Kachin Pastor Shares His Ordeal in Prison

July 24, 2019 —

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07/24/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – At the Second Annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom,...

UN: U.S. Travel Ban on Myanmar Generals Not Enough

July 18, 2019 — 07/18/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On July 16, the State Department said that Burmese army chief Min Aung Hlaing, along with three other top officers and their families, would...

Myanmar Issues Arrest Warrant for Ultranationalist Monk

July 11, 2019 — 07/11/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On July 9, the western district court in Yangon ordered that an arrest warrant for ultranationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu be posted at his...

Forced Conversions Reported in Rakhine

June 14, 2019 — 06/14/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — According to the Chin Human Rights Organization, three Christians were forced to convert to Buddhism in Myanmar’s Rakhine State after village officials and local...

Arrest Warrant Issued for “Burmese Bin Laden”

May 30, 2019 — 05/30/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A court in Myanmar has issued an arrest warrant against Wirathu, a notorious Buddhist monk known as "the Buddhist bin Laden" for his incitement...

Over 50 Chin Villagers Kidnapped by Arakan Army

May 29, 2019 —

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05/29/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On February 2, 2019, 54 Kangtlang villagers were abducted by the Arakan Army (AA) to the AA base located between...

Kachin Groups, Burmese Government Discuss Safe Return of IDPs

May 26, 2019 — 05/26/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Today, several Kachin groups will sit down with representatives from the Burmese government to talk about repatriation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who fled...

Humanitarian Access Blocked for Myanmar’s Kachin State

May 18, 2019 — 05/18/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – According to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in Kachin and northern Shan state, nearly 47,000 people have been temporarily displaced...

Burmese Radical Monk Wants People to Worship Military Like God

May 16, 2019 — 05/16/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On May 5, hundreds of people joined a pro-military rally in front of the city hall in Yangon, to protest the government’s efforts to...

Ceasefire Extended to June in Myanmar’s North

May 4, 2019 — 05/04/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese Army (tatmadaw) has extended by two months a unilateral four-month ceasefire that was put in place last December in five regional commands...

Missing Pastor’s Family, Christian Group Call for Establishment of Task Force

April 22, 2019 — 04/22/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The family of abducted pastor Raymond Koh and a Christian group joined forces together on April 20 to urge Kuala Lumpur to act on...

Remembering the U.S. Missionary Who Brought Christianity to Myanmar

April 12, 2019 — 04/12/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – 169 years ago today, Adoniram Judson, the American missionary who first brought the gospel to Burma, died at sea and was buried in the...

NGO Steps In to Help Relocate Kachin IDPs

April 8, 2019 — 04/08/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A Japanese foundation has delivered a grant of US$300,000 to assist displaced Kachin communities in Myanmar’s Kachin state last week. In partnership with the...

Appeal for Imprisoned Pastor John Cao Postponed for the Sixth Time

March 25, 2019 — 03/25/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Chinese pastor John Cao was wrongfully convicted and received a seven-year sentence on “organizing illegal border crossings” in 2018. Despite his attempt to submit...

Kachin IDP Women Sold to China as Child-bearer

March 23, 2019 — 03/23/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state has not only displaced more than 100,000 people since 2011, it also created an opportunity...

ICC Develops Piglet Farms for Persecuted Women in Myanmar

March 23, 2019 — 03/23/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In Myanmar, the conflict between the Tamadaw and the Kachin Independent Army has left many families vulnerable. ICC connected with five displaced families that...