We Christians Live in Fear in SyriaMarch 11, 2014 — ICC Note: A Syrian church leader writes about the incredible struggle that the Syrian people are facing, and about the particular challenges for the Christian community in particular. In the...
Christian in Sichuan Province Stripped, Forced to Stand Outside in Cold by PoliceMarch 11, 2014 — ICC Note: While conditions have improved considerably for Christians in China over the past twenty years, incidents of arrest and discrimination at the hands of government authorities are still common....
ICC Calls on Prime Minister of Pakistan to Repeal Blood-Soaked Blasphemy LawsMarch 11, 2014 — ICC has launched a new initiative calling on the government of Pakistan to immediately repeal what are collectively known as “blasphemy laws.” These laws are commonly used in Pakistan to...
What’s Missing in U.S. Policy Towards North Korea?March 10, 2014 — 03/10/2013 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Since 2006, U.S. policy towards the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) has been focused almost entirely on attempting to deter the...
China: Gov’t Keeps Pressure on Families as Lawyers Meet With Detained ChristiansMarch 10, 2014 — ICC Note: In November of last year authorities in Henan, China, launched one of the most extensive crack downs on a official, government registered church in recent years. Nearly two...
Pakistan: Angry Muslim Residents Bulldoze New Church ConstructionMarch 10, 2014 — ICC Note: In this brief report, the Christian community of Islamabad, Pakistan reports that a new church construction has been bulldozed by angry Muslim neighbors. Although the unwarranted destruction of...
Atheists Force California Mother to Remove Memorial Cross for SonMarch 10, 2014 — ICC Note: Last week Annmarie Devany, a California resident, removed a roadside cross dedicated to the memory of her 19-year-old son Anthony after an atheist organization complained to local authorities...
Eight Christians Have Been Arrested In Shush, IranMarch 10, 2014 — ICC Note: Iranian police arrested eight Iranian Christians and continue to hold two of them under charges of “spreading Christianity.” Police raided a picnic where the men were meeting. They...
Syria Crisis: Nuns Freed By Rebels Arrive In DamascusMarch 10, 2014 — ICC Note: A group of Syrian Nuns that had been detained by a Syrian jihadist group for more than three months has now been released. The nuns who were taken...
Five Suspects of Zirve Massacre Released, Turkey’s Christians AnxiousMarch 10, 2014 — ICC Note: Nearly seven years after the brutal murder of three Christians in central Turkey the five accused suspects have been released. As the case has now stretched on and...
Will Persecution in India Grow Worse After This Year’s Elections?March 9, 2014 — ICC Note: Christians across India will be watching this year's elections closely. The possibility of a change in power and the election of Nerandra Modi as prime minister has many...
Pakistan Christians Hope for Special Refugee Status in NetherlandsMarch 9, 2014 — ICC Note: For Christians, few places on earth are today a more challenging place to live than in Pakistan. Routinely accused of "blasphemy" against Islam, entire Christian communities must sometimes...
Religious Freedom for Malaysia’s Christians Debated in the CourtsMarch 9, 2014 — ICC Note: For years, Malaysia has been widely accepted to be a Muslim-majority nation with a high level of tolerance for religious minorities. This status has, however, deteriorated over the...
Believers in Laos Stand Firm in Faith Despite OppositionMarch 9, 2014 — ICC Note: Although the government of Laos technically claims to allow religious freedom, many Christians in more remote areas find themselves facing village leaders and neighbors hostile to their faith....
All Contact Lost With Ma’aloula Nuns. Syria Will Sink Further Into War For Another 10 YearsMarch 9, 2014 — ICC Note: The fate of Christian leaders kidnapped in Syria remains unknown. A group of nuns taken from the city of Ma’aloula are no longer in contact with a group...
Atheists Still Battling to Remove Ground Zero CrossMarch 8, 2014 — ICC Note: Across the United States, atheist groups are taking cases to the courts in an attempt to remove all references to Christianity from the public sphere of American life....
