Beijing House Churches Write Joint Statement to Call for Religious Freedom

July 25, 2018 — ICC Note: In a courageous move, 34 house churches in Beijing issued a statement on Tuesday asking the government to respect their freedom to practice religion under Chinese Constitution. Many unregistered...

Security, Stability, Employment Biggest Needs in Nineveh Plains

July 25, 2018 — ICC Note: When a group of nuns from the Nineveh Plains returned, they discovered that their convent had been used by ISIS as a “rape center.” Since their return, they...

Women Increasingly Radicalized in Malaysia to Initiate Terrorist Attacks

July 24, 2018 — ICC Note: According to the chief of counterterrorism division in Malaysia, more women are being radicalized by Islamic State militants to initiate attacks in Malaysia. They have also begun to incite...

Lutheran Pastor in Vietnam Handed Heavy Sentence

July 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Religious leaders in Vietnam strongly condemn the heavy sentence handed to a pastor in a recent ruling and harassment of another religious leader for their democratic activities. Lutheran pastor...

Are 200 ISIS Vehicles Regrouping in Nineveh Plains?

July 24, 2018 — ICC Note: An Iraqi official has issued a warning that between 100-200 ISIS vehicles have been seen moving around Nineveh. This follows multiple news reports of ISIS regrouping and committing...

Iranian Pastor’s Home Violently Raided

July 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Iranian state security forces violently raided the home of Pastor Nadarkhani, beating him and intimidating his family, before arresting him. Pastor Nadarkhani is awaiting transfer to Iran’s Evin...

Turkish State Media Claims Rental Fees for Churches Are Ended

July 23, 2018 — ICC Note: The Daily Sabah, a Turkish media outlet often referred to as the propaganda arm for the ruling government, has run a story that rental fees are now removed...

Help Bring Imprisoned Pastor John Cao Home

July 22, 2018 — ICC Note: Pastor John Cao has been wrongly imprisoned by the Chinese government since March 2017 for his work in Myanmar. He was charged with “organizing illegal border crossing” and...

Egypt’s Christian Women Battle Harassment

July 22, 2018 — ICC Note: A Coptic Christian journalist based in Cairo has published an op-ed sharing her thoughts about the challenges which Christian women experience in Egypt. She speaks of the harassment...

Chinese Christian Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Forced To Take Medication

July 21, 2018 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian Lawyer Wang Quanzhang, jailed for his work defending Christians, political activists, and victims of land grab, is still alive since his disappearance in a 2015 police sweep....

Gulf Church Grows Despite Obstacles

July 21, 2018 — ICC Note: The Anglican Archdeacon in the Gulf and Chaplain of Qatar recently gave an interview sharing his thoughts on the future of Christianity in the Gulf. The constant flow...

Focus on Persecution Helps Japan Win UNESCO Status for Christian Sites

July 20, 2018 — ICC Note: The reason the dozen Christian sites related to Japan’s religious persecution were recently awarded World Heritage status is largely due to the fact that they demonstrate how the believers...

Egypt’s Health Ministry Creates Predicament for Christian Doctors

July 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Egypt’s Minister of Health has circulated a decree to all doctors that they must recite Egypt’s version of the Hippocratic Oath daily and in public witness. This oath...

North Korea Has Highest Rate of Modern Slavery

July 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Australia-based Walk Free Foundation released a report on Thursday, listing North Korea as the world’s leading slave state with an estimated 2.6 million living in conditions of modern slavery,...

Kurdish Christian Woman Held by Iran’s Intelligence

July 20, 2018 — ICC Note: The National Council of Resistance of Iran is reporting that intelligence forces have arrested a Christian Kurdish woman and charged her with proselytizing. Her son has also been...

Australian Nun Patricia Fox Faces Deportation Again from the Philippines

July 19, 2018 — ICC Note: Philippines’s Bureau of Immigration (BI) ordered the deportation of Australian nun Patricia Fox and put her on the BI’s blacklist. Sister Patricia Fox previously faced deportation from President Duterte...