New U.N. Report Details Death Toll in Myanmar

September 18, 2024 — 9/18/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — The U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report this week detailing the civilian death toll in Myanmar since February...

ICC Releases Report Showing Connection Between Corruption and Christian Persecution

September 17, 2024 — 9/17/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) released a report evaluating the correlation between corruption in the worst nations for Christian persecution and its impact on...

Junta in Myanmar Announces Census Amid Ongoing Persecution

September 16, 2024 — 9/16/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Military officials in Myanmar recently announced a census slated to take place in October — even as the ruling military junta continues to suffer major...

China Ends Foreign Adoption Program

September 16, 2024 — 9/16/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — During a daily briefing on Sept. 4, Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, announced that China is ending its foreign adoption...

Training Pastors to Respond Well to Persecution

September 16, 2024 — 09/16/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – As anti-Christian sentiment increases among Hindu communities throughout India, pastors and other church leaders are enduring more persecution. International Christian Concern (ICC) has heard more...

China Continues Efforts to Erase Christianity from Within

September 14, 2024 — 9/13/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — For decades, China’s ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has tried to control and restrain Christianity within its borders. Its ultimate hope is...

One Year Later: The Berkadzor Fuel Depot Explosion

September 13, 2024 — 9/13/2024 Armenia/Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern) — When 26-year-old Ashot Beglaryan regained consciousness following the explosion of a fuel depot on Sept. 25, 2023, in Berkadzor, near Stepanakert, the capital of...

Muslim Converts to Christianity Still Experience Persecution after Relocating to Europe

September 13, 2024 — 9/20/2024 Europe (International Christian Concern) — It’s no secret that it is dangerous for one to convert from Islam to Christianity in majority-Muslim countries. If your neighbors learn about your...

Christian Apologist Released from Indonesian Prison

September 12, 2024 — 9/12/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Christian apologist Gratia Pello is out on parole after nearly a year in an Indonesian prison. Pello was arrested and charged with blasphemy on...

The Dangerous Act of Cutting Hair

September 12, 2024 — 09/12/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – In a well-lit, funky little barbershop in a large city of a predominantly Muslim country, barbers risk their lives every time they cut someone’s...

Plot to Assassinate Pope Francis Foiled in Indonesia

September 12, 2024 — 9/11/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Authorities in Indonesia recently arrested seven Muslims for planning to assassinate Pope Francis. The suspects, arrested on Sept. 2 and Sept. 3, are from...

Indonesian Terrorism Unit Arrests 2 JAD Members

September 11, 2024 — 9/11/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Indonesia’s Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-terrorism unit arrested two suspected terrorists from the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group on Sept. 4 in Bima, West...

New Anti-Discrimination Law Challenges Religious Freedom

September 10, 2024 — 9/10/2024 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — A recently passed anti-discrimination law aimed at enhancing equality and protecting marginalized groups in the Philippines has sparked nationwide debate about its implications for...

Hindu Nationalists Attack Church in Odisha

September 9, 2024 — 9/9/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A pastor and several members of his church were beaten on Sunday as Hindu nationalists attacked a worship service in Odisha on Sunday, accusing...

A Home Restored

September 6, 2024 — 9/6/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — When the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) arrived at Kamale Azora’s house during the evening of Sept. 16, 2021, in the Democratic Republic of the...

Pope Francis Warns Against Religious Extremism While in Indonesia

September 6, 2024 — 9/6/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Joined by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Pope Francis recently delivered a profound message on the importance of tolerance, diversity, and world peace during his...