Turkish Deportation Case Filed with ECHR

January 25, 2021 — 01/25/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – After being forced to leave Turkey after 19 years, Canadian-American pastor, David Byle, has filed with the European Council of Human Rights (ECHR), Europe’s top...

Violence Spiking in Darfur, Sudan

January 25, 2021 — 01/26/2021 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – Sudan has been undergoing many changes since the previous ruler, Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in early 2019. There have been many signs that the...

Easter Bombing Survivors in Sri Lanka Remember Those Killed in 2019

January 25, 2021 — 01/25/2021 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asia News (UCAN), the Christian community of St. Sebastian’s Church in Sri Lanka held a remembrance ceremony...

Suhakam Calls on Malaysian Government to Address Religious Status Problem

January 25, 2021 — 01/25/2021 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has called on government agencies to deal with ID cases marking the wrong religious status of Sarawakians,...

Egypt’s Prison Abuses and Suppression of Freedoms

January 24, 2021 — 01/24/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, recently commented that no country has the right to interfere in Egypt’s internal affairs, specifically in context to the country’s...

Montagnard Christians Asked to Denounce Their Faith

January 24, 2021 — 01/24/2021 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – An ethnic Montagnard in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, along with four other Christians, were recently brought by the police to denounce their faith...

Pastor in India Arrested Over Inflammatory Video from 2013

January 24, 2021 — 01/24/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), police in India’s Andhra Pradesh state have arrested a Christian pastor of allegedly making derogatory...

Iranian Christian Arrested For The Third Time

January 23, 2021 — 01/23/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Mary Mohammadi, an Iranian Christian convert and human rights activist, was arrested again on January 18. Mohammadi has been in and out of prison for...

Three Christians in Pakistan Accused of Committing Blasphemy on Christmas Day

January 23, 2021 — 01/23/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Barnabas Aid, three Christian men in Pakistan were accused of committing blasphemy on Christmas Day. According to local reports, the three Christians...

Woman Leaves Islam After Having Visions of Jesus, Attacked by Husband

January 23, 2021 — 01/23/2021 Kenya (International Christian Concern) – On January 13, 2021, Mansitula Buliro experienced visions of Jesus, calling for her to follow Him, amid her Muslim evening prayers. Her husband believed...

Indonesia Appoints Christian Man to be National Police Chief

January 23, 2021 — 01/23/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A protestant has been chosen by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to fill the position as the next National Police Chief after considering four other...

Professor Returns After Abduction in Nigeria

January 22, 2021 — 01/22/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigeria leads the world in abductions and ransom demands, especially of Christians. Christian Professor John Fatokun experienced this first hand on January 18, traveling...

New Report Condemns Turkish Airstrikes Near Assyrians

January 22, 2021 — 01/22/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A new report issued by Assyrian Policy Institute showcases the plight of Assyrian Christians in Iraq struggling to survive as victims caught between Turkey...

Christian in Henan Hit with Hefty Fine for Christmas Gathering

January 22, 2021 — 01/22/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On January 19, the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Lushan County, Henan province, issued a hefty administrative penalty punishment for a Christian...

Police in Pakistan Drop Charges Against Men Accused of Abducting 12-Year-Old Christian Girl

January 22, 2021 — 01/22/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Daily Mail, police in Pakistan dropped criminal charges against three Muslim men accused of kidnapping and abusing a 12-year-old Christian girl....

Rescuing Youth in Crisis

January 22, 2021 — 01/22/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Last year was supposed to bring new opportunities for Jana, an eight-year-old participant in ICC’s child sponsorship program. Her family moved into their...