Sudan Orders Release of Petr Jasek

February 27, 2017 — ICC Note: After sentencing Czech aid worker Petr Jasek to over 20 years in prison, Sudan ordered the release of Jasek yesterday. Jasek was helping local Christian when the government...

Sudanese Government Arrests Four Christians on False Charges

February 25, 2017 — ICC Note: The Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) is facing numerous attempts at a government takeover. Most recently, government officials appointed committee members to run SPEC and allowed Muslims to...

Sudan orders demolition of 25 Churches

February 21, 2017 — ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in Sudan continues to increase as the authorities always find ways to impede their gatherings to worship and right to exercise their faith. An...

25 Christian Churches at Risk in Sudan

February 3, 2017 — ICC Note: The Sudanese government is reportedly prepared to tear down 25 Christian churches in the next several days. The government claims the churches are “trespassing” on residential locations but...

Christian Aid workers given harsh prison sentences in Sudan

February 2, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02/02/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, January 29, three Christians were sentenced by the Sudanese court in North Khartoum...

Pastor Expelled from Sudan for Planting Churches

January 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Another South Sudanese pastor became victim of persecution and discrimination in Sudan for evangelizing and planting three churches in the country. On November 18, 2016, the pastor was...

Sudanese Court Frees Imprisoned Pastor Facing Death Sentence

January 5, 2017 — Three Other Christians Remain Imprisoned on False Charges of Espionage 01/05/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor Kuwa Shamaal was acquitted by...

One of the Imprisoned Sudanese Pastors Released

January 4, 2017 — ICC Note: Yesterday, a Sudanese court released one of the four Christians imprisoned for crimes against the state. All of these charges are punishable by death. Three Sudanese pastors and...

Sudan Delaying Case against Pastors to Avoid Releasing Them, Sources Say

December 21, 2016 — ICC Note: December marks one year since three Sudanese Pastors and a Czech Christian aid worker have been jailed in Khartoum. Sudan now follows Sharia law and has grown hostile...

Sudanese pastors pressured to ‘inform’ or stand trial

December 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Pastors in Sudan are caught "between a rock and a hard place" as they are forced to either stand as witnesses against their fellow pastors in priosn or...

Two Christian Pastors Facing Death Penalty in Sudan for Their Faith: Global Petition Launched

December 13, 2016 — ICC Note: It has now been a year since the Christian pastors, along with a Czech Christian aid worker Peter Jašek, have been improvised. This petition comes among other calls to...

Fresh call for release of Christians facing death penalty in Sudan

December 12, 2016 — ICC Note: The call to release the three Sudanese pastors and a Szcech aid worker Christian Solidarity Worldwide comes exactly one year since they have been in prison. Christians Communities...

Imprisoned Muslim Woman Risks Life to Help Meriam Ibrahim Hide Bible, Converts to Christianity

December 7, 2016 — ICC Note: What a reminder that the word of God is alive is living and active (Hebrews 4:12)! The cellmate who saw Ibrahim risk her life for her faith was...

Sudan: hope shines brightly

December 6, 2016 — ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in Sudan has been growing every year. Despite persistent attempts by the government to stop Christians from worshiping or sharing their faith, the number of...

Trial of Czech journalist and pastors continues in Khartoum

November 30, 2016 — ICC Note: The trial of Sudanese pastors and a Czech aid worker has continued in Sudan with no real progress or end in sight. Sudan is known for persecuting Christians...

Mariam Ibraheem, Christian Mother Who Gave Birth in Chains, and Other Persecuted Christians Share Testimonies in DC

November 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Mariam Ibrahim was sentenced to death on Mother's day 2014, making headlines and calling attention to the severe Christian Persecution in Sudan. Her entire family suffered in the...