ICC Report Highlights the Faith, Struggle of Armenians Displaced from Artsakh November 3, 2025 — A new report by International Christian Concern (ICC) documents the continuing hardship and resilience of Armenia’s displaced Christian population nearly two years after the fall of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). “Hope and the Wandering Souls from...
ICC Releases Report Showing Connection Between Corruption and Christian PersecutionSeptember 17, 2024 — 9/17/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) released a report evaluating the correlation between corruption in the worst nations for Christian persecution and its impact on...
NGOs Struggle Against Foreign Funding Laws, ICC Report RevealsSeptember 4, 2024 — 9/4/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern released its latest report focusing on the challenges faced by non-governmental and Christian organizations due to financial laws and regulations in...
The True Power of the Christmas TraditionDecember 14, 2023 — By Greg Cochran, Ph.D., ICC Fellow 12/14/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – As December unfolds, traditions clamor with great haste toward Christmas—for many, their favorite season of the year. What...
Dissolution and Predation: Threats to the African Youth MovementDecember 1, 2023 — By Greg Cochran, Ph.D., ICC Fellow 12/01/2023 Africa (International Christian Concern) – A quick Google search of the phrase “Youth Movement” yields millions of links to an unimaginable number of...
African Youth Opportunity in TransitionNovember 15, 2023 — By Greg Cochran, Ph.D., ICC Fellow 11/15/2023 Africa (International Christian Concern) – Since the 1850s, baseball has been called America’s pastime. For nearly 175 years, baseball has provided a stable...
ICC Release Report on Historic and Modern Persecution of Christians in EgyptNovember 14, 2023 — 11/14/2023 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – ICC has released a report detailing the influence and presence of Christianity in Egypt for thousands of years, namely Coptic Christianity, and the nature...
A Troubling Trend for Religious Freedom in India June 8, 2023 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow While freedom of religion is integral to our American pluralist life, many countries experience religious oppression through anti-conversion laws. These laws intend to elevate the...
2022 Persecution Incident Report: ChinaOctober 6, 2022 — Picking up where the 2021 report left off — at the beginning of July 2021 — this report summarizes ICC's reporting on the topic in the last year. The continued...
Afghanistan Humanitarian Brief: Situational Overview for Christian MinoritiesAugust 15, 2022 — August 15, 2022, marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Kabul, an event following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces. Since that...
Shackled to the Podium: Remembering the Victims of Chinese PersecutionApril 21, 2022 — As the world gathered for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, audiences prepared to embrace the globally forged spirit of competition - a tradition we cherish every four years....
Policy Briefing: The Case for Afghan Christians to Receive P-2 VisasApril 4, 2022 — Afghanistan is in the midst of what the UN has called the worst humanitarian crisis in history. Even as over 30 million Afghans face acute or emergency-level food insecurity, the...
No Escape: The Growing Persecution of Armenian Christians in AmericaMarch 10, 2022 — Armenians have a long history as targets of persecution, hatred, and genocide. Unfortunately, this history continues to repeat itself around the world. Armenia is unique in many ways, though one...
No Escape: The Growing Persecution of Armenian Christians in AmericaMarch 10, 2022 — Armenians have a long history as targets of persecution, hatred, and genocide. Unfortunately, this history continues to repeat itself around the world. Armenia is unique in many ways, though one...
No Protest Allowed: A Profile of Nigeria’s Governor El-Rufai and How He Punishes Dissent in Kaduna StateDecember 2, 2021 — It was within a few minutes of sunset—slated for 6:14 that day—on Christmas Eve 2016 when Fulani militants stormed the village of Goska in central Nigeria's Kaduna State. The assault...
Updated Report: The Voiceless Victims of Pakistan’s Blasphemy LawsOctober 6, 2021 — | Updated September 24, 2021 | According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) 2018 Factsheet on Blasphemy, roughly one-third of the world’s nations maintain a law,...
