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24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Nepalese Bible College

October 13, 2026 Nepal, South Korea — Nepalese Police have arrested 24 South Korean Christians after complaints were lodged against them for “illegal religious teaching, training, and promotion.” Sources in Nepal and South Korea state that the...

Mob Burns Christian Man’s Home, Pharmacy Over Blasphemy Allegation

October 13, 2026 Pakistan — A Christian man’s home and adjoining pharmacy in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura district were burned by a mob on Oct. 9 following a blasphemy allegation, sparking safety fears for his family and...

Chhattisgarh’s Anti-Conversion Law Challenged in Court

October 13, 2026 India — A petition challenging the validity of the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, was heard in the Chhattisgarh High Court on Oct. 8, even as the intense persecution of the...

Burmese Military Occupying Two Churches in Kachin State

October 13, 2026 Myanmar — According to civil society sources, militias associated with the Burmese military dictatorship operating in Kachin state are using church grounds for military purposes. The U.S.-based Burma Research Institute (BRI) verified...

More than 500 Million Christians Face Restricted Access to the Bible

October 13, 2026 — The Bible Access Initiative, a collaboration of several ministries, has found that more than 500 million Christians live in nations where access to God’s Word is restricted. Additionally, the research...

Armenian Prisoners in Azerbaijan Report Restrictions on Religious Practice 

October 9, 2026 — Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan are being denied meaningful contact with their families, independent medical professionals, and international humanitarian monitors, while reports of restrictions on their Christian religious practice have...

Old Ideas Still Have Power

October 7, 2026 — By ICC Fellow Greg Cochran, PhD  Baptists at the Everett Center for Global Religious Freedom (Dallas Baptist University) published a report this summer measuring the global temperature on religious liberty.  ...

Hunted for Following Jesus

October 7, 2026 ICC News — In some communities, Muslims who leave Islam to follow Christ face rejection, threats, violence, and even death because of their faith. For Muslim-background believers, choosing to follow Jesus can place...

Plateau Governor Imposes Curfew After Pastor, 27 Others Killed in Week  

October 4, 2026 ICC News — David Nanpet, an eyewitness documenter with the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), was monitoring reports of renewed attacks across Plateau state when he received news that a pastor had been...

Nigeria Advances Police Reform as First Constitutional Amendment to Reach States

September 29, 2026 ICC News — Nigeria has taken an important step toward decentralizing its policing system after the National Assembly transmitted a constitutional amendment establishing state police services to all 36 state Houses of Assembly...

New Legislation Threatens Independent Documentation of Persecution in Nigeria

September 28, 2026 ICC News — Nigeria’s Senate is advancing legislation that could significantly expand government oversight of organizations receiving foreign funding, raising concerns that the measure could affect the ability of churches, humanitarian organizations, human...

Armenian Prisoners in Azerbaijan Report Restrictions on Religious Practice 

October 9, 2026 ICC News — Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan are being denied meaningful contact with their families, independent medical professionals, and international humanitarian monitors, while reports of restrictions on their Christian religious practice have...

The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part VI: When Christianity Becomes History 

October 7, 2026 ICC News — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette    Throughout this series, The Disappearing Christian Middle East, we have traveled through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.   Circumstances differ in...

The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part V: The Holy Land — When Christians Leave the Birthplace of Christianity 

October 6, 2026 ICC News — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette   Every December, Elias watches pilgrims pour into Bethlehem. From the doorway of his family’s small olivewood shop, he hears church bells ringing above the old...

The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part IV: Lebanon — The Last Christian Stronghold of the Arab Middle East?

October 5, 2026 ICC News — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette   For generations, Lebanon was different. In much of the Middle East, Christians lived as minorities navigating political systems dominated by larger religious communities. In Lebanon,...

24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Nepalese Bible College

October 13, 2026 ICC News — Nepalese Police have arrested 24 South Korean Christians after complaints were lodged against them for “illegal religious teaching, training, and promotion.” Sources in Nepal and South Korea state that the...

