Reports Claims Christians in India Faced At Least 177 Instances of Persecution in 2015

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: A report released by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has claimed that Christians in India faced at least 177 instances of persecution in 2015. Among these instances...

Christian and Muslim Leaders in Malaysia meet to Improve Recent Distrust

March 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In 2015, Muslim and Christian leaders in Malaysia were in a verbal sparring match as Muslim leaders accused Christians of manipulating citizens into converting. The altercations did not...

Religious Freedom Violations Continue in Colombia

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: A recent report, published by Christian Solidarity Worldwide, exposes the ongoing religious freedom violations in Colombia through a series of interview with various church leaders. Despite an anticipated...

Christians in Pakistan Commemorate Shahbaz Bhatti on 5th Anniversary of His Assassination

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians across Pakistan gathered in churches yesterday to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti. Bhatti, who was killed by terrorists in 2011, remains the...

Chinese Activists Pen Letter for Release of 19 Human Rights Lawyers

March 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: New protests emerge among Chinese activists calling for the release of at least 19 known rights activists and lawyers who have been arrested for subverting the state. In...

West African Bishops Concerned About Persecution of Christians

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: A conference of West African bishops has concluded in Accra, Ghana with the plenary body focusing most of their concern on Christian persecution from radical Islamist terrorism in...

Bi-Cameral, Bi Partisan Congressional Letter Condemning India’s Religious Freedom Track Record Finds Traction in Indian Press and International Media

March 2, 2016 — India’s Leading News Outlets Report on US Congressional Letter to Prime Minister Modi 3/1/2016 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – A bi-cameral, bi-partisan, US Congressional letter addressed to Prime Minister...

Bible Removed From POW/MIA Display at Ohio Veterans’ Clinic Following Complaint

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Following complaints from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a Veterans Administration clinic recently removed a Bible from a traditional display commemorating members of the military who are...

Chinese Government to Ordain Catholic Leaders in 2016, not the Church

March 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: China continues its push to eliminate or control the rise of Christianity. Leaders of two government-controlled Catholic organizations have endorsed the governments plan in 2016 to ordain the...

Four Iranian Christians Receive Prison Sentence-After Being Beaten for their Faith by Police in Public Park

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: ICC's partner in Iran reported that the four Christians in Iran that were arrested in January and beaten publicly during a picnic in Southern Iran have been sentenced...

Nigeria: Abducted Bayelsa Girl Arrives Abuja

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian teenage girl who was previously abducted from Bayelsa State, Nigeria in order to forcibly marry a Muslim in Kano State has now returned to Abuja, Nigeria's...

Nigeria Police Hunt Lagos Schoolgirls’ kidnappers

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Gunmen have abducted three teenage girls from an Anglican school in Lagos, Nigeria. Abductions are common in Nigeria's commercial capital, but incidents like this remind us of the...

King Abdullah and President Obama Meet to Discuss Middle East Solutions

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Jordan’s King Abdullah met with US President Barack Obama this week to discuss the current Middle East conflicts and assess the various long-term solutions for the long run....

Thailand Fails to Recognize Christian and Muslim Refugees from Pakistan

March 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Thousands of Christians and Ahmadi Muslims flee Pakistan to escape hardships and the infamous blasphemy laws. Many find themselves traveling to Thailand hoping to use the nation as...

Pakistan Agrees to More Parliament Seats to be Reserved for Religious Minorities on 5th Anniversary of Bhatti Assassination

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: A Pakistani parliamentary body has agreed to a constitutional amendment that will increase the number of reserved seats in parliament for religious minorities. The announcement was made the...

Why Pakistani Christians Want Shahbaz Bhatti to be Declared a “Martyr of the Church”

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the then Pakistani Minister for Minorities. On March 2, 2011, Bhatti was gunned down in Islamabad by members of...