Hindu Leaders in Northern India Seek Ways to Prevent Religious ConversionsJune 30, 2021 — 06/30/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), a group of Hindu organizations in India’s Uttar Pradesh state are seeking ways to prevent...
Singapore Church Collaborates with Tech Companies to Reduce Online RadicalismJune 29, 2021 — 06/29/2021 Singapore (International Christian Concern) – The Catholic Church in Singapore has begun collaborating with the government and tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and TikTok on a project...
Christian in Pakistan Forced to Forfeit Promotion Due to Abuse and ThreatsJune 29, 2021 — 06/29/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – In May, a Christian in Pakistan was abused and threatened by Muslim coworkers at a hospital in Karachi after he received a promotion the...
Court in Pakistan Upholds Life Sentence of Christian Wrongfully Convicted of BlasphemyJune 28, 2021 — 06/28/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan upheld the life sentence of a Christian man convicted under the country’s controversial blasphemy...
ICC Partners with Free Burma Rangers to Provide Aid and Hope to 1,500 IDPsJune 28, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="125415" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 6/28/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Since the February 1 military coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected civilian government, infighting between the...
Malaysian Government Withholds Evidence Concerning Missing PastorJune 27, 2021 — 06/27/2021 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Malaysian pastor Joshua Hilmy, disappeared along with his Indonesian wife, Ruth Sitepu, on November 30, 2016. Joshua was a Muslim before converting to Christianity....
Church Leaders Call for Revival of Ministry of Minority Affairs in PakistanJune 27, 2021 — 06/27/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), church leaders in Pakistan are calling on the country’s government to revive the Ministry of...
Pakistani Christian’s Agricultural Lands Stolen by Muslim TenantJune 26, 2021 — 06/26/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Last month, a Christian in Pakistan had agricultural lands, inherited from his father, stolen from him by a Muslim tenant. Due to widespread discrimination,...
Ceasefire Between Local Fighters and Burmese Army in Chin StateJune 25, 2021 — 06/25/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – After weeks of intense fighting between the Burmese army and the local fighters belonging to the “Chinland Defense Forces” (CDF), there is now a...
Becoming Christian Threatens Her Job: Yaya’s StoryJune 25, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Indonesia Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1623872339684{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"] 06/25/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Yaya has long been curious about Christianity and had a desire to participate...
Equipping Evangelists One Bike at a TimeJune 25, 2021 — 06/24/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In November 2018, International Christian Concern (ICC) launched our Bibles and Bikes program in India. This campaign set the ambitious goal of bringing...
Church Leaders in Sri Lanka Call for Full Investigation into 2019 BombingsJune 25, 2021 — 06/25/2021 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), church leaders in Sri Lanka believe the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings...
Schoolchildren Vandalize Christian Graves in Central JavaJune 24, 2021 — 06/24/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On June 16, children from a school in Solo, Central Java province, vandalized twelve graves at Cemoro Kembar Cemetery. The Christian graves were defaced...
Hindu Nationalist Leader in India Tweets Support for Mass ‘Re-Conversions’ to HinduismJune 24, 2021 — 06/24/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – Using extremely anti-minority rhetoric, a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader in India on Wednesday tweeted his support for mass ‘re-conversion’ programs pushing Indian Christians...
33 Christians Serve as Prisoners of Conscience in VietnamJune 23, 2021 — 06/23/2021 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – According to a recently released report on human rights in Vietnam published by the California-based rights group Vietnam Human Rights Network (VHRN), Vietnam holds...
International Pressure Mounts on Imran Khan Over Offensive InterviewJune 23, 2021 — 06/23/2021 Canada (International Christian Concern) – A Canadian-based NGO is calling for the removal of a CBC interview with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. The group, Canadian Aid to Persecuted...
