Dozens of Civilians Killed in Eastern DRC Attack

January 7, 2021 — 01/07/2021 DRC (International Christian Concern) – More than two dozen people were slaughtered in Eastern DRC on Thursday December 31, 2020. It is believed that the attack was conducted by...

Anti-Armenian Hate Crimes Rise in California

January 7, 2021 — 01/07/2021 San Francisco (International Christian Concern) - According to a report from the San Francisco Examiner, hate crimes against the Armenian Christian community are on the rise. In the San...

Egypt Celebrates Coptic Christmas

January 7, 2021 — 01/07/2021 Egypt(International Christian Concern) – Today, Egypt's Coptic Christian community is gathering to celebrate Christmas. Given the history of violent targeted persecution against the Egyptian church, particularly on holidays, it...

Retired Malaysian Police Officer Threatens to Walk Out of Inquiry on Missing Pastor

January 7, 2021 — 01/07/2021 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – On January 6, a retired high-level police officer threatened to walk out of a Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) inquiry into the disappearance of...

Pakistani Christian Charged with Blasphemy Over Social Media Post

January 7, 2021 —

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Hundreds of Christian Families Flee Homes After Post Sparks Threat of Mob Violence 01/07/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...

Free, But Never the Same

January 7, 2021 —

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01/07/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When Pastor A Dao walked through the doors of...

USCIRF Reiterates Call for Release of Egyptian Coptic Advocate

January 6, 2021 — 01/06/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) - Last week, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a statement calling for the release of Ramy Kamel, currently being held...

Religious Freedom Threatened for Christians in Indonesia

January 6, 2021 — By Linda Burkle, PhD In 2002, I had the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands to attend and speak at an International Social Welfare Conference. I was a member of...

Indonesia to Release Radical Cleric Abu Bakar Bashir

January 6, 2021 — 01/06/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On January 4, Indonesian officials announced that Abu Bakar Bashir, who was jailed in 2011 for links to militant training camps in the Indonesian...

Christian Gatherings Monitored by Police in India After False Forced Conversion Allegations

January 6, 2021 — 01/06/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), police in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have been ordered to monitor Christian prayer gatherings after...

Nearly 100 Civilians Killed in Niger

January 6, 2021 — 01/06/2021 Niger (International Christian Concern) – As Niger continues its election season, violence by unknown gunmen took the lives of nearly 100 civilians in two villages. Security sources told news...

Sadr Committee Explores Christian Property Expropriations

January 6, 2021 — 01/06/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Muqtada al-Sadr, a top Shia leader in Iraq with strong leadership connections to the PMF militias, has ordered that a committee be formed exploring...

Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: 2020 in Review

January 5, 2021 —

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01/05/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The challenges faced by Iraq during the year 2020...

First Christians Arrested Under India’s Newest Anti-Conversion Law

January 5, 2021 — 01/05/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, the first Christians have been arrested under India’s newest state-based anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh. In November, Uttar Pradesh...

Extremist Group in Southern Philippines Target Church, Law Enforcement

January 5, 2021 — 01/05/2021 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Last December, the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a terrorist group based in the southern Philippines, attacked a parish church after conducting...

Treasure Hunters Damage Chapel in Turkey

January 5, 2021 — 01/05/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkish media says that the only surviving part of the 18th century Ai Dimitri Monastery, the chapel, has collapsed because of frequent excavations by...