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....
Activists in Pakistan Hold Candlelight Vigil Remembering Slain GovernorJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Activists, both Muslim and Christian, in Pakistan held a candlelight vigil yesterday remembering the assassination of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer. Taseer was killed in 2011 after criticizing Pakistan's...
Christian Woman Fleeing Persecution in Pakistan Dies in Prison in ThailandJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: 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 not recognize...
Syria: Priest Released by Islamist Militants Two Weeks after KidnappingJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Father Dhyia Aziz was abducted in Syria while attempting to return home just before Christmas. It was not made public who exactly had abducted the priest or what...
Persecution of Christian Converts Continues under RouhaniJanuary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Despite being elected under promises of reform, the situation for Christians under President Hassan Rouhani has not improved. Christians are still regularly arrested and imprisoned for nothing more...
More than 55,000 died in Syria in 2015 as ISIL claims twin attacks in Syrian Christian neighbourhoodJanuary 4, 2016 — More than 55,000 were killed in Syria during 2015, the fifth year of the conflict. The grim figure comes as Christmas celebrations were rocked in the NE...
