Vietnamese Nuns Fear Government Takeover of Schools and ConventJanuary 20, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Sisters of the Holy Cross Lovers have been serving and evangelizing Vietnamese communities for 176 years. Their convent has been blessed to serve three primary schools and...
Questions Must be Asked After Fourth Pakistani Christian Dies in Police Custody in PakistanJanuary 20, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian human rights group concerned with Pakistan is demanding questions be asked of Pakistan's notoriously brutal police forced after a fourth Christian man has died in their...
Hyeon-Soo Lim Charges Called “Outrageously Unjust” According to Source Close to HimJanuary 19, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Detained pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim has been incarcerated since January of 2015 in North Korea with formal sentencing occurring ten months later. A source close to the pastor has...
10,000 Indonesians of Many Faiths Gather in Solidarity Post-AttackJanuary 19, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As Indonesia continues to pick up the pieces from the deadly terror attack in the capital city of Jakarta, a multi-faith gathering took part in a pre-scheduled rally...
Report Claims Violence Against Christians in India is on the RiseJanuary 19, 2016 — ICC Note: In a report published by the Indian Christian Persecution group, there were reportedly 365 instances of violent attacks on Christians in India in 2015. The report included reports on assaults, vandalism...
Family Accuses Police in Pakistan of Torturing Christian Man to Death in PrisonJanuary 19, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian family in Pakistan is accusing police of torturing a Christian man to death in prison last week. According to the family, police beat Liaqat Masih to...
12 Arrested in India for “Converting” to Christianity Without Government ApprovalJanuary 18, 2016 — ICC Note: 12 people have been arrested and sent to jail after being accused of illegally converting to Christianity from Hinduism in India's Madhya Pradesh state. In Madhya Pradesh, it...
Christian Persecution Up 20% in India Claims Christian NGOJanuary 18, 2016 — ICC Note: The Catholic Secular Forum has claimed that Christian persecution in India has seen a dramatic rise over the past year. According to the groups own research, they claim that persecution is...
Church Elder in China Charged after Six months in PrisonJanuary 15, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Hu Shigen, an elder of Yahebo Church in Beijing and long time democracy activist was formally arrested on January 8th after his initial detainment in July of 2015....
Religious Leaders come Together to Raise Awareness of Persecution in AsiaJanuary 15, 2016 — ICC NOTE: If there would be anything positive to come from the recent terror attack in Indonesia it would be the call for various faiths to join together and fight...
Christian Prayer Service Disrupted by Mob of Muslims in PakistanJanuary 15, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian prayer service at a private residence was disrupted by Muslims as part of an ongoing dispute between the two communities. The Christians have noted that this...
15-Year-Old Christian Girl Abducted and Forced to Convert to Islam in PakistanJanuary 15, 2016 — ICC Note: A 15-year-old Christian girl from the Kasur District of Pakistan's Punjab province has reportedly been abducted, forced to convert to Islam, and forcefully married to one of her...
Islamic State Attacks Indonesian Capital, Adding Peril to Already Persecuted ChristiansJanuary 14, 2016 — 1/14/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Islamic State-inspired terrorists attacked a shopping area early Thursday morning in the heavily populated Indonesian capital of Jakarta killing seven and injuring 19...
Korean-American Pastor Detained in North Korea on Charges of SpyingJanuary 14, 2016 — 1/14/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – According to Reuters and CNN, the most recent North Korean prisoner to be presented to the public has been identified as a Korean-American...
Stricter Islam in Malaysia could Spell Trouble for Religious MinoritiesJanuary 14, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Malaysia is a Muslim majority country in southeast Asia which has been rather tolerant of religious minorities in the past. However, recently there has been a shift in...
Christians in Pakistan Welcome New Year Only to Have Church Damaged in Arson AttackJanuary 14, 2016 — By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 1/14/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that unidentified assailants have set fire to a temporary structure used by a...
