India Begins Implementation of Discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act

March 12, 2024 — 03/12/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Four years after being passed by Parliament and signed into law, India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will now be implemented, according to a...

ICC Contributes to USCIRF Report on Anti-Conversion Laws

November 29, 2023 — 11/29/2023 Washington (International Christian Concern – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report on anti-conversion laws prepared by International Christian Concern (ICC). ICC researchers...

U.S. Dept. of State Releases 2022 International Religious Freedom Report

May 16, 2023 — 5/16/2023 United States (International Christian Concern)—The U.S. Department of State released its 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF). The report, which analyzes the status of religious freedom in every country, is...

Terrorist Threat on the Rise in Tanzania

January 26, 2023 — 1/26/2023 Tanzania (International Christian Concern)—The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania issued a security alert to all Westerners and the general public on Jan. 25, following intelligence of a possible terrorist attack. ...

Church Bombing Kills 17 in the Congo

January 17, 2023 — 1/17/2023 Democratic Republic of Congo (International Christian Concern)—Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels detonated a homemade IED, killing at least 17 and injuring dozens more at a church in Kasindi,...

Breaking News: ADF Kills Three in Kabasha, Beni Territory, DR Congo

November 9, 2022 — 11/09/2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo (International Christian Concern) – Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists killed three people, including a one-month-old baby, early morning on Nov. 9. The Islamic militia...

Targeted Airstrikes Kill More than 80 Civilians in Myanmar

October 27, 2022 — Junta Attacks Concert Goers During Anniversary Celebration in Kachin State 10/26/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Eighty people were killed and another 200 injured when the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) attacked a music...

ICC Report Documents Severe Human Rights Violations Against Afghan Christians

August 15, 2022 — 08/15/2022 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – Today marks one year since Kabul’s collapse following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Strict Islamic law was institutionalized by the Taliban, which ensured the elimination...

Indonesia’s New Criminal Code Revealed, Modernizing the Controversial Anti-Blasphemy Laws

July 13, 2022 — 07/13/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) obtained the final draft of Indonesia’s revised criminal code. The revision strengthens the country’s most controversial laws, including its...

At Least 10 Christians Killed in DRC Attack

June 22, 2022 — Passengers Shot and Vehicles Set on Fire During Road Ambush 06/22/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) – More than 10 Christians were killed on Tuesday, June 21, when an Islamist extremist...

Catholic Church in Myanmar Raided by the Junta

April 12, 2022 — Junta Carried Out Raid in Search of Hidden Weapons 04/12/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 8, dozens of soldiers from the Burmese...

Christian YouTuber in Indonesia Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

April 8, 2022 — Muslim-Background Believer Imprisoned for Blasphemy Against Islam 04/08/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 6, an Indonesian Christian YouTuber was sentenced to...

ICC Welcomes Passage of the BURMA Act by U.S. House

April 7, 2022 — BURMA Act of 2021 Cleared the House of Representatives En Route to the Senate 04/07/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) welcomes last night’s passage of the...

Radical Group in Indonesia Obstructs Church from Gathering

March 30, 2022 — Hardliner Group Unfurled Banner to Intimidate the Church 03/30/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A radical group in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, refused to allow the HKBP Church (Huria Kristen...

Four Travelers Killed in Kenya After Vehicle Hits an Explosive

February 2, 2022 — Christian Community Remains Vulnerable to Future Attacks 02/02/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Four people died in Kenya on Wednesday morning when their vehicle drove over an improvised explosive...

Thirteen Killed in Bus Bombing by Suspected Al-Shabaab Terrorists

January 31, 2022 — Incident Marks Ninth Terror Attack in Kenya Since the New Year 01/31/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Thirteen passengers were killed, and others were severely injured on January 31 in...