Christian Children and their families punished for Praying in EritreaDecember 4, 2017 — ICC Note: The persecution of Christians continues to prevail, but is not getting the international attention it deserves. Several countries in Africa violate the basic human rights of Christians without...
Eritrean Government is Using New Strategies to Persecute ChristiansDecember 1, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrea has long been a persecutor of Christians. Since 2002, every form of Christianity besides three denominations have been banned from worshipping or practicing their faith. In the...
Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia Stage Protest To Stop RegimeNovember 20, 2017 — ICC Note Refugees and friends staged a protest outside the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa last week. They were protesting the “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations” in...
Eritrea Has Four Legal Religions…. For Now.November 14, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrea’s government continues to interfere in the lives of the Religious community in their country. There are only 4 legal relious groups in Eritrea, which include the Orthodox...
Eritrea Second Worst Country With Freedom of PressNovember 13, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrea is one of the most repressive regimes in the world today. Until this year, Reporters Without Borders has ranked them as the worst nation in regards to...
Eritrea Forces Christian Schools to Close, All Schools Now Public and SecularNovember 8, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrea has required all schools to become public and remove all religious education and ornamentation. They have closed a catholic school which refused to close itself and wouldn’t...
Eritrea Among Worst Communist Countries Against ChristiansOctober 23, 2017 — ICC Note Communism is one of the greatest attackers of Christianity worldwide. This month marks the 100th anniversary since the rise of Communist Russia and the Bolsheviks. Even though communism...
Eritrean Mother Describes Struggle of Raising Christian Children in Repressive StateOctober 11, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrea is one of the world's most repressive regimes. Since its decree in May 2002, there have only been 4 state sponsored religions allowed. These include the Eritrean...
Eritreans Raise Concern over Patriarch’s Health and SafetySeptember 19, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrean Christians are once again raising concern for the safety and health of the Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Patriarch Antonios. The leader of the church was...
Sudan is Forcefully Returning More than 100 Refugees to Hostile Eritrean ControlSeptember 17, 2017 — ICC Note The Sudanese Government is forcefully sending back 100 Eritrean Refugees who were fleeing the oppression of their homeland. This is even though it is a serious violation of...
Eritrean Christian Mother Describes Husbands CaptivitySeptember 15, 2017 — ICC Note Eritrea, which has been called the North Korea of Africa, is one of the most repressive states in the world. In 2002, the Eritrean government declared that there...
Mother Who Died in Eritrean Prison Shows Possible Signs of TortureAugust 28, 2017 — ICC Note This month, a mother died in a prison camp in Eritrea just for following her faith. Fekadu Debasay, was a mother of three living in the most repressive...
Christian Mother of Three Dies in Captivity in EritreaAugust 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Eritrea is one the most repressive nations in the world. It does not allow any information into or out of the country that it thinks does not fit...
Nearly 10 Percent of Eritreans Have Fled in Recent YearsJuly 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Eritrea has been called the “North Korea” of Africa. This is not an exaggeration. The country is so closed off that many of its own people flee by...
Eritrea Redetains Patriarch of Orthodox Church After Only One Day at MassJuly 20, 2017 — ICC Note: Patriach Abune Antonios, head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Was allowed to attend mass for the first time in over a decade. It was a short lived freedom...
Eritrean Patriarch Allowed to Attend Church For First Time in a DecadeJuly 18, 2017 — ICC Note: The legitimate patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Abune Antonios, has been allowed to attend a mass for the first time since he was placed under house arrest...
