Christians Family Extorted Over Burial of Their DeadJuly 12, 2021 — 07/12/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In Indonesia, where Christians are a religious minority, it is often difficult for them to obtain plots of land in cemeteries to bury their...
Priest Abducted by Boko Haram Regains His FreedomJuly 12, 2021 — 07/11/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to Vanguard News, Father Elijah Juma Wada of Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, has been freed from Boko...
No Record Found Showing the Departure of Missing Pastor and WifeJuly 11, 2021 — 07/11/2021 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – A missing Malaysian pastor and his Indonesian wife did not leave Malaysia in November 2016 or later, based on the records from the government....
China Tightens Border Control with Myanmar to Prevent “Religious Infiltration”July 10, 2021 — 07/10/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Given the surge of COVID-19 cases, China has recently closed its border with Myanmar. In addition, it is adding a newly built barbed-wire fence...
At Least 20 Nigerians Killed in Terror AttackJuly 9, 2021 — 07/09/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On July 7th Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Africa, attacked communities in Adamawa State, Nigeria, killing no fewer than 20 people. Daily Sun...
CCP Unveils Propaganda Exhibit on Christianity in ShanghaiJuly 9, 2021 — 07/09/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On June 29, human rights publication Bitter Winter released an article stating that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has unveiled an exhibition claiming that ...
Pope Francis To Potentially Visit North KoreaJuly 8, 2021 — 07/08/2021 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – The head of South Korea’s intelligence services, Park Jie-won, has announced that he is advocating for Pope Francis to visit North Korea. He...
Chinese Police Refuse Visits to Incarcerated Church ElderJuly 7, 2021 — 07/07/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Zhang Chunlei, an elder at Love Reformed Church in Guiyang, was officially arrested on May 7, 2021, after being detained for seven weeks. He...
Persecuted Chinese Christians Arrive in the United StatesJuly 6, 2021 — 07/06/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Late at night on December 9, 2018, officials from the Chinese Communist Party raided Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), seizing and interrogating hundreds of...
Christian Advocate Attacked in SudanJuly 6, 2021 — 07/06/2021 Sudan (International Christian Concern) –According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Boutros Badawi, a Christian activist and advisor to Sudan’s Minister of Religious Affairs, was attacked last week in the capital...
140 Students Kidnapped in NigeriaJuly 5, 2021 — 07/05/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – 140 students were kidnapped from Bethel Secondary School in Kaduna state, Nigeria over the weekend. In addition, at least eight people, including a one-year-old...
Court Hearing Delayed in N. Cyprus Religious Freedom CaseJuly 5, 2021 — 07/05/2021 Cyprus (International Christian Concern) – In late June, Christian worker Ryan Keating’s first court hearing was delayed until August 17th and he was allowed to travel. Originally the hearing...
Turkish Government Silent in the Face of Christian Cultural ErasureJuly 4, 2021 — 07/04/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The vandalization of the Sup Toros Armenian Church in Kayseri is the latest instance of targeted desecration of a historical Christian site that has...
Iranian Christian Convert Denied ParoleJuly 3, 2021 — 07/03/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – On June 29th Iranian Christian Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh’s request for conditional release from Evin Prison was rejected without explanation. Nasser began his ten-year sentence...
Kachin Baptist Pastors Jailed for Holding Peace PrayersJuly 2, 2021 — 07/02/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On June 28th, three pastors from Kachin state were detained and charged for organizing prayers for peace. They are now facing three years in...
Children Kidnapped, “Brainwashed into Becoming Terrorists”July 2, 2021 — 07/02/2021 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) –Recently, Crux correspondent Ngala Killian Chimtom interviewed Fionn Shiner, the Parliamentary and Press Officer for the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need, UK,...
