Tightened Sharia in Aceh Worrisome for Indonesia’s ChristiansJanuary 31, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 01/31/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Less than a year after a hardline Islamic activist became the governor of Indonesia’s Aceh Province, emboldened local leaders...
Chinese Authorities Cut Visitation Rights to Imprisoned Christian LeaderJanuary 30, 2013 — Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2013) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that visitation rights for the family of a prominent Christian house-church leader in Xinjiang, China, have been severely...
Turkmenistan’s Persecuted Christians Need More AttentionJanuary 28, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 01/27/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – While Christians are subjected to extreme levels of repression in Turkmenistan; news comes out only sporadically from this former...
7 Christians ‘Falsely’ Accused of Killing Orissa Hindu Nationalist Remain in JailJanuary 22, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 01/18/2013 Washington D.C (International Christian Concern) – Seven Christians were accused of killing a Hindu nationalist leader, Laxmanananda Saraswati, in India’s eastern state of Orissa in...
Persecution Overshadows Cuban Leader’s Pledge on Religious FreedomJanuary 18, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 01/17/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Christians in Cuba were optimistic when Raul Castro took over from his brother, Fidel Castro, as the country’s supreme...
Christians Killed by Boko Haram over the Christmas Holiday, AgainJanuary 14, 2013 — By William Stark 1/14/2013 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Forty-two Christians were killed by Boko Haram militants over the Christmas holiday in Nigeria. This marks the third year in...
Nepal’s Christians Still Struggling for Equal RightsJanuary 12, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 1/12/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Expectations were high when Nepal was declared a secular state in May 2006, after more than two centuries of...
Iran Responds to International Pressure over Christians’ ArrestsJanuary 11, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 11/01/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The recent release of two pastors in Iran – Vruir Avanessian and Youcef Nadarkhani – suggests that international pressure...
Life Gets Tougher for Vietnam’s Christians After New DecreeJanuary 10, 2013 — Special Report by ICC 1/10/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Amid a campaign to arrest Christians, Vietnam’s communist government has implemented a new decree, giving authorities greater control over...
Indonesian Pastors Ask for Help in Battle against Discrimination, Mob ViolenceNovember 30, 2012 — By Ryan Morgan 11/30/2012 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In the hotbed of Islamic activism that is Bekasi, Indonesia, Christian pastors are fighting an uphill battle. Angry mobs of...
Mob Descends on Churches in Indonesia as Anti-Christian Sentiment GrowsNovember 28, 2012 — 11/28/2012 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that last week a mob composed of hundreds of angry Muslims descended on two churches in Indonesia’s...
Christian’s Blasphemy Trial Reconvenes in AlgeriaNovember 21, 2012 — Rights Advocates Condemn Christian’s Prison Sentence for Insulting Islam By Aidan Clay 11/21/2012 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – An Algerian Christian accused of defaming Islam was re-summoned to court Monday...
Christian Girl Acquitted of Blasphemy in PakistanNovember 20, 2012 — 11/20/2012 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Pakistani court dismissed blasphemy charges against a Christian girl on Tuesday who was jailed earlier this year for...
Muslim Mob Attempts to Lynch 14-Year-Old Christian for Urinating on QuranOctober 17, 2012 — Mob Destroys Churches When Police Intervene Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2012) – International Christian Concern has learned that several churches were burned down in Tanzania due to an incident in...
Christian Boy Accused of Defaming Muhammad in PakistanOctober 13, 2012 — Washington, D.C. (October 12, 2012) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian boy was accused by neighbors of blasphemy in Karachi, Pakistan for allegedly forwarding a text...
Christian Children Arrested for Defiling Quran in EgyptOctober 4, 2012 — Washington, D.C. (October 4, 2012) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two Christian boys were arrested in Egypt on Sunday for allegedly desecrating pages of a Quran. At...
