China Continues to Hold and Presumably Torture Nobel Nominee Gao ZhishengSeptember 6, 2017 — 09/06/2017 Washington D.C. – Nearly a month has passed since Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was presumably taken by state security from his home near Shaanxi's Yulin city...
ICC Assists 200 Families that Were Attacked by Fulani MilitantsAugust 31, 2017 — By Linda Jones 8/31/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - In November 2016, the Christian villages of Kigam, Angwan, Magaii, Kikpene and Kiziti suffered massive attacks by Fulani militants in...
Christians in Madhya Pradesh Remain Under Pressure Despite Six Prisoners Being Released on BailAugust 29, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 08/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “This is an answer to prayer and my heart is filled with gratitude to God and to Christians everywhere,”...
The Horrors of a Night Visit from Al-ShabaabAugust 29, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 08/16/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – “I heard food steps entering the compound and asked my husband if anyone was coming to see him. Suddenly they...
Christians in India Mark 9th Anniversary of Country’s Worst Anti-Christian ViolenceAugust 25, 2017 — Many Christian Victims Remain Afraid Nearly a Decade Later 08/25/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) and India’s Christian community are marking the ninth anniversary of the 2008 anti-Christian...
ICC Supports Families of Christians Imprisoned for Taking Children to Summer CampAugust 24, 2017 — By Amy Penn 8/24/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – For many children, church summer camps are a fun and memorable way to meet new friends, learn about God, and...
Local Authorities in Upper Egypt Prevent Christians from Holding Sunday WorshipAugust 23, 2017 — Church Building Regulations Continue to Be Used to Persecute Egypt’s Christians 08/23/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, August 20, police...
Militants Kill Four Men in Eastern Kenya for Their Christian FaithAugust 21, 2017 — 08/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 17, 2017, al-Shabaab militants perpetrated another attack in Kenya’s Lamu County where four Christian...
ICC Supports Survivors from Church Bombings in EgyptAugust 17, 2017 — By Amy Penn 8/17/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Sunday morning, men knelt on one side of St. Peter’s Church and women worshipped on the other. Suddenly, an...
Little Known, but Ever Present: Azerbaijan’s Religious PersecutionAugust 14, 2017 — By Amy Penn 08/11/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Overshadowed by its more flamboyant and media-grabbing neighbors, Turkey, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and China, the Caucasus region lies relatively...
State Government in India Passes Anti-Conversion Bill Despite Widespread OppositionAugust 14, 2017 — Jharkhand’s Christians Fear Increased Division and Persecution Under New Law 08/14/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Jharkhand Assembly, a state legislative...
Bishop Joel Mwendwa Murdered in Juba during Morning PrayersAugust 10, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 08/08/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Bishop Joel Mwendwa was leading morning prayers at the Christ Life Ministry Church on June 24. As the prayers and...
Low Caste Christians Mark 67 Years of Discrimination and Injustice Under India’s Scheduled Caste SystemAugust 10, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 08/10/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Low caste Christians, who make up nearly 80 percent of India’s Christian population, have marked August 10 with protests...
ICC Helps a Defector Escape from North KoreaAugust 10, 2017 — By Linda Jones 8/10/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - North Korea is one of the most oppressive countries toward Christians in the world. Unfortunately, Christians do not have the...
Canadian Pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim Released by North KoreaAugust 9, 2017 — Pastor Lim Released as North Korea's Longest-Held Western Prisoner in Decades 08/09/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Hyeon-Soo Lim, a Korean-Canadian pastor at the Light...
Persecution and Intolerance Continue to Define the Lives of Christians in PakistanAugust 7, 2017 — By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 08/05/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Pakistan is a Muslim majority country with 97% of the population identified as Muslims and 3% of the population...
