ERCC Preacher Arrested after Officiating FuneralMay 8, 2021 — Beijing Has Targeted Multiple Church Leaders Nationwide 05/08/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on May 7, a preacher from the heavily-persecuted house church in...
Civilian Armenian POW Faces Terrorism Charges in AzerbaijanMay 6, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Man Charged Is Descendant of 1915 Genocide 05/06/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that on May 5, 2021, Azerbaijan approved an...
Preachers from Zion Church in Beijing Arrested, DetainedMay 4, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] The Disbanded House Church Continues to Face Persecution 05/04/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 28, two preachers from...
President Biden Affirms Armenian Genocide of 1915April 24, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Joe Biden Becomes First President Since Reagan to Designate Armenian Massacre as a Genocide 04/24/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern has learned that President...
Sens. Coons, Lankford and Reps. Cuellar, Smith join Manchin and Brownback as bipartisan co-chairs of International Religious Freedom Summit 2021April 22, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Summit keynote speakers also to include Imam Magid, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop Angaelos, Lord David Alton, Frank Wolf and others 04/22/2020...
USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report on International Religious FreedomApril 21, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Recommends that 14 Countries be Designated as Countries of Particular Concern for Religious Freedom Violations 04/21/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –Today, the United States Commission on International...
ISIS Executes Sinai ChristianApril 19, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Egypt’s Response Highlights Timeline Discrepancy Between Kidnapping, Execution, and Publication 04/19/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 17,...
Announcement of Anti-Conversion Law Initiates Wave of Persecution in Southern IndiaApril 14, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s India Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1618408024954{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"] 04/14/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On January 6, the Minority Welfare Minister of India's Karnataka state announced...
Azerbaijan Opens “Trophy Park” Celebrating GenocideApril 13, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="123941" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] Turkey Continues “One Nation, Two States” Rhetoric with Azerbaijan 04/13/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...
Canadian Member of Parliament Advocates for Yaqoob Bashir MasihApril 12, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] 04/12/2021 Canada (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned Canadian Member of Parliament Garnett Genuis has written a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan...
Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Falsely Accused of Blasphemy by Muslim CoworkerApril 9, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Mob Shuts Down Hospital Calling for Christians to be Hanged 04/09/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...
Coptic Christian Woman and 6-Year-Old Son MurderedApril 9, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Egyptian Media Minimizes Vulnerability of the Victims as Christians 04/09/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on...
Turkey Sentences Priest to Imprisonment for Acts of Religious CharityApril 7, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Anti-Terrorism Laws Used to Disregard Religious Freedom 04/07/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 07, 2021, a Turkish...
India’s Gujarat State Passes New Anti-Conversion LawApril 6, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] BJP-Led Government Tightens Restrictions on Religious Conversions 04/06/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) led government...
U.S. State Department Releases Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020March 31, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Secretary of State Antony Blinken signals emphasis on international human rights but leaves emphasis of religious freedom less clear. 03/31/2021 Washington D.C. International Christian Concern (ICC) has...
Makassar Cathedral Attacked by Suicide BombersMarch 28, 2021 — 20 People Wounded, Two Suspects Killed 03/28/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 28, a suspected suicide bomber blew up outside a Catholic church...
