Supreme Court Rejects Former Jakarta Governor’s Appeal

March 26, 2018 — 03/26/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 26, the Supreme Court in Indonesia announced its decision to reject former Jakarta governor...

Exponential Increase in Attacks Against Christians in Telangana, India

March 22, 2018 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 03/22/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The southern Indian state of Telangana is no exception to the growing religious intolerance sweeping India. Since January 18,...

Algerians Request Renewed Prayer for the Church

March 21, 2018 — By Claire Evans 03/21/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Algerian Christians are no strangers to persecution. Although the constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship, Islam is officially...

A Voice Calls Out from the Hermit of Africa

March 20, 2018 — By Nathan Johnson 03/20/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A friend of International Christian Concern (ICC), Joseph*, recently traveled to Eritrea and interviewed David*, one of the many underground...

ICC Buys Motorcycle for Persecuted Pastor in Nigeria

March 15, 2018 — By Linda Jones 3/15/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – On September 8, 2017 a group of Muslim Fulani militants carried out an attack in central Nigeria’s Plateau state. The...

“No Light at the End of the Tunnel”: One Pastor’s Escape from Persecution

March 15, 2018 — By Amy Penn 03/15/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – He spends his time checking over two shoulders, one for each of his pursuers. Over one shoulder, Pastor Ravil surveils...

Iraq’s Tribes and Christians: The Dangerous Solitude of Rights Erased

March 14, 2018 — By Claire Evans 03/14/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Iraq’s Christians have long pointed toward the absence of law as a significant driver of persecution. In the Nineveh Plains,...

Vandals Attack St. Zechariah Church in Palembang, Indonesia

March 9, 2018 — 03/09/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that shortly after midnight on March 8, a group of six vandals attacked St. Zechariah Church in...

Saint Maria Catholic Church Suffers Second Attack of the Year

March 8, 2018 — Church Repeatedly Targeted Since 2006 Assassination of Priest 03/08/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 6, 2018, a lone gunman shot...

ICC Helps a Group of Persecuted Women Support Their Families

March 8, 2018 — By Linda Jones 03/08/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - The war between Myanmar Armed Forces and Kachin Independence Army has forced many Christians to move out of their homes...

Nigeria’s Middle Belt Report: Fulani Militants Continue Attacks into February 2018

March 7, 2018 — By Nathan Johnson 03/07/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Following the brutality of January’s massacres in Benue and Adamawa, February may seem less severe for Christians in Nigeria’s Middle...

Marked for Life: The Long-Term Effects of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

March 3, 2018 — By ICC’s Pakistan Representative 03/03/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – False blasphemy accusations in Pakistan are often used to settle personal disputes, acquire property, exact revenge on a business...

ICC Builds House for Persecuted Christian Family in Egypt

March 1, 2018 — By Linda Jones 03/01/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Christians in Egypt face constant harassment because they are considered second-class citizens who should not enjoy the same freedoms as...

Three Christian Teachers Killed in Wajir, Kenya

February 23, 2018 — Al-Shabaab Ambushed School to Target Christians 02/23/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on February 16, 2018, three Christian teachers were killed by...

ICC Provides Relief Assistance for a Persecuted Christian in India

February 22, 2018 — By Linda Jones 02/22/2018 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – Last year was one of the most traumatic ones for Christians in India after 736 hate crimes were reported and...

Religious Discrimination Inside the Egyptian Workplace

February 20, 2018 — By Claire Evans 02/20/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Persecution of Christians in Egypt continues to escalate, yet we see little in the headlines. The last year has been...