Indonesian Churches Urge Jakarta to Stop Violence in Papua

December 20, 2020 — 12/20/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – While Papua has been integrated into the Republic of Indonesia for nearly six decades, the restive yet resource-rich Christian majority region has long suffered...

Christian Leaders in Sri Lanka Meet with Prime Minister Regarding Easter Bombings

December 20, 2020 — 12/20/2020 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa regarding families affected...

Press and Religious Freedom Entangled in Nagorno-Karabakh

December 19, 2020 — 12/19/2020 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Azerbaijani media outlets have published a number of articles reporting that over 12,000 Azerbaijanis will be resettled in Stepanakert. This city is located in...

ERCC Member Repeatedly Summoned by Police

December 19, 2020 — 12/19/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A member from the heavily persecuted house church in Chengdu has been repeatedly summoned by the police, for they suspect that she shared posts...

New Report States India Has Become Increasingly Intolerant of Religious Minorities

December 19, 2020 — 12/19/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to a new report entitled ‘The South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020’, India has become increasingly intolerant towards it religious minority communities....

Boys Kidnapped from School in Nigeria Alive, Government in Talks

December 19, 2020 — 12/19/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The more than 300 boys who were kidnapped last weekend from a secondary school in Kankara, are alive and being held by their captors...

ICC Joins Letter Urging Renewed Push for Human Rights in North Korea

December 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – With one of the most consistently egregious human rights records in the world, North Korea deserves the international community’s strongest possible censure. This...

Congressional Committee Accuses Turkey of Actions Undermining NATO Alliance

December 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Earlier this week, two leading members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee released a joint statement condemning Turkey’s recent actions...

Episode 47: A Reflection of Reality

December 18, 2020 — Jeff King talks with Samuel Tadros, an expert in Egyptian persecution and fellow at the Hudson Institute. In this deep dive into Egypt's Christian history, Jeff and Samuel discuss the...

Egypt Acquits Men Who Assaulted Christian Woman

December 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – After years of delays, the Egyptian courts have acquitted three men charged with assaulting an elderly Coptic Christian woman, Suad Thabet. These charges were...

House Church Moms Group in Xiamen Told to Stop Gathering

December 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Police told a moms group from a disbanded house church in China’s Xiamen city to stop gathering, for they “host people who conduct religious...

Christian Pastor Shot and Killed in India’s Jharkhand State

December 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – On December 8, a pastor from India’s Jharkhand state was shot dead by unidentified assailants. Although the motive for the murder has yet to...

US Assisting Sudan in Loan Payment

December 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – The United States has followed up on the removal of Sudan from their State Sponsor of Terror list by assisting the struggling country with...

Is Pakistan Taking Steps to Stop Persecution?

December 17, 2020 — By Matias Perttula 12/17/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) - Pakistan has now been designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) by the U.S. Department of State for two consecutive...

Politicians Create Group for ‘Friendship and Solidarity’ with Artsakh in European Parliament

December 17, 2020 — 12/17/2020 Brussels (International Christian Concern) - This week, three members of the European Parliament (EP) initiated a “Group of Friendship and Solidarity with Nagorno-Karabakh” within the EP. François Alfonsi (France),...

Farming Rescues Muslim-Background Believing Family from Desertion

December 17, 2020 —

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12/17/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2018, Mwanahamisi Guyato was divorced by her husband...