Iraq’s Second Largest City Marks Second Year under ISIS ControlJune 10, 2016 — Christians Refuse to Return to Mosul Fearing ISIS’s Ideological Impact 6/10/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has recognized that two years ago, on June 10,...
PRAISE REPORT | Gospel Music Breaking the Chains of North Korea’s Hold on the PeopleJune 9, 2016 — Non-profit organizations have worked tirelessly to try various methods to enter North Korea from hot air balloon drops to illicit DVDs masquerading as something else. The latest approach has been...
“Untouchable” Christian Beaten for Selling Ice-Cream in PakistanJune 9, 2016 — By ICC Pakistan Correspondent 6/9/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In Pakistan, many Christians have faced the dehumanizing experience of being treated as untouchables by the country’s Muslim majority...
NEWS | For Eritreans, Egypt is the new route to EuropeJune 8, 2016 — Eritrean refugees continue to flee the turmoil and persecution of their homeland. In order to escape their country, many Eritreans are now flocking to Cairo, Egypt where they hope to...
Wave of Kidnappings Rock Upper Egypt’s Christian Community – Part 3June 7, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 6/7/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - A new wave of kidnappings has come to plague Upper Egypt as Christian women and girls are being abducted and...
NEWS | Torture of Vietnamese Christian Garners Condemnation from United NationsJune 7, 2016 — Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh has been in prison in Vietnam since 2011 for essentially being Christian in a land who has a history of persecuting religious minorities. His wife, Tran...
NEWS | Unknown Assailants in Pakistan Open Fire on Church in LahoreJune 6, 2016 — Unknown assailants opened fire on a church in Sandha, a neighborhood in the Pakistani city of Lahore. Thankfully, no one was harmed. According to local Christians, the attack took place...
The Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians Continues as President Buhari Marks His First Year in OfficeJune 3, 2016 — By ICC’s Nigeria Correspondent May 29 marked the first anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration into the Nigerian presidential seat. Muhammadu Buhari was the first opposing candidate to ever win...
URGENT PRAYER NEEDED: Chinese Activists Endure over 27 Years of Surveillance; No End in SightJune 3, 2016 — A group of activists marking the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, with a prayer session in the privacy of a participant’s home was arrested by authorities for their...
Sudan: Hundreds of Eritreans Denied the Right to Seek AsylumJune 2, 2016 — 442 Eritreans, 6 of whom were refugees, were deported from Sudan by the authorities in May 2016. According to the Human Rights Watch, this is against international law which states...
A Small Radio Station in S. Korea Spreads the Gospel through the Airwaves into N. KoreaJune 1, 2016 — One North Korean defector is working hard to ensure his people hear the word of God and stay informed of the truth outside of the regime. Kim Chung-seong provides a...
NEWS | Bangladesh’s Image of Tolerance Tarnished by Recent MurdersMay 31, 2016 — The image of Bangladesh as a tolerant nation for people of all religions has been severely tarnished by a string of highly public murders of bloggers, intellectuals, LGBT activists, and...
Hindu Radicals in India React to USCIRF Report on Deteriorating Religious FreedomMay 28, 2016 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 5/27/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - A fresh wave of violence against India’s Christian community broke out in the days following the US Commission for...
Another Christian Pastor and Convert from Islam Detained in SudanMay 27, 2016 — 5/27/2016 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Sudanese intelligence officials have arrested another Christian church leader, handing him over to the prosecutor’s office...
NEWS | Infant Boy Killed in Sudanese Air Force Bombing of Christian FamilyMay 27, 2016 — One infant boy from a Christian family has been killed and six other people wounded after the Sudanese Air Force bombed civilian towns in South Sudan on Monday, May 23rd....
Muslim Mob Burns Christian Homes and Beats Elderly Christian Woman in Upper EgyptMay 27, 2016 — Local Police Fail to Respond to Plight of Christian Neighborhood 5/27/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim mob looted and torched seven...
