Kurdistan Region Pledges Protection of Christian RightsMay 10, 2021 — 05/10/2021 Kurdistan Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met with the Vatican ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador Mitja Leskovar, and announced that the rights of Christians would be...
Radicals in India Use Pandemic as Excuse to Attack PastorMay 10, 2021 — 05/10/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – On May 9, radical Hindu nationalists in India’s Madhya Pradesh state attacked a pastor and his family because they held a family prayer within...
Soldiers in Burkina Faso Seek Spiritual Help Amidst Jihadist UprisingMay 9, 2021 — 05/09/2021 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Soldiers have hailed army chaplains a “lifeline” as they battle to defend their country from jihadist fighters. Writer Sam Mednick of the Associated Press reports that...
Azerbaijani Troops Attack Armenian Shepherd in Border TownMay 9, 2021 — 05/09/2021 Armenia (International Christian Concern) – An Armenian shepherd was assaulted by Azerbaijani troops in the border town of Syunik. Azerbaijani forces stationed near Syunik continue to harass, threaten and intimidate...
ERCC Preacher Arrested after Officiating FuneralMay 8, 2021 — Beijing Has Targeted Multiple Church Leaders Nationwide 05/08/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on May 7, a preacher from the heavily-persecuted house church in...
“Christian Church Facing the Most Difficult Era Since the Inception of Nigeria.”May 8, 2021 — 05/08/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Christians leaders in Nigeria are demanding the end of the rising jihadist violence rampaging the country. According to Leadership News, clerics of the Ecclesiastical Justice Forum have urged...
10-year-old Survives Attempted Rape, Receives Communal SupportMay 8, 2021 — 05/08/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to UCA News, a 10-year-old Christian girl experienced an attempted rape by her brother’s teacher in her neighborhood, Essa Nagri, Pakistan. Her mother...
Turkey Uses Chemical Weapons in IraqMay 8, 2021 — 05/08/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Turkish forces have reportedly used chemical weapons in northern Iraq three times at the end of April. The strikes came in Kurdistan Iraq in the...
The Fruit of a Lifelong Commitment to ChristMay 8, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="123996" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/08/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Frank and Joan Testa have displayed a generous hearth through a lifetime of service to the Lord...
U.S. Envoy for Horn of Africa Visits Egypt Regarding Regional TensionsMay 7, 2021 — 05/07/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) - This week, U.S. Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman visited Egypt as part of a tour of the region that includes stops...
“State of Siege” Declared as Violence Surges in the DRCMay 7, 2021 — 05/07/2021 DRC (International Christian Concern) – President Felix Tshisekedi declared a 30 day “state of siege” on Monday, May 3rd, due to the rising violence spreading throughout DRC’s eastern provinces. According to...
Anti-Conversion Law Cripples Another Family in Madhya PradeshMay 7, 2021 — 05/06/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – On April 4, 2021, Madhya Pradesh police sheltered a pastor and his family from a murderous mob of 300 Hindu radicals. According to Morning Star...
EU Parliament Calls on Pakistan to Abolish Blasphemy LawMay 7, 2021 — 05/07/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – The European Parliament has called on Pakistan to abolish their notorious blasphemy law. The move comes as cases of blasphemy have dramatically increased, disproportionately...
Egypt’s 4 Year State of Emergency ContinuesMay 7, 2021 — 05/07/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced the sixteenth consecutive extension of the nationwide state of emergency that has been in effect since April 10, 2017....
Civilian Armenian POW Faces Terrorism Charges in AzerbaijanMay 6, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Man Charged Is Descendant of 1915 Genocide 05/06/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that on May 5, 2021, Azerbaijan approved an...
Episode 62: President Biden Affirms the Armenian Genocide of 1915May 6, 2021 — Jeff King sits down with two ICC analysts on this issue as a roundtable discussion covering President Joe Biden recent statement affirming the Armenian Genocide of 1915. President Biden is the...
