Hope Washes Up on the Shores of North KoreaJuly 6, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 07/06/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – As the people of North Korea continue to live under the Kim family’s brutal regime, citizens are left in poverty,...
Christians Arrested After Muslim Doctors Refuse to Treat Dying Christian in PakistanJune 29, 2017 — By Amy Penn 06/27/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – After jumping into a manhole to rescue coworkers exposed to a toxic gas in Pakistan’s sewage system, Irfan Masih himself...
ICC Provides Small Business for the Family of Pakistani Boy Accused of BlasphemyJune 28, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 06/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have consistently proven to be a deadly source of persecution for Christians. While blasphemy laws are supposed...
Colombian Government Takes Active Steps in Advancing Religious FreedomJune 26, 2017 — By Rafael Cardona 06/26/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - On June 9, 2017, Colombia’s Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Rivera Florez, signed and issued Resolution 0889 (RES-0889), which outlines...
A New Life for the El-Arish Widows of Executed Coptic ChristiansJune 22, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 06/22/2017 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Early this year, an Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula declared that they would eliminate the Christian minority, claiming that...
Government Raids Church Building in EgyptJune 21, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local Police Raid a Church Trying to Obtain Permission to Open Since 2016 06/19/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...
ICC Provides Sound Equipment to Church Displaced by Muslims in IndonesiaJune 15, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 06/15/2016 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Historically, Indonesia has been known as a secular country with religious tolerance, but there is growing evidence that Christians are in...
Hindu Radicals Attempt to “Wipe Out Christianity” in India’s Coimbatore DistrictJune 15, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 06/15/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “The aim of [the] ‘Hindu Munnani’ is to wipe out Christianity from our region,” Bishop T. Rajkumar recently told...
The Marawi Crisis in the PhilippinesJune 15, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 06/14/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Violence has erupted in the Philippines as the Maute group besieged Marawi, a Muslim-majority town in a country where more...
Americans Detained for 10 Hours and Deported from China for Carrying BiblesJune 8, 2017 — By Daniel Harris 06/08/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Alex’s heart was pounding so hard he felt sure the police could see it through his shirt. If that wasn’t...
ICC Rebuilds the House of a Fulani Attack Victim’s WidowJune 8, 2017 — By Linda Jones 06/08/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – In February of 2016, Islamic Fulani militants carried out a brutal attack against the Agatu Council area in Benue state,...
House Passes Assistance to Victims of ISIS’ Genocide by Unanimous ConsentJune 7, 2017 — HR 390, a Bill to Provide Humanitarian and Accountability Support to Iraq/Syria Moves on to Senate 6/7/2017 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is elated to...
Egypt’s Displaced Christians Struggle to Find Shelter and SecurityJune 7, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 06/07/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - In February of 2017, approximately 355 Christian families were forced to flee the city of El-Arish, Egypt after a series...
Christian Pastor in India Beaten and Denied Protection Under the LawJune 1, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 06/01/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Religious intolerance has grown significantly in India following the election of Prime Minister Narenda Modi and his BJP-led government....
ICC Supports Christian Family Broken by Pakistan’s Notorious Blasphemy LawMay 31, 2017 — By William Stark 06/01/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On June 4, 2015, the life of a Christian family in Pakistan’s southern city of Mirpur Khas came to a...
Giving Voice to Egypt’s Palm Sunday Bombings’ Survivors, Part 2May 27, 2017 — By Amy Penn 05/27/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) visited three martyrs’ families from last month’s Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt. We listened as...
