20 Civilians Killed in Congo Rebel AttackMarch 1, 2022 — 03/01/2022 Congo (International Christian Concern) – Twenty people were killed in an attack suspected to have been perpetrated by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group on Sunday evening. The...
Four Christians Killed by Terrorists in The DR CongoFebruary 28, 2022 — 02/28/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Four travelers were killed Thursday evening while driving in Karuruma, Eastern DRC, after their vehicle was barricaded by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists. Among...
House Church Preacher in Ningxia Arrested for Illegal GatheringFebruary 24, 2022 — 02/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On February 19, a house church preacher’s wife sent a prayer request for Panshi church and her imprisoned husband Geng Zejun, who leads the...
Two Catholic Priests in Myanmar Taken by the TatmadawFebruary 23, 2022 — 02/23/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On February 21, two Catholic priests who were on their way to help internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Shan state were arrested by the...
Jailed Chinese Pastor Recently Sentenced Writes Letter to Her SonFebruary 22, 2022 — 02/22/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church pastor arrested for “fraud” and recently sentenced to eight years wrote a letter to her eldest son to tell him how...
Amid Escalating Fight in Myanmar, a Pastor was KilledFebruary 18, 2022 — 02/18/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A pastor, who was also a doctor, was killed amid the intense fighting in Moe Bye on the Shan-Kayah state border on February 17....
Churches in Catholic Stronghold in Myanmar Continue to be TargetedFebruary 17, 2022 — 02/17/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) continues to ignore calls by Catholic leaders to protect places of worship and deliberately attacks churches in Myanmar’s predominantly Christian...
Five Years on, Abducted Pastor Raymond Koh’s Whereabouts Still UnknownFebruary 16, 2022 — 02/16/2022 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – February 12, 2017, was the last day Pastor Raymond Koh was seen. More than ten masked men jumped out from three black SUVs and...
Imprisoned Chinese Christian Activist Zhang Zhan in Better ShapeFebruary 14, 2022 — 02/14/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Christian activist Zhang Zhan, who was arrested and incarcerated in 2020 for exposing the failures of the Wuhan government’s early responses to the COVID-19...
North Korean Christians Sent to Remote Village for Possessing BibleFebruary 8, 2022 — 02/08/2022 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – To have a Bible, a group of North Korean Christians were sent to a remote village with hard labor and limited rations. Open...
Indonesian Muslim Politician Arrested for Hate Speech Against ChristiansFebruary 4, 2022 — 02/04/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On January 31, Indonesian police arrested a Muslim politician from Jakarta for allegedly insulting members of the primarily Christian Dayak ethnic group in Borneo....
Concern Raised Over India’s Rising NationalismFebruary 3, 2022 — India 02/03/2022 (International Christian Concern) – Last week, an online event was held in celebration of India’s 72nd year as a republic. The event was called “Protecting India’s Pluralist Constitution”...
Trial Scheduled for Chinese Christian Calling for Prayers for Tiananmen Square MassacreFebruary 3, 2022 — 02/03/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A Chinese Christian who held up a sign at a subway station calling for prayers for the June Fourth Incident (commonly known as the...
Previously Jailed House Church Pastor Continuously Harassed in WenzhouFebruary 2, 2022 — 02/02/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church pastor in China’s Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, released from prison in December 2015, has been repeatedly harassed and threatened even after years...
Fulani Militants Continue to Terrorize Christians in NigeriaFebruary 1, 2022 — 02/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Last Sunday, Fulani militants killed 11 Christians in Abuja, Northern Nigeria. The attack came at night when houses were set ablaze, and villagers were shot...
Resistance to the Junta is Not about One Particular Religion or EthnicityFebruary 1, 2022 — By ICC’s Myanmar Correspondent 01/31/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – 2021 Christmas Massacre or ongoing killings in Myanmar, can they weaken our faith? Many Christians in the world were deeply disturbed...