TURKMENISTAN: IS STATE REGISTRATION DISGUISED PERSECUTION?

May 10, 2004 — (Forum 18) As well as continuing to harshly persecute religious believers, Turkmenistan is also refusing to allow religious communities to see requirements the authorities insist communities must follow to be...

ICC Releases Vietnam Prisoner List

May 7, 2004 — International Christian Concern2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941Washington, DC 20006-1846www.www.persecution.orgEmail: [email protected] International Christian Concern (ICC) Releases Vietnam Prisoner List FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE You are free to disseminate the following news. We...

Police Drive Christians Into Canal, Killing Three

May 4, 2004 — (US Copts Association) In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, Egyptian police forces in El Minia, Egypt arrested a Coptic priest and four other Copts. After loading the...

Christians Pressured to Renounce Faith or Have Properties Confiscated

April 30, 2004 — (Forum 18) As part of the worsening anti-Protestant crackdown in north-west Uzbekistan, a Protestant farmer, Murat Abatov, has been publicly pressured to renounce his faith, with threats to confiscate his...

Saudis want jihad in Iraq, not in Saudi

April 24, 2004 — (UPI) Support for Islamic jihad or uprising in Iraq is popular among Saudis, but they don't want one fought in their own country, the New York Times said Friday. Outrage...

Christians Threatened With Being Shot if they do not Convert to Islam

April 21, 2004 — (Forum 18) Amid a major crackdown, eleven Protestants in Nukus were questioned at the public prosecutor's office and pressured to convert to Islam. They were also threatened with being shot,...

Terrorists Warn UN to Leave Falluja or Christians Will Be Targeted

April 19, 2004 — (Barnabas Fund) One of the Islamic rebel groups currently terrorizing Falluja has called on the United Nations to stop the US siege of the town or the group would attack...

Saudis Arrest and Torture Indian National Christian

March 31, 2004 — International Christian Concern 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941 Washington DC 20006-1846 www.www.persecution.org / Email: [email protected] For Immediate ReleaseYou are free to disseminate the following news. We request that you reference...

Another Young Christian Girl Abducted

January 21, 2004 — International Christian Concern2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941Washington, DC 20006-1846www.www.persecution.orgEmail: [email protected] Immediate Release: Another Young Christian Girl Abducted You are free to disseminate the following news. We request that you reference...

Filipino Pastor Imprisoned in United Arab Emirates

December 16, 2002 — Press Release December 16, 2002 UPDATE: As of December 18, 2002, ICC has received word that Rev. Alconga was released from prison on December 17. His current status is...

International Christian Concern Mourns Loss of Their Leader

August 28, 2002 — Press Release August 28, 2002 International Christian Concern Mourns Loss of Their Leader On August 27, 2002 the founder and president of International Christian Concern (ICC), Rev. Steven Snyder...

Ten More Christians Arrested In Saudi Arabia

May 14, 2002 — Press Release May 14, 2002 Ten More Christians Arrested In Saudi Arabia (Washington, DC May 14, 2002) On Friday May10, 2002, the Saudi police in Jeddah arrested ten...

Last Detained Christian to be Released in Saudi Arabia Speaks of His Ordeal

April 2, 2002 — Press Release April 2, 2002 Last Detained Christian to be Released in Saudi Arabia Speaks of His Ordeal "One day in prison did more for me than all my...

Saudi Arabia Tortures Christian Prisoners

January 30, 2002 — Press Release January 30, 2002 SAUDI ARABIA TORTURES CHRISTIAN PRISONERS Detained Christians fear for their lives Reports of torture follow statement from Saudi Embassy in Washington saying, "You release...

Hopes Dashed For Promised Release Of Detained Christians In Saudi Arabia

January 2, 2002 — Press Release January 2, 2002 Hopes Dashed For Promised Release Of Detained Christians In Saudi Arabia Health Concerns Mount as Prison Conditions Worsen Recent news about the promised "release"...

Saudi Arabia: 14 Detained Christians Released in Time for Christmas

December 26, 2001 — REPORT December 26, 2001 SAUDI ARABIA: 14 DETAINED CHRISTIANS RELEASED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS Nine Christians were released from jail on Christmas eve and five more were released on...