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Christians have been facing harsher persecution over the last year, according to a new report released by the advocacy group, Open Doors. LLast year has been particularly tough for Christians. Open Doors is a group documenting hostility against Christians globally.

"The 2016 World Watch List documents an unprecedented escalation of violence against Christians, making this past year the most violent and sustained attack on Christian faith in modern history," Open Doors CEO David Curry said at the rollout of the list.

Worryingly, 322 Christians are killed every month and 214 churches or Christian properties are destroyed.

North Korea is the worst country, in which nearly 70,000 Christians are put into labor camps every year, according to Breitbart.

Nigeria topped the list for the number of Christians killed, according to The Guardian. There were more than 4,000 Christians who were killed in Nigeria. But worldwide, there were 7,100 reported deaths. Just in the previous year, the number killed was closer to 4,000, according to CNN.

Policymakers need to understand that many allies of the U.S. also do not support religious freedom all over the world, according to Curry. "We believe in religious freedom for all," he said, "and that does not happen in countries that we do business with every day."