USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report on International Religious FreedomApril 21, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Recommends that 14 Countries be Designated as Countries of Particular Concern for Religious Freedom Violations 04/21/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –Today, the United States Commission on International...
Christians in Sri Lanka Mark Second Anniversary of 2019 Easter BombingsApril 21, 2021 — 04/21/2021 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Bombings in Sri Lanka. Christians from across the country continue to call for an...
Raid on Chinese Church Results in Court HearingApril 20, 2021 — 04/20/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – In a joint operation, the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs raided the Mt. Olive Church on March 24, confiscating pamphlets, Bibles, books, and...
African Leaders Ignore China’s Religious Freedom ViolationsApril 20, 2021 — 04/20/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Ambassadors from across Africa spoke at an event in Beijing last month supporting China’s persecution of religious minorities. The event centered around whitewashing China’s largest-scale...
Abducted Teen Reunited with Christian Family in PakistanApril 20, 2021 — 04/20/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Last month, police helped recover a Christian teen who was kidnapped and forcefully converted to Islam in Pakistan. The recovery marks one of the...
Vu A Sua Family in VietnamApril 19, 2021 — [vc_single_image image="123612" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 04/19/2021 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Due to systemic persecution by their government, many Hmong Christians in the Northern Highland of Vietnam have fled their native...
Another Suspect Linked to Makassar Cathedral Attack ArrestedApril 19, 2021 — 04/19/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Special Anti-Terror Squad (Densus 88), together with the South Sulawesi Regional Police, arrested a man in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi today. He is...
Pakistan Bans Islamist Political Party Amid Violent ProtestsApril 19, 2021 — 04/19/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Last week, the Pakistani Government ban the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a political group know for its violent support of the country’s blasphemy laws. The...
A Field Worker Called to a Plentiful Harvest Part 3April 18, 2021 — [vc_single_image image="123889" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] 04/18/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – At first, it was just a dream to reach Indonesian students with the gospel. At first, it seemed Lucia...
Chinese Priest Urges the Pope to Save Targeted OrphanagesApril 18, 2021 — 04/18/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – Several Catholic orphanages have been targeted by the Chinese authorities and face closure as Beijing seeks to minimize religious influence on minors. In response,...
Authorities in Pakistan Block Press Conference Regarding Blasphemy AccusationsApril 18, 2021 — 04/18/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Christian leaders in Pakistan were blocked from holding a press conference regarding the arrest of...
Church Leaders in Papua Call for UN Investigation on Human Rights AbuseApril 18, 2021 — 04/17/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Church leaders in Indonesia’s Papua are calling on the United Nations to investigate allegations of human rights abuse and a growing military presence as...
Christian Family in India’s Jharkhand State Trapped by Police Orders and Harassed by Hostile VillagersApril 17, 2021 — 04/17/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a Christian family in India’s Jharkhand state has been confined to their home for months after being accused of...
Indonesian Police Kill Terrorist Linked to Makassar Cathedral AttackApril 16, 2021 — 04/16/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A terrorist suspect allegedly linked to a suicide bombing at a Catholic cathedral in Makassar in South Sulawesi province on Palm Sunday, was shot...
Human Rights Groups Call for Renewed Scrutiny of North Korea ViolationsApril 15, 2021 — 04/15/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A coalition of human rights groups, including International Christian Concern, signed a letter published Wednesday urging President Biden to reprioritize human rights in North Korea....
A Field Worker Called to a Plentiful Harvest Part 2April 15, 2021 — [vc_single_image image="123886" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] 04/15/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Monday you read about Lucia, a field worker with a dream to reach her local college student population...
