://www.traveller.com/~hrweb/groups/fh.html.
  • Human Rights Watch, 485 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017-6104; (212) 972-8400. WWW: gopher://gopher.humanrights.org:5000/11/int/hrw; E-mail: hrwnyc@hrw.org.
  • Institute on Religion and Democracy, 1521 16th St. NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 986-1440.
  • International Christian Concern, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Number 941, Washington, D.C. 20006; (301) 989-1708. WWW: http://esoptron.umd.edu/icc/ics.html; E-mail: icc@ids2.idsunline.com.
  • Open Doors, P.O. Box 27001, Santa Ana, Calif. 92799; (714) 531-6000.
  • Puebla Institute, 1030 15th St. NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 296-5101.
  • Voice of the Martyrs, P.O. Box 443, Bartlesville, Okla. 74005; (918) 337-8015. WWW: http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/vom/vom.html; E-mail: vomusa@ix.netcom.com.

Copyright © 1996 Christianity Today, Inc./CHRISTIANITY TODAY Magazine

July 15, 1996, Vol. 40, No. 8, Page 59

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