Faith Tourism Does Not Equal Religious Freedom in Egypt

November 6, 2020 — 11/06/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt has announced that it will develop the city of Saint Catherine in South Sinai with the goal of putting a neglected area on...

“There is no freedom there.”

November 6, 2020 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Ve1AX-4SM 11/06/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In recent years, we have seen a rollercoaster of ups and downs within the Algerian Church. We have seen revival, violence, persecution,...

Chinese Christian Summoned for Speaking on “Christianity and Chinese Culture”

November 5, 2020 — 11/05/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Ran Yunfei, a Chinese writer and a high-profile democracy activist who converted to Christianity in 2016, was briefly summoned on November 4 by the...

Boko Haram Kills 12 Christians, Kidnaps Others

November 5, 2020 — 11/05/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Militants believed to part of the original Boko Haram sect under the leadership of Abubakar Shekau attacked Takulashi village near Chibok. The attack took...

Court in Pakistan Orders Medical Report to Determine Christian Teen’s Age

November 5, 2020 — 11/05/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to local sources, a two-judge bench in the Sindh High Court has ordered the Interior Health Secretary to constitute a medical board to...

Assyrian Priest Faces Turkish Court

November 5, 2020 — 11/05/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) –Witnesses were heard in the third hearing against Assyrian priest Father Sefer Bileçen, who is accused by the Turkish authorities membership in a terrorist organization...

Chinese House Church Elder Continues to be Tracked by Police

November 4, 2020 — 11/04/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Li Yingqiang, the elder of Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), continues to be tracked by the authorities despite moving away from Chengdu to...

Young Christian Boy Beaten in Somalia

November 4, 2020 — 11/04/2020 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – Morningstar News released a report about a 7 year old Christian boy being beaten in Somalia. In the report, the website says that they...

Leaders Call for Investigation into Series of Anti-Christian Attacks in Central India

November 4, 2020 — 11/04/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – Christian leaders and activists called on the state government of Chhattisgarh to investigate a series of attacks on Christian villagers that took place in...

Christian Convert Returns to Iranian Prison

November 4, 2020 — 11/04/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Saheb Zaman Fadaie, an Iranian Christian convert who served as a deacon in his church in Rasht, has returned to Evin Prison following a...

Papuan Pastor Allegedly Killed by an Indonesian Soldier

November 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to an independent investigation, a soldier from the Indonesian Army tortured and shot dead a 67-year-old Protestant pastor, during a search for missing...

International Religious Freedom, the Election, Recent Gains, and the Future

November 3, 2020 — By Matias Perttula 11/03/2020 Washington DC (International Christian Concern) - Most Americans and folks around the world are looking forward to end of the election cycle in the United States,...

American Missionary Rescued by Navy Seals in Nigeria

November 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On October 27, a missionary named Phillip Walton, was at his home in the town of Birnin Konni, Niger. This town is near the...

ICC Partners with Hungarian Government for Religious Freedom Event

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11/03/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The government of Hungary and International Christian Concern will be hosting a virtual side event for the Ministerial to Advance Religious...

Police in Pakistan Recover Abducted Christian Teen

November 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Sources in Pakistan report that Arzoo Raja, a 13-year-old Christian girl abducted by her 44-year-old Muslim neighbor, has been recovered by police in Karachi,...

Sisi Comments on Religious Freedom Limitations

November 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) –During a speech commemorating the Prophet Mohammed's birthday, Egyptian President Sisi referenced the current violence sparked in reaction to the publication of images of the...