Christians in Former-Soviet Central Asian Nations Increasingly Face PersecutionJune 12, 2025 — 6/12/2025 Central Asia (International Christian Concern) — Formerly part of the USSR, the five “stan” countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan — have a mix of ex-Soviet authoritarianism...
Online Jesus Film Reaches Persecuted Nations in Southeast Asia and Beyond March 27, 2025 — 3/26/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Revelation Media announced the results from its six-month campaign where it intentionally and strategically targeted spreading its Real Story of Jesus short film...
Ignorance as the Best Defense: Why 30 Percent of CPCs Receive Little AttentionJune 19, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Amy Penn" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1529415210498{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99664" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 06/19/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – There are two regions in the world that account for 60 percent...
Leaders Recognize Religious Radicalization as Problem in Central Asian StatesMarch 5, 2018 — ICC Note: From February 22-23, 2018, five Central Asian and European Union leaders met to discuss the most pressing issues surrounding Central Asia. One of the topics included religious radicalization....
Evangelical Churches Denied Registration in TurkmenistanJanuary 27, 2018 — ICC Note: In March 2016, Turkmenistan passed a new law on Religious Organizations and Religious Freedom which required all religious entities to re-register with the government. Without registration, the entities...
No Improvement for Religious Minorities in TurkmenistanSeptember 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: With new amendments being enacted within Turkmenistan, the situation for religious minorities seems to have no change for the better. There was hope in 2006 after the death...
Turkmenistan has Opened Door for President to Remain in Office for LifeSeptember 14, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In what can only be seen as a continuing trend for Central Asian countries, the President of Turkmenistan has signed new sweeping amendments from the rubber stamp parliament...
Human Rights Group Calls for Turkmenistan to Address its Porous RecordAugust 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A prominent human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has put in a request with the German government to voice the displeasure of the international community to the Central...