Sudanese Pastor Acquitted of Obstructing Church DemolitionJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Sudanese authorities have released a pastor and the lawyer who has defended Christians in high-profile death penalty cases in the last few years. Pastor Hafiz Mengisto and Attorney...
NEWS | Christian Woman Fleeing Persecution in Pakistan Dies in Prison in ThailandJanuary 6, 2016 — Due to intense persecution faced by Christians in Pakistan, thousands of Christians choose to sell their possessions and flee to Thailand as asylum seekers. Unfortunately, Thailand does...
Iran Moves to Convert Confiscated Church Ground into MosqueJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC Note: An Assyrian Christian owned property that has been seized by the Iranian government is now likely to be converted into a mosque in Tehran. Traditionally, Iran has been...
Egypt’s Broad Blasphemy Law Gives Rise to AbuseJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Despite the changes implemented by President Sisi blasphemy remains a critical problem especially for Egyptian Christians. Even something as innocent as sharing a video of Islamic scholars debating...
Nigeria Court in Kano Sentences Cleric to Death for BlasphemyJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC Note: A Sharia court in Nigeria has sentenced a Sufi Muslim cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy, representing the first such sentencing in Nigeria according to that Islamic...
Church in Guizhou China Ordered for Destruction by CourtJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Guizhou province in China has been very active lately on the house church front. The Huoshi church has been raided, fined, threatened, and seen members detained by authorities...
Chibok Girls Campaigners Slam Buhari for Boko Haram ClaimJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari continues to receive flack from all sides after claiming that the Nigerian military has "won the war" against Boko Haram. His latest group of...
30 Evangelical Protestants Expelled, Homes Destroyed in MexicoJanuary 6, 2016 — Calls for Help Ignored by Government Officials 1/5/2016 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 30 Evangelical Protestants in Chiapas, Mexico were expelled by...
New Jersey School Stops Saying ‘God Bless America’ after ACLU ThreatJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Since 2001, New Jersey’s Glenview Elementary School has said “God Bless America” at the end of the Pledge of Allegiance in commemoration of the September 11 attacks. However,...
Peace in Ethnic Myanmar Shaky According to Christian PopulationJanuary 6, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Myanmar has waged civil war after civil war since their independence from Britain in 1948. The military controlled government has grappled with many ethnic armies representing the outlying...
NEWS | Bleak Christmas for Christian Syrians in historic Turkish townJanuary 5, 2016 — The small number of Christians still living in the historic Christian town of Mardin mark Christmas with a sense of fear and uncertainty. The population has grown in recent...
Kenya’s Garissa University Reopens After Deadly al-Shabab AttackJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya's Garissa University College has reopened in northeast Kenya more than nine months after suffering a horrific persecution attack in April where al-Shabaab militants separated Christians and Muslims,...
Possible Ban of Hijab ‘An Affront to Religious Freedom of Muslim Women’January 5, 2016 — ICC Note: As Nigeria considers the possible of a ban of the hijab in order to fight Boko Haram terrorism, the country's Muslim leaders are seaking out in earnest about...
A Cold Wind Blows for Nigerians Made Homeless By Boko HaramJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Surviving a Boko Haram attack rarely ever represents the end of suffering for Nigerians, but merely the beginning, Millions of Nigerians displaced by the Islamist terror insurgency n...
Update: House Church Raided in November has 3 Detained for 27 DaysJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A house church raided on November 18, 2015 which was 60 Christians detained in China's western Xinjiang region led to three arrests. Later in December two other Christians...
Human Rights Must be a Priority for IndonesiaJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Indonesia has become unique in its efforts to be a modern inclusive nation within the international community. Yet while the governments rhetoric may tout tolerance, inaction says another....
