Pray for the Freedom of Christian Families Forced into Slavery in PakistanMay 27, 2014 — Generations of discrimination and open social hostility has caused Christians to become some of Pakistan's poorest citizens. In many cases, Christians are forced to work in terrible labor conditions for...
Syrian Christians Urge Pope to Work For Peace, Help Them Go HomeMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: After Pope Francis’ visit to the Middle East, stories of Christians crying out for help are making their way through the noise. Syrian Christians particularly made their pleas...
Religious Freedoms Violated Amid Government Inaction in Chiapas, MexicoMay 27, 2014 — Mexico: CSW finds "ongoing and systematic" religious freedom violations in Chiapas ICC Note: In Chiapas, Mexico, violations of religious freedom are systematic, ongoing, and on the rise. Religious minorities are...
Sneaking into SyriaMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: In the wake of the Syrian Crisis, Andrew Doran, a State Department employee, tells his story of sneaking in to the distraught country. His periodic visits to the...
Thailand: Religious Freedom At Risk Under Martial LawMay 27, 2014 — Army imposes martial law in Thailand ICC Note: Thailand's military seized power of the country in a coup, suspending the constitution. Whenever a country imposes martial law, religious freedom is...
Pope Francis Draws Shrinking Christian Flock in Holy LandMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: In the middle of the Pope’s visit to the Middle East, his visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem attracted one of the largest crowds the...
Christians in India Still Concerned over Future of Religious FreedomMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: Following the victory of the BJP and Modi in India's national elections, many Christians are still expressing concern over the future of religious freedom in India. Both BJP and Modi...
Sudanese Christian Sentenced to Death Gives Birth to Second Child in PrisonMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, wife of an American citizen who was sentenced to 100 lashes and death for adultery and apostasy May 15, is now the mother of two...
Five Christian Families Rescued from Slavery in PakistanMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: Christians and other religious minorities make up the bottom rung of Pakistan's Muslim majority society. Generations of discrimination and open social hostility has caused Christians to become some of...
Muslim Rights Activist Saves Christian from False Blasphemy Charge in PakistanMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws continue to be widely abused and are the root of many cases of Christian persecution in Pakistan. Last week, a Christian was again falsely accused of...
More Than 40 Detained Near Sanjiang Church in Zhejiang, ChinaMay 27, 2014 — ICC Note: The 4,000-seat Sanjiang Christian Church in Wenzhou City in China was forcibly bulldozed on April 28 and China Aid reported that more than 40 people in connection with...
Ugandan Churches Receive Warning, Protection Against Potential AttacksMay 26, 2014 — ICC Note: Churches throughout eastern Uganda have been warned by the United States Embassy and others of potential attacks to be launched upon them by radical Islamist militants affiliated with...
Undergound Somali Church Mourns Prominent Pastor Gunned Down by MilitantsMay 25, 2014 — ICC Note: The underground Somali church continues to mourn the murder of a prominent Pastor, Abdishakur Yusuf, who was gunned downed by two suspected Al-Shabaab militants on the outskirts of...
Pope Francis’ Trip to the Middle East Highlights “Global War on Christians”May 24, 2014 — ICC Note: Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Jordan, Palestine and Israel to mark the 50th anniversary a 1964 visit to the Holy Land by Pope Paul VI, has cast a...
Serious setback: Pastor Saeed Abedini belongs in US, not in brutal Iranian prisonMay 24, 2014 — ICC Note: Pastor Saeed Abedini, an Iranian American pastor, is now back in an Iranian prison. After having to spend time in a hospital for severe injuries, he was forcibly...
#FORMERIAM | Petition to Save a Pregnant Mother from DeathMay 23, 2014 — Will you take the time today to sign the petition to help free Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a pregnant mother and wife of an American citizen sentenced to death for her...
