Libyan Authorities Urged to Overturn Convictions of 11 ChristiansAugust 20, 2025 — 8/20/2025 Libya (International Christian Concern) — Amnesty International recently called for the convictions of 11 Christians convicted in Libya to be overturned, citing "grossly unfair" trials. The human rights organization...
10 Years Later: The Slaying of 21 Christians in LibyaFebruary 19, 2025 — 2/18/2025 Libya (International Christian Concern) — Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of 21 Christians who were slain by the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Libya on Feb. 15, 2015, because...
Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting NationsJanuary 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...
NGOs Struggle Against Foreign Funding Laws, ICC Report RevealsSeptember 4, 2024 — 9/4/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern released its latest report focusing on the challenges faced by non-governmental and Christian organizations due to financial laws and regulations in...
ICC Perspectives: Christians are Leaving the Middle East. So Why is Persecution Increasing?May 24, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — Every month, International Christian Concern (ICC) sources in the Middle East witness Christians leaving the region. The rates are especially alarming in countries...
A New Year Brings Waves of Persecution in North Africa January 24, 2024 — 01/23/2024 North Africa (International Christian Concern) – In the past several months, North Africa has seen a disturbing surge in persecution of its national Christians, with Mauritania, Algeria, and Libya...
Thousands Dead in Libya FloodsSeptember 14, 2023 — 09/14/2023 Libya (International Christian Concern) – More than 5,100 people have died, with thousands more missing and feared dead, in the Libyan city of Derna after severe flooding. The flooding...
Libyan Court Sentences 23 ISIS Militants to Death for Involvement in 2015 Insurgency June 14, 2023 — 6/13/2023 Libya (International Christian Concern) – A Libyan court sentenced 23 ISIS-Libya militants to death for their involvement in the 2015 insurgency centered on the city of Sirte on the...
Libyan Security Agency Arrests Christians Accused of ProselytizingApril 19, 2023 — 04/19/2023 Libya (International Christian Concern) – Two American school teachers accused of being “missionaries inviting Muslim Libyans to convert to Christianity” were detained and deported to Tunisia last week by...
Libyan Convert Sentenced to Death Under Controversial Apostasy LawSeptember 13, 2022 — 09/13/2022 Libya (International Christian Concern) – Libyan authorities sentenced an unidentified young man to death, according to Middle East Concern, based on a loophole in an apostasy law. Four years...
Libyan Church Seeks to Appeal Court Eviction NoticeMarch 31, 2022 — 03/31/2022 Libya (International Christian Concern) – After a February 15 court hearing, the Union Church in Tripoli received official court orders to vacate and be evicted from their place of worship....
Coptic Christians Remember the 21 Martyrs Beheaded by TerroristsFebruary 17, 2022 — 02/17/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On February 15, 2015, twenty Egyptian Coptic Christians and one Ghanian Christian were killed by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State on the beaches...
Son of Former Libyan Dictator Submits Presidential Candidacy RequestNovember 23, 2021 — 11/23/2021 Libya (International Christian Concern) – The son of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, filed to run for the nation’s December presidential elections. The younger Gaddafi spent six...
Christians In Libya An Unwelcome and Ignored MinorityNovember 7, 2021 — 11/07/2021 Libya (International Christian Concern) – With 17 Egyptian Coptic Christians still missing in Libya, fear for the lives and freedoms of Libyan Christians remains high. Ten years after the death...
Egyptian Coptic Christians Disappear in LibyaOctober 22, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="99667" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] Friends and Families Concerned About a Repeat of ISIS-Styled Executions 10/22/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...
Libyan Church Hearing Rescheduled with Eviction LoomingSeptember 13, 2021 — 09/13/2021 Libya (International Christian Concern) – Union Church in Tripoli expects to be evicted shortly from its place of meeting for the last 51 years. Today, September 13, another hearing is...
