Baptist Press - Obama Calls for Release of Abedini, Bae
By Erin Roach, BPNews.net
President Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast, publicly called for Iran to release Saeed Abedini and for North Korea to release Kenneth Bae, two American Christians imprisoned for their faith in nations that suppress religious freedom.
The president, speaking at the Washington Hilton Hotel Feb. 6, urged Americans to "never forget those who are persecuted today.". . .
Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice, which has led an international effort for Abedini's release, noted that Obama raised Abedini's situation in a private phone call with Iran's president last fall but the prayer breakfast comments marked the first time he publicly addressed the pastor's imprisonment. . . .