Réfugié from Persecution

February 7, 2024 — 02/07/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Did you know the word refugee has its roots in religious persecution? Refugee is derived from the French word réfugié which described the time...

Video of Congressional Briefing on Atrocities Against Christians in Myanmar Released

January 16, 2024 — 01/16/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Chin Association of Maryland (CAM) has released a 5-minute video summarising the presentations from a Congressional Briefing that detailed the vicious acts the...

Civil War Ceasefire in Myanmar Broken Within Hours by Tatmadaw Military Dictatorship

January 16, 2024 — 01/16/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A fragile ceasefire brokered by the Chinese government on January 14 between the Tatmadaw and one of the pro-democracy military groups (the Three Brotherhood...

Six Million Children Face Severe Food Shortages in Ongoing Myanmar Civil War

January 6, 2024 — 01/05/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) -- The U.N. recently reported that more than six million children are facing major food shortages as the Myanmar war rages on from late 2023...

Questions Remain on US Aid for Burma

November 29, 2023 — 11/29/2023 Burma (International Christian Concern) — Congress delayed a decision on 2024 funding for Burma to next year, in a quiet decision made earlier this month. Short-term funding for the...

War in Myanmar Escalates as Tatmadaw Loses More Control

November 29, 2023 — 11/29/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Fighting in Myanmar is escalating quickly, posing the biggest threat to the Tatmadaw’s control of Myanmar since they took power in a ruthless coup in...

Christian Victims File War Crimes Complaint Against Myanmar Military

October 26, 2023 — 10/26/2023 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – In a landmark move, five Christian victims of severe, ongoing persecution from the military dictatorship in Myanmar have filed a war crimes complaint in...

Burmese Military Kills 29 in Kachin Refugee Camp Bombing

October 13, 2023 — 10/13/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — The Burmese military, known as the Tatmadaw, bombed a refugee camp in the northern state of Kachin this week. The strike killed 29 and...

UN Relief Chief Visits Myanmar Amid Intensifying War Crimes by Junta

August 26, 2023 — 08/25/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Martin Griffiths, a British diplomat and current Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for the United Nations, recently visited war-torn Myanmar (commonly known as Burma) to...

Rohingya Christians: The Oppressed of the Oppressed

August 7, 2023 — by Mark S. 08/07/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) -- The Rohingya are among the world's most oppressed groups. But within the Rohingya there is a subgroup who are the oppressed...

Burmese Junta Grants Ousted Civilian Leaders Token Reprieve

August 2, 2023 — 08/02/2023 Burma (International Christian Concern) — The Burmese military, or Tatmadaw, announced on Tuesday that it would reduce Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint’s sentences. Suu Kyi and Win...

Unbowed by the Evil That Reigns in Myanmar

July 10, 2023 — By Mark S. 07/10/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) -- Since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar (commonly known as Burma), the number of the nation's Christian churches that have...

Military Junta Extends State of Emergency, Further Delaying Elections

February 2, 2023 — 2/2/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - The military junta currently ruling Myanmar has extended the nation's state of emergency for an additional six months. This means that the elections the...

Moderate Burmese Monk who Advocates for Religious Freedom, Dies in Thailand

November 1, 2022 — 11/01/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Ariya Vansa Bivansa, commonly referred to as “Myawaddy Sayadaw,” died at age 71 on October 27 of a heart attack...

Ethnic Pwo Karen Christian Pastor Murdered in Pathein

October 14, 2022 — 10/14/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – An ethnic Pwo Karen Christian pastor was murdered at his residence inside the church compound at night on September 2. Rev. Mahn Kyaw Soe...

Catholic Church in Shan State Desecrated by the Junta

September 17, 2022 — 09/17/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) continues to target churches as it fights local resistance forces in Christian-majority states. As intense fighting between the military and...