Prosecution Moves Forward Against Accused Egyptian OfficerDecember 28, 2018 — 12/28/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – ICC reported on December 12 that Egyptian police officer Rabi Mustapha Khalifa shot and killed Coptic Christian Emad Kmal Sadeq and his son David. The...
Lao Christians Celebrate Christmas Mostly Without Government InterferenceDecember 27, 2018 — 12/27/2018 Laos (International Christian Concern) – Although state officials were required to be present to check for anti-government messaging, sources in the country say Lao Christians observed religious holiday services...
Libya Unearths Mass Grave of ChristiansDecember 27, 2018 — 12/27/2018 Libya (International Christian Concern) – According to the Libyan Express, Libya’s Interior Ministry has located the remains of the 34 Ethiopian Christians executed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in...
Hong Kong Christians in Solidarity With Persecuted Chinese ChristiansDecember 26, 2018 — 12/26/2018 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Hundreds of Hong Kong Christians gathered to pray dressed in black on December 23 to show their solidarity with persecuted Christians in mainland...
Algerian Christians Rejoice at Charge DismissalDecember 26, 2018 — 12/26/2018 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – All charges have been dismissed against four Algerian Christians, three of whom belong to the same family, who were accused of “inciting a Muslim to change...
Turkish Teachers Association Takes Aim at ChristmasDecember 25, 2018 — 12/25/2018 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – According to the Turkish Minute, the country’s Association of Conscientious Teachers released a statement on Christmas Eve saying that the promotion of Santa Claus and the...
Updates on Autumn Rain Covenant Church in SichuanDecember 24, 2018 — 12/24/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – It has become the most challenging Christmas for Autumn Rain Covenant Church (officially translated as “Early Rain Covenant Church”) this year. With 16 members...
Pathway to Church Legalization Minimal in EgyptDecember 24, 2018 — 12/24/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A report recently released by the Project on Middle East Democracy details how Egypt’s 2016 church legalization law has had a minimal positive impact. President Abdel...
Lahu Christians Asks Wa Army to Re-open ChurchesDecember 23, 2018 — 12/23/2018 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – United Wa State Army (UWSA) forcibly closed churches and a Bible school in the Wa region of Myanmar's northern Shan State in September. Now...
Iraqi Curriculum Incites Violence Towards Religious MinoritiesDecember 23, 2018 — 12/23/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Archbishop Louis Raphaël I Sako of Iraq’s Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon has asked the Ministry of Education to review offensive statements which exist within the curriculum....
Vatican and Vietnam Agree to Upgrade RelationsDecember 22, 2018 — 12/22/2018 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – After a Vatican delegation led by Monsignor Antoine Camilleri visited Vietnam from Dec 18-20, Vatican and Vietnamese officials have agreed to upgrade relations through...
Egyptian Policeman Complicit in Church AttackDecember 22, 2018 — 12/22/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Nearly a year ago, on December 29th, ICC reported about a terrorist attack against an Egyptian church in Helwan City. One of the attackers was wearing...
Indonesia Uses New Anti-Terror Law to Detain Suspects Ahead of ChristmasDecember 21, 2018 — 12/21/2018 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Indonesian national police chief Tito Karnavian said they have detained about 20 suspected militants as security is reinforced ahead of the Christmas and New Year's...
Christians of Kom al-Raheb Wait 17 Years for ChurchDecember 21, 2018 — 12/21/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, ICC reported how the Christians in Upper Egypt’s village of Kom al-Raheb were targeted by mob violence because they were praying in a...
Second Underground Chinese Bishop Replaced by Government-backed BishopDecember 20, 2018 — 12/20/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – A second bishop from China's underground Catholic church is stepping aside as the government replaces him with an excommunicated clergyman, state-run media Global Times reported....
Iranian Christian Couple Arrested in Front of DaughterDecember 20, 2018 — 12/20/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Amir Taleipour and his wife Mahnaz Harati were arrested during a raid on their home in the city of Mashhad by Iranian intelligence officials. Their 7-year...
