NEWS | Stolen Radioactive Material Poses Serious Risks in Iraq

February 19, 2016 — Last year, radioactive material was stolen in Iraq. Although authorities confirmed the theft, no reports indicate that ISIS has been able to acquire the material. The large populations of...

Nigerian Women Freed From Boko Haram Face Rejection at Home

February 18, 2016 — Imagine being rescued from the clutches of evil men, only to be rejected by your family when you return home. That's the experience for several women and girls who had...

BREAKING: Bombing in Turkey-Death Toll Still Rising

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: A powerful explosion has rocked Turkey's capital, Ankara, near their military base. The Turkish government is calling it a terrorist attack but no one has claimed responsibility yet....

NEWS | Christian Told He Can Only Work as Sweeper Because of His Religion

February 17, 2016 — In Pakistan, working as a sweeper is considered the lowest and filthiest work an individual could engage in. Because of this, Christians are often relegated to taking jobs as sweepers...

On Morning of Pope’s Arrival, Christian Church Set Ablaze in Chiapas, Mexico

February 16, 2016 — Arson Leaves Hundreds without Place of Worship 2/16/2016 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in the early morning hours of February 15, the...

Six Christians Hospitalized, Including 4-Year-Old Girl, Following Brutal Attack by Hindu Radicals

February 16, 2016 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 2/16/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - India’s Christian community continues to suffer intense persecution as Hindu radicals unleashed another brutal assault on a Christian gathering...

NEWS | Al-Qaeda Holds Swiss Missionary Kidnapped in Mali for Second Time

February 16, 2016 — Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is stamping their continued terrorist influence over north and sub-Saharan Africa, cementing themselves as the prime persecutor of the Church in Mali. After...

Their Bloodline Continues to Ignite the Fire, Awakening the Church: Remembering the 21 Martyrs – One Year On

February 16, 2016 — By: Emma Lane, Regional Manager for the Middle East 2/15/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - One year ago today, the world was instantaneously subject to the most gruesome display...

NEWS | Syrian Army Gains Ground, Heads Towards Aleppo, Despite Russia-Backed Ceasefire

February 15, 2016 — Days after a world powers agreed to a Syrian ceasefire, Russia is already backing out of its obligations to refrain from bombing opposition groups in civilian areas. ICC's Emma...

How a Persecuted Christian Brought to the Edge of Death in Kenya Can Forgive Her Persecutors

February 12, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and James Kake Gunshots rang out early in the morning of April 2, 2015, and Anatstaciah Mikwa’s mind raced as she wondered what was happening. “That was...

PRAISE REPORT | Ceasefire Agreed Upon In Syrian Civil War

February 12, 2016 — Six hours after Russia submitted a ceasefire proposal, world leaders in Geneva announced that they agreed to a ceasefire in the Syrian Civil War that has lasted for the past...

Ceasefire Agreed Upon In Syrian Civil War

February 12, 2016 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02/11/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Six hours after Russia submitted a ceasefire proposal, world leaders in Geneva announced that they agreed to a ceasefire in...

BREAKING NEWS | Boko Haram Insurgency: Suicide Bombers Kill 56 in Nigeria Camp

February 11, 2016 — Boko Haram strikes again in northeast Nigeria, this time killing nearly 60 people in a displacement camp near Maiduguri. Eyewitnesses reported twin suicide bombers detonated explosives while camp residents waited...

NEWS | EU is Unaninmous: “What ISIS is Doing is Genocide”

February 10, 2016 — When a governing body labels violence as “genocide,” this actually creates an international legal obligation for Member States of the United Nations to defend and protect the victims. This is...

NEWS | Burkina Faso: Al Qaeda Frees Kidnapped Missionary Jocelyn Elliott, But Husband Ken Still Held

February 9, 2016 — Jocelyn Elliot, an Australian missionary, has been released after being kidnapped in Burkina Faso by an Al Qaeda-affiliated organization. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) stated in a video...

PRAISE REPORT | China Releases Pastor Huang Yizi after 5 Months in Black Jail

February 8, 2016 — A Chinese pastor, Pastor Huang Yizi, was released over the weekend after spending more than five months in a black jail which places the prisoner under 24 hour surveillance with...