Sudan Frees Czech National After Over a Year in PrisonFebruary 27, 2017 — Petr Jasek Released After Facing a 20-Year Sentence in a Sudanese Prison 2/27/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Czech citizen, Petr Jasek,...
Another Village in India Passes Resolution Banning Practice of Non-Hindu FaithsFebruary 24, 2017 — Local Christians Denied Their Constitutional Rights Despite Court Ruling 02/24/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a village council in Benje village, located...
ICC Provides One Year of Schooling for Victims of Easter Bombing in PakistanFebruary 23, 2017 — By Amy Penn 02/23/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On March 27, 2016, Muslim extremists attacked the Christian community in Lahore, Pakistan as they were celebrating Easter. According to...
Christians in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Murdered by Masked Men in Series of AttacksFebruary 23, 2017 — Killings Follow a Declaration by ISIS to Eliminate Christians in Egypt 02/22/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that this morning, February 22, 2017, the...
ICC Provides Education Assistance to Kids Victimized by Boko HaramFebruary 16, 2017 — By Linda Jones 02/16/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Boko Haram radicals in northeastern Nigeria have carried out several attacks against Christians by destroying their churches, their communities, taking...
37 U.S. Senators and 41 Representatives Call on Turkish President to Release Imprisoned American PastorFebruary 16, 2017 — Letter Says Pastor Has Been Unjustly Detained, Requests Immediate Release 02/16/2017 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday evening 78 Members of Congress, including 37 U.S. Senators, wrote to...
ICC Marks Second Anniversary of 21 Egyptian Christians Executed by ISIS in LibyaFebruary 16, 2017 — Two years ago, ISIS released a video titled “A Message Signed With Blood to the Nation of the Cross.” In it, ISIS militants in military fatigues walk behind 21 Egyptian...
Hindu Radicals Increase Attacks against Christians in Telangana StateFebruary 15, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 02/15/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On January 21, 2017, Hindu radicals harassed 47-year-old Dr. K.A. Swamy for distributing New Testaments in Hyderabad, Telangana state...
ICC Marks Second Anniversary of 21 Egyptian Christians Executed by ISIS in LibyaFebruary 15, 2017 — Family of 21 Martyrs Remain Proud of Their Family’s Sacrifice 02/15/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Two years ago, ISIS released a video titled “A Message Signed With Blood...
ICC Receives Letters from Sponsored Children in EgyptFebruary 9, 2017 — By Debora Timmer 02/09/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern)– This month, International Christian Concern (ICC) received letters from 73 children sponsored through Healing Grace, an organization that “transforms Egyptian children and...
Liberation and Uncertainty Surround Iraq’s Christian CommunityFebruary 7, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 02/03/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “I will be thankful to God if we will be able to live with half of [the] happiness we used...
ICC Provides Bunk Beds to North Korean Christian StudentsFebruary 2, 2017 — By Linda Jones 02/02/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Christians in North Korea are oppressed by their totalitarian communist government since they are seen as enemies of the state....
Christian Aid workers given harsh prison sentences in SudanFebruary 2, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02/02/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, January 29, three Christians were sentenced by the Sudanese court in North Khartoum...
Christian Evangelist in India Fights for Life after Mob HarassmentFebruary 1, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 02/01/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - In India, a 47-year-old Christian evangelist, Dr. Kusuma Anjeneya Swamy, suffered a brain hemorrhage and slipped into a coma...
Court in Pakistan Acquits Over 100 Suspects Accused of 2013 Attack on Christian NeighborhoodJanuary 30, 2017 — Christian Leaders Call Ruling Discriminatory and Biased 01/30/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has acquitted more than...
ICC Helps the Families of Two Easter Bombing Victims Start Small BusinessesJanuary 26, 2017 — By Michelle King 01/26/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On March 27, 2016, a suicide bomber from an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban attacked Gulshan e-Iqbal Park in Lahore,...
