Representatives Trent Franks and Frank Wolf Speak Out Regarding Pregnant Mother’s Conviction By A Sudanese Court

May 15, 2014 — ICC Note: The below is a press release issued jointly by Representatives Trent Franks (R-AR) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) detailing their responses to Meriam Yahia Ibrahim's conviction Sunday of charges...

Sixty-Eight Lawyers in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy

May 14, 2014 — Series of Incidents Involving Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Highlights Widespread Abuse 5/14/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 68 lawyers in Pakistan have had...

Human Rights and Faith-Based Organizations Hold Prayer Vigil, Public Witness at Nigerian Embassy

May 14, 2014 — Spiritual Leaders, Activists, and Concerned Citizens Lay 276 Flowers, Pray with Family Members of Girls Abducted by Boko Haram 05/14/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC)...

Pregnant Mother Convicted of Apostasy by Sudanese Court as U.S. Celebrates Mother’s Day

May 11, 2014 — Mother Pregnant with Second Child Convicted of Apostasy, Adultery 05/11/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian mother pregnant with her second...

Egypt’s Christians Missing in the Struggle for Rights

May 9, 2014 — By Todd Daniels and ICC’s Egypt Correspondent 05/09/2014 Washington, DC. (International Christian Concern) – Egypt is preparing for presidential elections at the end of this month. The United States Congress...

Christians in Captivity in Iran

May 7, 2014 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05/07/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Today is Saeed Abedini’s 34th birthday and it marks 589 days that the Iranian-American Christian has been imprisoned in Iran....

Not Enough: Boko Haram Conducts Follow-Up Kidnapping to Mass-Abduction of 243

May 6, 2014 — 05/06/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Boko Haram is suspected in the abduction of...

90 Percent of 180 Identified Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Profess Christianity

May 5, 2014 — 05/05/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Boko Haram has overwhelmingly abducted self-proclaimed Christians in...

ICC Calls on Government of Sudan to Release Christian Mother on Death Row

May 5, 2014 — 05/02/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - This morning, International Christian Concern (ICC), a Washington D.C. based non-profit that assists religious minorities facing discrimination for their faith, called upon the...

Forced Conversion of Christians Becoming Disgracefully Common in Pakistan

April 29, 2014 — By: William Stark & ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 4/29/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Forced conversion in Pakistan is becoming more of an issue of concern for the Christian community....

Attacks on Christians Spike as Hindu Nationalists Set to Take Control of India

April 28, 2014 — Christian Community Deeply Distressed by Potential BJP Takeover By: ICC’s India Correspondent 4/28/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The Christian minority of India is very concerned about their future...

Christian Convert Dragged from Home and Publicly Executed in Somalia

April 25, 2014 — Parents Grieve after Witnessing Daughter’s Murder for Her Faith 4/25/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that suspected al-Shabab militants have murdered a woman...

China: Thousands of Christians Form New Blockade As Authorities Return to ‘Reconstruct’ Church

April 23, 2014 — Local Officials Renege on Earlier Agreement Allowing Sanjiang Church to Keep Cross 04/21/2014 China (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that thousands of Christians in Wenzhou,...

Malatya Massacre: Seven Years Later Justice is Still Waiting

April 19, 2014 — “We Won’t Forget, We Won’t Let It Be Forgotten” 4/19/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Friday, April 18th marked the seventh anniversary of the brutal murders of three Christians at...

Appalling Escalation in Violence across Nigeria Leading Up to Easter Sunday Celebration

April 17, 2014 — 04/17/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic insurgency and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Boko Haram has unleashed a series of attacks...

China: Thousands of Christians Form Human Shield to Protect Church from Destruction

April 5, 2014 — Showdown Imminent After Officials Post Demolition Notices 04/05/2014 China (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that thousands of Christians have formed a human shield around a...