Religious Freedom Advocates Challenge Revival of Dormant Anti-Conversion Law in India

October 14, 2025 — The All-India Catholic Union (AICU) wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, expressing its objection to the revival of the dormant 1978 anti-conversion law known as the Arunachal...

Taliban Enjoys Growing International Acceptance Despite Ongoing Persecution

October 10, 2025 — Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — On Sept. 30, the last day of the U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Week, the U.N. Security Council temporarily lifted a travel ban on Taliban Foreign...

A shine dedicated to Swami Laxmanananda sits within a walled area in Kandhamal, India. His murder triggered three months of violence against the minority Christian population in the area. Kandhamal, Odisha, India. 2018. Photo: John Fredricks

22 Hindu Villages Decide to Strip Christians of Basic Rights

October 8, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — More than 400 people from 22 villages in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, India, gathered on Oct. 5, deciding to strip Christians of their burial...

Forced Out for My Faith in Christ

October 8, 2025 — By Sameer Patel On Saturday, Sept. 27, my mother came to me with a troubled expression. Her voice trembled as she spoke to me. “You must leave the village!” she...

When Will New CPC Designations Be Made?

October 6, 2025 — First appearing in 1999, the U.S. Department of State maintains a Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) list that names countries for either engaging in or tolerating ongoing severe violations of...

Pastor Survives Assassination Attempt in Islamabad

October 2, 2025 — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A Presbyterian pastor narrowly survived an assassination attempt on Sunday morning after being shot in Islamabad’s Iqbal Town. Pastor Kamran Naz, head of the Presbyterian...

Rising Attacks on Christians in India’s Rajasthan State

September 29, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — Civil society organizations in northwest India’s Rajasthan state have protested the rising attacks on Christians just weeks after an anti-conversion law was passed by its government...

Christian Students in Pakistan Face Relentless Harassment at School

September 24, 2025 — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Maryam Hadayat, a fourth-grade student at a government primary school in Gujranwala, Pakistan, has been continuously harassed by her fellow Muslim classmates. “My fellows abuse...

Christian Man Faces Blasphemy Accusation in Pakistan

September 24, 2025 — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A first information report (FIR) was filed at the Nishtar Colony Police Station in Lahore, Pakistan, against a young Christian man and his uncle, but...

India’s Supreme Court Requests Responses to Petitions Against Anti-Conversion Laws in 9 States

September 17, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — On Tuesday, India’s Supreme Court requested responses from nine states regarding petitions challenging their anti-conversion laws. The court gave the states four weeks to respond....

Targeted in Chhattisgarh | ICC Exclusive On-the-Ground Report

September 16, 2025 — 09/16/2025 India (International Christian Concern) – After worship ended on Sunday, Aug. 10, in a remote Chhattisgarh village, most of the church members returned home. The few who stayed behind, however,...

New Nepalese Prime Minister Promises Democratic Elections Next Year

September 15, 2025 — Nepal (International Christian Concern) — Newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki, serving her first week on the job, promised on Sunday to facilitate elections in early 2026 and relinquish power...

Hindus Fear New Survey Could Lead to Christians Regaining Government Benefits

September 15, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — A draft list published last week by the southern Karnataka government in India for a socio-educational and economic survey, including Christian sub-castes, has raised objections from...

A group of Christians meet together near their rebuilt church in Kandhamal. During the Summer of 2008, almost every church in the Kandhamal area was destroyed by Hindu nationalists aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party, along with a local government mandate that made Christianity illegal during that time. Local Christian leaders report that there are twice as many churches in the area now as compared to 2008. Kandhamal, India. 2018. Photo: John Fredricks

ICC’s Persecution Response Training is ‘The Need of the Hour’

September 11, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — When a mob of angry Hindu nationalists stormed Pastor Sanjay’s church during Sunday morning worship on March 23, in Chhattisgarh, India, the pastor, thankfully, knew...

Uncovering the Truth in Chhattisgarh

September 9, 2025 — 09/09/2025 India (International Christian Concern) – When a church congregation and seven Christian families were brutally attacked because of their Christian faith in Chhattisgarh, India, last month, no major news outlet...

USCIRF Claims Religious Freedom is Eradicated in Afghanistan, Calls for Action

September 4, 2025 — 9/4/2025 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a press statement last week condemning the Taliban’s continued efforts to “subjugate and target” religious...