Mob Burns Christian Man’s Home, Pharmacy Over Blasphemy Allegation

October 13, 2026 ICC News — A Christian man’s home and adjoining pharmacy in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura district were burned by a mob on Oct. 9 following a blasphemy allegation, sparking safety fears for his family and...

Chhattisgarh’s Anti-Conversion Law Challenged in Court

October 13, 2026 ICC News — A petition challenging the validity of the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, was heard in the Chhattisgarh High Court on Oct. 8, even as the intense persecution of the...

Christians Reel Under Effects of Floods, Persecution in Chhattisgarh 

October 6, 2026 ICC News — Christians in Chhattisgarh, India, facing relentless pressure from Hindu nationalists, must now deal with the aftermath of recent floods. The flooding unfolded between Sept. 24 and 27 along the volatile...

Burmese Military Occupying Two Churches in Kachin State

October 13, 2026 ICC News — According to civil society sources, militias associated with the Burmese military dictatorship operating in Kachin state are using church grounds for military purposes. The U.S.-based Burma Research Institute (BRI) verified...

Chinese Pastor Detained for ‘Organizing Illegal Religious Activities’ 

October 2, 2026 ICC News — An Yankui was at his home when officials arrested him at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 29 for an investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities,” according to a police...

Conditions Worsen for Stateless Rohingya Christians

September 28, 2026 ICC News — The Rohingya are known largely as a Muslim ethnic group forcibly driven from Myanmar. But a small subset of Rohingya are Christian. Numbering about 1,500 in total, these Christians comprise...

Senators Lankford, King Honor Victims on CCP’s 105th Anniversary

September 25, 2026 ICC News — On Wednesday, the same day Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Washington to be feted by the United States, U.S. Senators James Lankford and Angus King introduced a bipartisan resolution...

24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Nepalese Bible College

October 13, 2026 ICC News — Nepalese Police have arrested 24 South Korean Christians after complaints were lodged against them for “illegal religious teaching, training, and promotion.” Sources in Nepal and South Korea state that the...

Old Ideas Still Have Power

October 7, 2026 ICC News — By ICC Fellow Greg Cochran, PhD  Baptists at the Everett Center for Global Religious Freedom (Dallas Baptist University) published a report this summer measuring the global temperature on religious liberty.  ...

Senators Lankford, King Honor Victims on CCP’s 105th Anniversary

September 25, 2026 ICC News — On Wednesday, the same day Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Washington to be feted by the United States, U.S. Senators James Lankford and Angus King introduced a bipartisan resolution...

Trump-Xi Meeting Comes Amid Ongoing Persecution in China

September 22, 2026 ICC News — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet in Washington on Sept. 24, with trade, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, Taiwan, and other issues expected to...

The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part III: Syria — War, Displacement, and a Vanishing Christian Community 

October 2, 2026 ICC Fellows, ICC News — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette   On Sunday, June 22, 2025, Christians gathered for worship inside Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus. Families sat together, prayers were spoken, and...

The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part I: Can Christianity Disappear from the Land Where It Was Born?

September 30, 2026 ICC Fellows, ICC News — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette   On a Sunday morning somewhere in the Middle East, an old church bell still rings.  It may sound across a neighborhood in northern Iraq, an...

Perspective on Middle East Policy, Politics, and Persecution  

April 1, 2026 ICC Fellows, ICC News — By ICC Fellow Dr. Greg Cochran  What makes a home? Beyond the quality of neighborhoods and locations near good schools, houses currently for sale must compete for the attention of skilled buyers who are well-suited to scrutinize — buyers making...

Economic Persecution (Part 1 of 5) 

March 9, 2026 ICC Fellows, ICC News — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow When persecution is discussed, it is usually framed in images of violence: burned churches, imprisoned pastors, mobs chanting in the streets. These images are real, and...

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