Gang members hired by authorities hospitalized Christians in China

January 5, 2017 — ICC Note: Christians have been hospitalized after being beaten for refusing to allow the destruction of church property. Seven or eight Gang members hired by local authorities waited outside a...

Christian activist denied life-saving operation in China

January 4, 2017 — ICC Note: A defender of human rights and Christian activist is being denied a life-saving operation in China. Huang Yan has helped many Christian prisoners and as a result has...

Women sentenced to 3 years for hosting Bible study

January 2, 2017 — ICC Note: A woman in Xingjiang province in China has been sentenced to three years in prison for holding a Bible study at her house. She claims the meeting was...

China’s new policy will push out non-profits, ministries

January 1, 2017 — ICC Note: China’s new laws on non-profits seems designed to force non-profits out of the country. The new policy requires NGOs to fully meet Beijing’s standards for non-profits working in...

Beijing wants Chinese Catholics to be independent of the Vatican

December 31, 2016 — ICC Note: A government official in China has suggested that Chinese Catholics must run their church independently from the Holy See. Yu Zhengsheng said that the Catholic church in China...

Disappeared human rights lawyer resurfaces

December 30, 2016 — ICC Note: A human rights lawyer that helped in the cases of approximately 100 cases of cross demolition involving churches has resurfaced after disappearing. Zhang Kai was summoned to the...

China’s policy on religion may only create more underground churches

December 28, 2016 — ICC Note: 2016 has been a difficult year for Christians in China. Beijing has come down hard on religion. UCA News notes that China is “restricting, harassing, torturing, and in...

China cracks down on “evil cults”

December 27, 2016 — ICC Note: China has ramped-up a crackdown on “evil cults,” however, many of the victims of the most recent crackdown has been Christians. The number of Christians detained is not...

Chinese officials disband Christmas services

December 26, 2016 — ICC Note: China has made attending Christmas mass for many Catholics a complicated ordeal. In Beijing, church-goers were subjected to hours of waiting to make their way through security checks...

Fears of torture grow for disappeared activist

December 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Fears are growing over the possible torture of disappeared Christian human rights activist Jiang Tianyong. Authorities still claim he has been released, however, no one is aware of...

China admits to detaining Christian activist

December 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Chinese authorities have finally admitted to detaining Christian human rights activist Jiang Tianyong, weeks after his disappearance. Chinese law requires police to notify the family within 24 hours...

Even the tenants of relatives of human rights activists are not safe in China

December 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Casting an increasingly wider net against human rights activists, China has now detained the tenant of the apartment owned by the brother of the Christian human rights activist,...

Chinese pastor to face trial for “illegally possessing state secrets”

December 15, 2016 — ICC Note: A Chinese pastor who has been jailed for “obstructing justice” and “gathering a crowd to disturb public order” has learned that his trial has been scheduled for December...

New law will target NGOs in China

December 15, 2016 — ICC Note: A new law regarding NGOs will likely broaden China’s crackdown and give it another tool to use against religious organizations. The NGO law grants broad powers to police...

China’s Disappearing Christian Activist

December 15, 2016 — By Daniel Harris 12/15/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Jin’s size belies her stature. Coming in under five feet, with heels on, at first glance one may not be...

China ignores request for autopsy, dissects body of imprisoned Christian activist

December 12, 2016 — ICC Note: China has denied the family of Chinese-Christian human rights activist, Peng Ming, the right to attend his funeral and the rights to his remains by dissecting his body...