Pakistan Supreme Court Frees Catholic Man Imprisoned for 23 Years

July 9, 2025 — 7/8/2025 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — On June 25, the Supreme Court of Pakistan lifted charges against Anwar Kenneth, a mentally ill Catholic man, who was sentenced to death for...

Legislator Puts Bounty on Evangelists in India

July 7, 2025 — 7/7/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — A legislator belonging to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party ruling Maharashtra state in India, put out a bounty on evangelists who allegedly visit...

Christians Worship Without Churches in a Tiny Asian Hermit Kingdom

July 7, 2025 — 7/7/2025 Bhutan (International Christian Concern) – There aren’t many reports of Christians being attacked in Bhutan. For that matter, news of any sort from Bhutan is relatively scarce. Nestled between the...

Data Highlights Deadly Threat Posed by Islamic State in DRC

July 7, 2025 — 7/7/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Analysis by ACLED, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data group, indicates that the recent focus on the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group fighting in...

The Dawn of Iran’s Spiritual Revolution is Upon Us

July 7, 2025 — By ICC President Jeff King 7/7/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — On Monday, June 23, the earth shook beneath Tehran’s most feared address. Israeli missiles tore through the gates of...

Iran Cracks Down on Dissenters After 12-Day War

July 7, 2025 — 7/6/2025 Iran — The Iranian government has arrested hundreds since the 12-day war with Israel and the United States last month, indicating a renewed focus on stifling internal dissent in the...

Authorities Raid Multiple Zion Church Locations in China

July 3, 2025 — 7/3/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — China’s crackdown on Christianity continues as multiple branches and locations of the Zion Church have been raided. In late May and early June,...

American Churches Increasingly Attacked

July 3, 2025 — 7/3/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — A trend of churches being attacked throughout the United States appears to be emerging. On April 24, a Texas woman, identified as Natasha Marie...

Israel Strikes Iran’s Evin Prison, Notorious for Torturing Christians

July 3, 2025 — 7/3/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — A prison facility in Tehran, notorious for housing Christian and other religious prisoners, has been caught in the crossfire of the ongoing conflict between...

U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Syria

July 3, 2025 — 7/3/2025 Syria (International Christian Concern) — The White House this week announced the official easing of sanctions on Syria, a move that follows an in-person meeting between U.S. President Donald...

Trial Starts for 3 Chinese House Church Members

July 2, 2025 — 7/2/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — A trial for three members of a long-standing, unregistered house church in China began on June 24 at the Baqiao District Court. Pastor...

Local Muslims Disrupt Christian Student Retreat, Damage Property

July 1, 2025 — 7/1/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — On June 27, a mob of 200 Muslim residents from Tangkil Village in Cidahu District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Indonesia, gathered at a halfway...

‘We Are Not Allowed to Farm’: Islamic Extremists Terrorize Catholic Farming Community

July 1, 2025 — 7/1/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — St. Joseph’s Parish in Layin Minista, in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Katsina state, has endured persistent attacks by armed Muslim Fulani extremists...

Hindu Nationalist Mob Attacks 20 Christian Families in Odisha

June 30, 2025 — 6/30/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — A mob of hundreds of Hindu nationalists brutally attacked 20 Christian families on June 21 as they ate lunch together in the Malkangiri district...

East African Peace Accord Offers Limited Hope for DRC’s Beleaguered Civilians

June 30, 2025 — 6/30/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Representatives from Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the United States gathered in Washington, D.C., last week to sign a historic...

South Korea Detains 6 Americans Sending Bibles into North Korea

June 27, 2025 — 6/27/2025 South Korea (International Christian Concern) — South Korean authorities detained six Americans today after they attempted to send 1,600 plastic bottles containing miniature Bibles into North Korea by sea. ...