While Christians in Western nations don’t experience the same level of persecution that brothers and sisters face in other hot spots, religious freedom in these nations appears to be eroding.
In Quebec, secular laws prevent city workers from wearing religious symbols. Other Western laws dictate where and how Christians can pray and what they can share on social media. The growing Islamification in parts of Europe encroaches on Christianity and other faiths.
June 19, 2025 — 6/18/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — Christine walked nervously to the lectern on the fifth floor of the Longworth House Office Building on a recent sunny afternoon. Across the...
June 19, 2025 — 6/18/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In recent years, Nicaragua’s prison system has become a nightmare for Christian political prisoners and whoever else speak against the Sandinista National Liberation Front...
June 16, 2025 ICC News — 6/16/2025 North Korea — Now that North Korean Freedom Week has concluded, it’s worth considering the tragic story of Kim Yeo-man and nine other North Korean Christians who were imprisoned...
June 13, 2025 ICC News — 6/13/2025 North Korea — Shortly after Kim Sung-sik was arrested for distributing Bibles and leading a house church, authorities went after his family.
June 12, 2025 ICC News — 6/12/2025 Central Asia — Formerly part of the USSR, the five “stan” countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan — have a mix of ex-Soviet authoritarianism and Islamic nationalism...
June 11, 2025 ICC News — 6/11/2025 North Korea — Kim Sung-sik was 49 years old when he was arrested in 2007 at his home in Gungsim-ri, Hoeryong City, North Korea, after he was caught distributing...
June 10, 2025 ICC News — 6/10/2025 North Korea — The tragic yet powerful stories of 70 North Korean Christians who have disappeared with little or no trace from North Korea’s brutal, torturous prisons are now...
June 5, 2025 ICC News — 6/5/2025 United States — An executive order announced this week introduced near-total restrictions on travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, and Myanmar —...
June 4, 2025 ICC News — 6/4/2025 Cuba — A pastoral couple in Cuba faces eight years in prison for mentioning God as they stood up for their son, according to Christian Daily International.
May 29, 2025 ICC News — 05/29/2025 France (International Christian Concern) – Ever since the earliest days of the church, believers have faced the wrath of tyrants who feel threatened by the power of the gospel....
May 27, 2025 Project Highlight — 5/27/2025 Southeast Asia — Although Christians throughout Asia are increasingly facing severe persecution, the gospel is spreading, and more people are putting their trust in Christ in many East Asian...
May 26, 2025 ICC News — Throughout the month of May, you will come face to face with the reality of persecution through the stories of seven courageous believers ICC helped rescue. They are not just...
May 23, 2025 ICC News — 5/23/2025 South Korea — The Korea Israel Bible Institute (KIBI) opened South Korea’s first-ever Holocaust Museum in Palu, near the North and South Korean border.
May 20, 2025 ICC News — 5/20/2025 United States — Today, International Christian Concern (ICC) released an emergency petition calling on governments worldwide to grant asylum to Artemis Ghasemzadeh, her brother Shahin, and several other Iranian-Christian...
May 20, 2025 ICC News — 5/20/2025 United States — A new bill inspired by the story of Artemis Ghasemzadeh, a 27-year-old Iranian-Christian convert deported four months ago by the Trump administration, was introduced in Congress...
May 9, 2025 ICC News — 5/9/2025 United States — Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog group, last month released its annual report on global executions. The report documented 1,518 executions in 2024 — a 32%...
April 28, 2025 ICC News — 4/28/2025 North Korea — On April 28, Christians worldwide prayed and fasted for the freedom of North Korea’s citizens, particularly for the multitudes of believers inside the highly restricted nation.
April 24, 2025 — 4/24/2025 Nigeria — As the persecution of Christians throughout the world continues to grow, mainstream reporting of it is conspicuously missing.
April 17, 2025 ICC News — 4/17/2025 Australia — On April 4, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) began enforcing a new law criminalizing anti-conversion therapy, which now includes praying with someone about their...
April 11, 2025 ICC News — 4/11/2025 Nicaragua — Government authorities in Nicaragua have halted numerous church-led Lent and Easter celebrations, replacing them in some cases with government-run events designed to give the impression of religious...
