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How Christians Are Suffering Extreme Persecution Around the World

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More than 380 million Christians around the world are facing persecution and discrimination for their faith, according to Open Doors' World Watch List .

North Korea is ranked Number One on the list of countries where Christians face danger.

North Korean government has long denied existence of political prison camps for Christians .

" Christian communities are vanishing across the Middle East ," Open Doors says.

Iran is ranked number nine on Open Doors's World Watch List , where " Persian -speaking Iranian Christians are seen as an attempt by Western countries to undermine Islam " Sudan is the largest displacement crisis in the world, with more than 7.7 million people internally displaced in the country as of mid-2024 .