[Illbay]

"They cannot understand why these (church and political leaders in the West) have not spoken up on their behalf, or come to their defense,"...

Probably because this is pretty much "hearsay," and the stuff of fund-raising letters asking you to send money to mail-drops and blind postoffice boxes.

[anniegetyourgun]

You may be right - after all, everyone knows that Christians are not persecuted in such nations as Pakistan, Nigeria, and Indonesia.