Myanmar Junta Continues Bid for Legitimacy Amid Dramatic Territorial Losses

January 2, 2025 — 1/2/2025 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — In an informal consultation with representatives from Thailand, China, India, Laos, and Bangladesh earlier this month, junta leaders from Myanmar indicated that plans for...

Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting Nations

January 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...

Hindu Nationalists Disrupt Christmas Services Throughout India

December 29, 2024 — 12/28/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A spate of violent attacks marred the 2024 Christmas celebrations across India despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolling the virtues of love and harmony...

New Data Shows Sharp Increase in Attacks on Christians

December 26, 2024 — 12/26/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The United Christian Forum (UCF) has called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to establish a national-level inquiry to stem the alarming rise in...

Teacher Disciplined for Distributing Bibles

December 25, 2024 — 12/25/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A teacher working in a village government school in India’s southern state of Telangana was suspended for allegedly packing Bibles in Christmas gift boxes...

Residents Reject Planned Christmas Worship Service

December 24, 2024 — 12/24/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Although Christmas is a time of sacred anticipation and joy for Christians worldwide, believers in Cibinong, Bogor Regency, Indonesia, have experienced rejection. On Dec. 8,...

Texas School District Removes Bible from Libraries for ‘Sexually Explicit’ Material

December 23, 2024 — 12/23/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — A Texas school district has removed the Bible from its libraries’ shelves for the 2024-2025 school year, citing a Texas law restricting sexually...

Myanmar’s Government Hiding Extent of the Country’s Hunger Crisis

December 21, 2024 — 12/21/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — A recent Reuters report has uncovered a years-long effort by the military junta in Myanmar to suppress information surrounding the deepening hunger crisis in...

The Blind Spot of Christian Persecution

December 18, 2024 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Not long ago, I picked up some family members from the airport and drove home via several freeway interchanges — navigating freeways which, as...

Nicaragua Orders All Catholic Nuns Out of the Country

December 18, 2024 — 12/17/2024 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In its latest attack on religious organizations, the Nicaraguan government has ordered the expulsion of all remaining Catholic nuns from the country. According to...

Muslim Family in Tennessee to Appear in Court for Alleged Assault of Christian Son

December 18, 2024 — 12/17/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — A year ago this month, authorities arrested members of a Muslim family in Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly assaulting their teenage family member for...

2 House Church Pastors Shot in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

December 16, 2024 — 12/16/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) — Reports have surfaced of two independent house pastors being shot in different parts of Vietnam’s Central Highlands in recent months. Pastor Y Hung Ayun,...

Rajasthan Set to Become 12th Indian State with Anti-Conversion Law

December 10, 2024 — 12/9/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The North Indian state of Rajasthan last week approved an anti-conversion law that makes it mandatory for people wishing to convert to another religion...

NBA Announces Return to China Despite Ongoing Persecution

December 6, 2024 — 12/6/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — In an announcement on social media Friday, the Nation Basketball Association (NBA) revealed that it will return to China for two preseason games leading...

Christian Imprisoned in Algeria Released After 3 Years

December 6, 2024 — 12/5/2024 Algeria (International Christian Concern) — Suleiman Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian convert, gained his freedom from prison on Sept. 1 after serving three years for blasphemy against Islam and alleged...

7 New Synods Latest Sign of Church Growth in Indonesia

December 6, 2024 — 12/5/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — The church is growing rapidly in the world’s largest Muslim country. The latest evidence of this was made known during the General Assembly...