USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Sri LankaJuly 3, 2024 — 7/3/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a report on June 27 outlining the current conditions for religious freedom in...
Court Sentences Christian Man to Death Nearly a Year after Jaranwala RiotsJuly 2, 2024 — 7/2/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — An anti-terrorism court in Sahiwal, Pakistan on Monday sentenced a Christian man to death for his alleged role in inciting the Jaranwala riots that...
Religious Persecution Takes Center Stage in Indian ParliamentJuly 2, 2024 — 7/2/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — In a speech this week in India’s lower house of parliament, Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition, raised the issue of violent Hindu nationalism...
ICC Perspectives: Indian Christians Continue Appealing to the Government for ProtectionJune 28, 2024 — 6/28/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The trend of a weaponized government and citizen mob violence against India’s Christian minority has only grown worse in recent months, and believers continue...
Hidden Realities: Exploring the Lives of Women Laborers in Pakistan’s Brick KilnsJune 27, 2024 — 06/27/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Amid the steady hum of chatter exists a silent symphony of suffering where women toil day and night to meet not only their brick quota,...
Christian Woman Brutally Killed by Hindu RelativesJune 26, 2024 — 6/26/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A woman in the southern region of Chhattisgarh was brutally hacked to death on June 24 by fanatic Hindu relatives following a dispute over...
ICC Perspectives: India’s Recent Elections May Prove Positive for Persecuted Religious MinoritiesJune 25, 2024 — 6/25/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — After months of campaigning and a weeks-long voting process, the results of India’s general election are a surprise to many analysts. While Prime Minister...
Rajasthan Considers Anti-Conversion Law June 24, 2024 — 6/24/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The North Indian state of Rajasthan is considering an anti-conversion law to prevent fraudulent and forceful religious conversions. If implemented, Rajasthan could become the 11th...
Wife of Pakistani Christian Recently Killed by Muslim Mob DiesJune 21, 2024 — 6/21/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Naseem Nazir, wife of Nazir Masih, an elderly Christian who died after being brutally beaten by an angry Muslim mob, died on Friday after...
The Gift of New Life in PakistanJune 20, 2024 — 06/20/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – When Christians are freed from the bondage of working in Pakistan’s brick kilns, they often don’t have the skills they need to support themselves —...
Members of Mob That Killed Nazir Masih Released on BailJune 19, 2024 — 6/19/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Two weeks after Nazir Masih succumbed to injuries he sustained during a brutal mob attack on May 25, an International Christian Concern (ICC) source...
11 Christians Detained under India’s Anti-Conversion Laws ReleasedJune 18, 2024 — 6/18/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A law firm in the state of Madhya Pradesh last week secured the release of 11 Christians who had been detained since 2022 under anti-conversion...
Imprisonment of Two Christian Teenagers Approaches Five Year MarkJune 17, 2024 — 6/17/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Sunny Mushtaq and Noman Asghar, both Christians, were arrested on June 29, 2019, in Pakistan on blasphemy charges for receiving cartoon drawings of the...
The Unseen Struggle that Haunts Generations in PakistanJune 13, 2024 — 06/13/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – In the heart of Pakistan, where diversity is celebrated and cultural richness flows through the veins of its people, a sinister reality lies hidden, a...
ICC Perspectives: Christian Lynching Victim’s Death Reignites Blasphemy Law ProtestsJune 11, 2024 — 6/11/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — It is an unfortunate reality that many Christians in Pakistan live in fear that they could be the next target of Islamic extremism. This...
Indian Christians Told to Forsake Christ or Face Boycott, BanishmentJune 5, 2024 — 6/5/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — About 15 Christian families in one tribal village have been denied basic human needs for three months due to a socio-economic boycott order issued...
