Vietnamese Priest Sues Church Over Church PropertyDecember 11, 2020 — 12/11/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A priest in southern Vietnam is taking the local government to court, since it fails to recognize the church’s legal ownership of former educational...
Displaced Christians Return to Home Villages in Central IndiaDecember 11, 2020 — 12/11/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to local sources, 16 Christian families that were displaced in September 2020 have returned to their home villages in the Kondagoan district of...
The Indonesian Evangelist Who Once Set Fire to the Church: Part 1December 10, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Indonesia Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1607632644735{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99717" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 12/10/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Nurmahdi Musa, now endearingly known as Evangelist Timothy,...
Anti-Conversion Ordinance Approved in India’s Uttar PradeshDecember 10, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Minorities Fear Escalation in Religiously Motivated Violence 12/10/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government...
Turkey Flaunts Human Rights Violations During Baku VisitDecember 10, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Joint Turkish-Azeri Military Victory Parade Foreshadows More Atrocities Against Armenians 12/10/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on December 10,...
30 Christians Killed in Eastern DRCDecember 10, 2020 — 12/10/2020 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Gunmen believed to be linked with the Allied Democratic Forces in Eastern DRC, reportedly killed at least 30 Christians in a set of attack...
Turkish-Backed Militants Increase AttacksDecember 10, 2020 — 12/10/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Reports of Turkish-backed militants in Northern Syria intensifying local attacks continue increasing, and these incidents continue running parallel to reports of Turkey returning Syrian...
Do Not Be Dismayed: Part 2December 10, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="119990" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] In case you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. 12/10/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Impoverished communities worldwide felt the...
Imprisoned Pastor’s Son Asked to Renounce Faith, Faces Death Threats in VietnamDecember 9, 2020 — 12/09/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Prior to International Human Rights Day on December 10, Radio Free Asia’s (RFA) Vietnamese service spoke to several human rights groups to learn about...
Stopping the Spiral of Violence in IndonesiaDecember 9, 2020 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNPYs_WLe7Y 12/09/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Christians experienced indescribable atrocities at the hands of extremists in Indonesia. Thankfully, things eventually grew...
Ethiopian Government Arrests Several Al-Shabaab and ISIS Militants in CapitalDecember 9, 2020 — 12/08/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Ethiopian security officials arrested 14 suspected members of al-Shabaab and ISIS in Addis Ababa and other parts of the country this past week. The suspects...
Pope Francis Announces Plans to Visit Iraq Next YearDecember 9, 2020 — 12/09/2020 Vatican City (International Christian Concern) - Earlier this week, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis will resume travel in March of 2021 by visiting Iraq, barring any restrictions due...
State Department Elects to Ignore Religious Freedom Violations in IndiaDecember 9, 2020 — 12/09/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, December 8, the U.S. State Department announced the list of countries it was designating “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC) for ongoing and...
Attempted Arson at Church of Gethsemane in JerusalemDecember 9, 2020 — 12/09/2020 Israel (International Christian Concern) – Police have arrested a 49-year-old man who poured a flammable liquid inside the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. The suspect was an orthodox Jew...
US State Department Includes Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, Excludes IndiaDecember 9, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] India Receives a Hall Pass Despite Sharp Increase in Persecution 12/09/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998,...
Fellows Brief: Religious Freedom Under President-elect BidenDecember 8, 2020 — On November 13, 2020 International Christian Concern convened a group of Washington, D.C.-based experts to discuss how best to advance international religious freedom (IRF) in the upcoming Biden administration. The...
