Targeted because of his religious views, Pastor Edward Neepaye, the Senior Pastor of a Pentecostal congregation, fled Liberia and the security forces of its notorious president, Charles Taylor. Pastor Neepaye had ministered to hundreds of children who had been forced to fight as child soldiers for Taylor’s forces. In his preaching and public comments, Pastor Neepaye spoke out against the use of child soldiers and other human rights abuses. He also served as a religious advisor to an opposition presidential candidate.

After being warned that his life was in danger, Pastor Neepaye fled to the United States. When he arrived, immigration officers jailed him in an immigration detention facility where he was held for more than three months. Pastor Neepaye was granted asylum and now lives in safety with his family in the United States.

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