Coptic Christian Dies in Police Custody Under Suspicious Circumstances

July 30, 2018 — ICC Note: On July 20, a Coptic Christian who owned a barbershop reported to police that a Muslim man had broken into his shop and made threatening comments towards his...

Vietnam Curbs Internet Freedom with New “Cyber-security” Laws

July 30, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnamese Catholics and other religious groups often use internet to expose government’s rights abuse and encourage activism. However, the new “cyber-security” laws passed on June 12 by the government...

4-Month Prison Sentence Handed to Christian Convert

July 30, 2018 — ICC Note: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court has sentenced Christian Convert Amir Saman Dashti to four months in prison on charges of Christian activities. Iran has cracked down on Christianity in...

Jailed Vietnamese Catholic Activist Ends a Two-Week Hunger Strike

July 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Imprisoned Vietnamese Catholic activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh ended a two-week hunger strike on July 23 after she met with visiting U.S. diplomats. She began serving a 10-year jail...

Trauma Haunts Believer Held Captive by ISIS

July 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Rana is a Christian woman from Qaraqosh who was held captive by ISIS for two and a half years. During this time, she stayed alive by pretending to...

USCIRF Report: Christians in North Korea Tortured and Killed

July 28, 2018 — ICC Note: In 2018 report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), North Korea is listed as one of the most “hostile and repressive” regimes in the world...

1 in 5 Malaysian Undergrads Finds Terrorism an Effective Tool to Achieve Objectives

July 27, 2018 — ICC Note: A survey published by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry shows worrying signs of increasing radicalism among Malaysian college students. One-fifth of them feel that terrorism is an effective strategy to...

Explosives Challenge Post-ISIS Reconstruction

July 27, 2018 — ICC Note: France has donated just over half a million to the United Nations to help clear explosives from areas liberated from ISIS control. According to the United Nations Mine...

Indonesia Addressing Terrorism from Its Roots

July 27, 2018 — ICC Note: Indonesia is addressing growing extremism within the country with the revised Anti-Terrorism Law. Detachment 88 counterterrorism unit in recent weeks has arrested and killed scores of suspected terrorists across...

Imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson Unexpectedly Transferred to House Arrest

July 27, 2018 — ICC Note: In an unexpected move this week, the Turkish court agreed to transfer American Pastor Andrew Brunson from prison to house arrest. The charges against him have not been...

Chinese Churches More Cautious About Admission

July 26, 2018 — ICC Note: Thanks to increasing government crackdown on churches in China, many Chinese churches are now cautious about who they let in to their buildings during service, and members of the...

Three Christians Arrested in Iran

July 26, 2018 — ICC Note: Three more Christians in Iran have been violently arrested in their homes and sent to Evin Prison. The three men had already received a sentence of 10 years...

Indonesia wants IS-linked Group JAP named Forbidden Organization

July 26, 2018 — ICC Note: Prosecutors in Indonesia have demanded the homegrown IS-linked terror group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), responsible for many terror attacks, including the May church attacks in Surabaya to be disbanded...

Nineveh Plains Dying of Thirst

July 26, 2018 — ICC Note: A combination of failed rains and infrastructure damaged by ISIS has left the land of the Nineveh Plains literally dying of thirst. The traditional homeland of Iraq’s Christians...

Australian Nun Wins Extension to Her Stay Again

July 25, 2018 — ICC Note: Australian nun Patricia Fox, ordered again to leave the country by the Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines has won another reprieve to stay after her lawyers filed a...

First Service Held in Coptic Church Closed 7 Years Ago

July 25, 2018 — ICC Note: In Egypt it is nearly impossible to legally build and operate a church, an experience that the Coptic community of Kom el-Loufy is all too familiar with. Seven...