Palestinian Christians bitter over destruction of church ruins in GazaApril 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Gaza City are outraged about the handling of ancient ruins of a Byzantine Church uncovered earlier this week. Construction workers unearthed the site last Wednesday in...
Syria war: IS group killed 21 Christians in al-Qaryatain, says patriarchApril 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Reports have emerged from the recently liberated town of al-Qaryatain showing that some 21 Christians have been murdered. al-Qaryatain was captured by IS last August, trapping approximately 300...
Laotian Military Making Incursions into Christian Hmong Territory Furthering Historic PersecutionApril 11, 2016 — Reports from Laos indicate that the country's military, with the assistance of Vietnam, is conducting a sustained incursion into the Hmong ChaoFa indigenous community’s territory, isolated areas where many Hmong...
Sudan Keeps 5 Christian Leaders Under Daily SurveillanceApril 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Intelligence officials in Sudan are requiring five church leaders to report daily for questioning, effectively serving as daily arrests for them, as authorities often hold them all day...
Families of Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram Struggling for SurvivalApril 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram abducted 279 young girls from a government school in Chibok, Nigeria in April 2014 and now nearly two years later, with more than 200 still missing,...
Chief Minister in India Calls for Low Caste Christians and Muslims to Receive Equal RightsApril 11, 2016 — ICC Note: The Chief Minister of India's Bihar state has called for low caste Christians and Muslims to be able to receive equal treatment in the government's low caste benefits schemes. In India, Hindus,...
Christian Leaders in Pakistan Demand Protection Following Easter BombingApril 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian leaders in Pakistan have called on their government to provide their community with better protection following a deadly suicide bombing that took place on Easter day. According...
Laotian Military making Incursions into Christian Hmong Territory Furthering Historic PersecutionApril 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Hmong people, and indigenous ethnic group located in Laos, Vietnam, and China, have been the targets of persecution and discrimination since the Vietnam War. During the war,...
Persecution of House Church leaves two Dead and two Imprisoned in ChinaApril 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: One aspect of the massive sweep of persecution led by the Chinese government which goes unnoticed are the effects of those related to the incarcerated. In one such...
Boko Haram Fighters Surrendering in Droves, Reports SayApril 9, 2016 — ICC Note: The Nigerian military is reporting Boko Haram fighters surrendering in scores. President Muhammadu Buhari won the office on commitments to eradicate the Islamist insurgency in the north and...
Timeline of Benue, Nigeria Fulani MassacreApril 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Militant Islamist Fulani militias massacred more than 500 Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue State, Nigeria in late February and now the media are catching up to that reality....
Church Parishioners Attacked by Vietnamese Police After U.S. Ambassador VisitApril 8, 2016 — Following Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein's visit to Vietnam, Church parishioners of the Huong Phuong church were attacked by local authorities. It is not the first time church...
Pastors in Garissa Trying to Shepherd Christians Through Trauma One Year After Brutal AttackApril 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians struggle to move on one year after militant Islamists al-Shabaab attacked Garissa University in northeast Kenya, killing 148 people, mostly Christians. Through the pain,the persecuted Church in...
Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir ‘To Step Down in 2020’April 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir tells the BBC that he plans to step down at the end of his term in 2020. Observers remain skeptical about this promise, citing...
UK Therapist Suspended for Sharing Christianity with Muslim Co-Worker Loses AppealApril 8, 2016 — ICC Note: As previously reported, an occupational therapist in the UK, Victoria Wasteney, was suspended from her position at London’s St. John Howard Center for nine months after sharing her...
Syria War: Rebels Take Key Northern Town of al-Rai from ISISApril 8, 2016 — ICC Note: According to reports, Syrian rebels have reclaimed the northern city of al-Rai from ISIS militants. Al-Rai has great strategic significance due to its position along the Syria-Turkey border...
