TURKMENISTAN: IS STATE REGISTRATION DISGUISED PERSECUTION?

(Forum 18) As well as continuing to harshly persecute religious believers, Turkmenistan is also refusing to allow religious communities to see requirements the authorities insist communities must follow to be…

Sulawesi Politicians Investigated for Involvement in Attacks on Christians.

(ICC) The Christians of on the island of Sulawesi have received much persecution in the last number of years and the abuse and assassinations that have happened there have been…

Rev. Damanik Treated and Released-Heads Back To Prison

(ICC) Rev. Damanik was finally released out of prison due the extremely precarious state of his health and allowed to visit the hospital. He has since been released and gone…

World Council of Churches Calls On Indo Govt. (Megawati) To Take Ambon Violence Seriously

(ICC) The WCC voiced dismay and concern about the reports coming out of the Malukus. "Your Excellency will appreciate that it is the responsibility of the Government of Indonesia to…

UN SLAMS CAMBODIA’S TREATMENT OF MONTAGNARD REFUGEES

Radio Free Asia) PHNOM PENHA top United Nations official has accused Cambodia of failing in its international treaty obligations in its treatment of thnic minority hill-people from Vietnam known as…

U.N. Official Blames Sudan (their Arab Militias) for Violence

(Washington Post) The United Nations' top human rights official charged Friday that Sudan established, armed and supported Arab militias that allegedly expelled more than a million villagers in Sudan's Darfur…

Sharia Laws To Be Enforced on Christians

(AP & ICC) Lawmakers in a mostly Islamic Kano State have passed a law calling for Muslims to be whipped and Christians to be jailed if they are caught drinking…

President Megawati Chooses Leader of Largest Muslim Group as Her Running Mate

(Jihad Watch, Reuters) Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Thursday chose the leader of the country's largest Muslim group as vice presidential candidate on her ticket for the July 5 election…

NK Defector Asks for Prayer for His People

(ANS) A North Korean escapee, who said that he fled his country because he was starving to death has issued an urgent prayer request to Christians around the world. Please…

Weapons and Ammunition Discovered in Politician’s Home

(ICC) National Mandate Party (PAN) Poso head Luky Lasahido was arrested by police after illegal firearms, bullets and other weapons were found at his house, police said on Thursday. Luky,…

Ambon Snipers Using Military Guns

(ICC) A grassroots reconciliation movement offered on Thursday more facts that could shed light on the true identity of the snipers blamed for fueling fresh violence in Ambon, Maluku, which…

Indian Govt. Expels Missionary Under Pretext

(Compass) Indian officials have ordered Jim Borst, 67, of the U.K.-based Mill Hill Mission working in Kashmir since 1963, to leave the country on the pretext that his visa has…

Fresh Violence Erupts in Nigeria; Estimates put death toll between 350 and 630

(Compass) Fresh religious violence has erupted in Yelwa town in the central state of Plateau, Nigeria, two months after Muslim militants killed a pastor and 48 members of his church…

ICC Releases Vietnam Prisoner List

International Christian Concern2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941Washington, DC 20006-1846www.www.persecution.orgEmail: icc@www.persecution.org International Christian Concern (ICC) Releases Vietnam Prisoner List FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE You are free to disseminate the following news. We…

Ambon Police Chief Replaced; Shootings on Buru Island Could be Related to Ambon Riots

(ICC) It has recently been decided that the Police Chief of the Ambon region during the attacks will be replaced. This abrupt decision by National Police chief General Da'i Bachtiar…

Christian Persecution and Humanitarian Crisis Escalates in Sudan

(WIN) Today CNN's Brian Todd released a report of the situation in Sudan, where a cease-fire between the Muslim government in the north and southern Christian rebels is taking hold…