A Christian woman from
Eritrea has described how she was imprisoned in a shipping container, tortured
and beaten and starved - All Because she refused to stop saying the name of
Jesus.Helen Berhane is from Eritrea, one of the worst countries in the entire
world for Christian persecution.She found asylum in Denmark after spending
years locked in a shipping container Because she would not deny her Christian
faith.When guards tortured and beat her and told her to stop saying the name of
Jesus, she simply sang and spoke more, trying to convert them too.She was in
London today, at a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Conference on Preventing
violent extremism, to tell religious leaders and government Officials from
throughout the world her horrific story of deadly and relentless Persecution -
all Because of her unshakeable faith, of according to a report in Christian
Today. Helen who ran an underground church, Which is illegal in Eritrea, had
her church was raided and imprisoned. She was later moved into a shipping
container Which was Meant To Be an asylum for the mentally ill, Where She says
every moment was filled with pain as she was constantly tortured. "So I
said the only thing we can do now is sing. We worship God Because he gave us
life. We started singing, thank you God for this cold, this toilet, thank you
God for everything. The guards were shocked When We sang inside the metal
container. So They opened the container and tortured us with this black metal
stick That burned our bodies. It was very harsh. They torture you all the time.
you get stomach ache all the time, "she says. Somehow, she had found
material to write one, and Began sending letters to the guards urging them to
follow Jesus, quoting the Bible. "They found what I was sending to the
guards so They tortured me and put me in solitary confinement and asked me to
sit in the dirt. They asked for my Bible. I said it is in my mind. So They Said
They must destroy it . They beat my head and everything, and They were shouting,
shouting. for me to be tortured for Christ, it is amazing. So They took me and
said we know you are teaching many prisoners but you must stop teaching guards.
I was in prison for three years now, for preaching the gospel. I said no. Even
for you, you need God, "she says. After