Little Known, but Ever Present: Azerbaijan’s Religious PersecutionAugust 14, 2017 — By Amy Penn 08/11/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Overshadowed by its more flamboyant and media-grabbing neighbors, Turkey, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and China, the Caucasus region lies relatively...
State Government in India Passes Anti-Conversion Bill Despite Widespread OppositionAugust 14, 2017 — Jharkhand’s Christians Fear Increased Division and Persecution Under New Law 08/14/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Jharkhand Assembly, a state legislative...
Bishop Joel Mwendwa Murdered in Juba during Morning PrayersAugust 10, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 08/08/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Bishop Joel Mwendwa was leading morning prayers at the Christ Life Ministry Church on June 24. As the prayers and...
Low Caste Christians Mark 67 Years of Discrimination and Injustice Under India’s Scheduled Caste SystemAugust 10, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 08/10/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Low caste Christians, who make up nearly 80 percent of India’s Christian population, have marked August 10 with protests...
ICC Helps a Defector Escape from North KoreaAugust 10, 2017 — By Linda Jones 8/10/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - North Korea is one of the most oppressive countries toward Christians in the world. Unfortunately, Christians do not have the...
Canadian Pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim Released by North KoreaAugust 9, 2017 — Pastor Lim Released as North Korea's Longest-Held Western Prisoner in Decades 08/09/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Hyeon-Soo Lim, a Korean-Canadian pastor at the Light...
Persecution and Intolerance Continue to Define the Lives of Christians in PakistanAugust 7, 2017 — By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 08/05/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Pakistan is a Muslim majority country with 97% of the population identified as Muslims and 3% of the population...
The Forgotten Terrorists: Fulani Militants’ First Six Months in 2017August 7, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 07/31/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Peace Francis was a young Christian girl from Southern Kaduna, Nigeria, who, in her short 12 years of life, saw...
ICC Helps Underground Pastor Pursue Educational GoalAugust 3, 2017 — By Linda Jones 8/3/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Boko Haram has been actively targeting and attacking Christians over the past seven years. Thousands of innocent Christians have been killed,...
Eight Churches in Baghdad Close Their Doors Forever as Christians Continue to Flee IraqJuly 31, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 07/31/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The liberation of Mosul came after nine hard months of fighting and three brutish years of occupation. All eyes have...
President Trump Selects Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas for the Post of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious FreedomJuly 27, 2017 — The filling of this vital post in the State Departments’ Office of International Religious Freedom allows many important initiatives of US efforts to promote religious freedom to proceed. 7/27/2017 Washington...
Boycotted Widow in India Rebuilds Her LifeJuly 27, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 7/28/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, village bans against practicing Christianity became popular in India’s Chhattisgarh state. Starting in the Bastar District, village after...
Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Seven Christian Men in Eastern KenyaJuly 24, 2017 — 07/24/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in early July, al-Shabaab militants led a series of attacks in Kenya’s Lamu County. Between July...
The Christian Fight for Churches in EgyptJuly 21, 2017 — By Amy Penn 07/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Egypt has used church licenses as another form a persecution by denying Christians the ability to worship God as a...
Families of the Seven Christian Martyrs in Egypt Rebuild Their LivesJuly 20, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 07/20/2017 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Armed gangs and lawlessness are unfortunately common in Libya. The rocky political climate that is seen in the instability of the...
Pastor Shot and Killed in Drive-By Shooting at Church in Northern IndiaJuly 17, 2017 — Local Christians Stage Demonstrations Calling for Perpetrators to be Apprehended 07/17/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor Sultan Masih was shot and killed...
