4000 Christian IDPs flee their camp under intense fightingJanuary 14, 2017 — ICC Note: At least 4,000 already displaced Kachin people have fled their displacement camp for China amid heavy fighting in Kachin State. The civilians fled the camp at around 4...
UN Rapporteur visits displaced Christians in MyanmarJanuary 11, 2017 — ICC Note: A UN Special Rapporteur in Myanmar is visiting internally displaced people (IDP) camps in Myanmar. Ms. Yanghee Lee visited IDPS at Mongna Roman Catholic Church, Mongna Baptist church,...
Two pastors still missing after being summoned by militaryJanuary 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Two Kachin pastors that disappeared on Christmas Eve have yet to be found. The two pastors had helped journalists who had traveled to their region to report on...
Bishop visits displaced Christians in MyanmarJanuary 5, 2017 — ICC Note: A bishop in Myanmar has prioritized visiting internally displaced people in Kachin state. Clashes between militants and Myanmar’s army have forced over 100,000 people from their homes. The...
Priests missing after helping journalists in MyanmarDecember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Two priests are missing in Myanmar after providing information to journalists about the bombing of a Catholic church. On December 25th, parishioners noticed two assistant priests were missing...
Shelling forces Christian IDPs from refugee campsDecember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Shelling by Myanmar’s military has forced people that have already been displaced from their homes to be displaced from their makeshift refugee camps. Already cut off from aid...
Civilians from Christian ethnic groups killed in MyanmarDecember 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Three civilians have been killed and 8 injured as Myanmar’s military ramps up their offensive against predominantly Christian ethnic groups in Shan state. The deaths happened during fighting...
Myanmar is blocking aid to Christian refugeesDecember 21, 2016 — ICC Note: The UN has been blocked by the Burmese government from providing aid to the estimated 100,000 people displaced by the military’s offensive in Kachin State. Separatist groups in...
New reports documents persecution of Christians in MyanmarDecember 14, 2016 — ICC Note: At a press conference on Tuesday, December 13th, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released two reports on religious freedom in Myanmar including a report...
As Myanmar takes another step away from peace, civilians and Christians will suffer moreDecember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: In another step toward religious oppression, and another step away from peace for Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, Myanmar’s lawmakers have voted to brand separatist groups in Shan...
More than 60 churches have been destroyed by the government in Myanmar since 2011December 7, 2016 — ICC Note According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, more than 60 churches have been destroyed in Kachin State since 2011. The most recent church to be destroyed, St Frances Xavier Catholic...
Kachin people call for the release of more than 50 detained civiliansDecember 2, 2016 — ICC Note: The Kachin people in Myanmar have called on the government to release civilians that were arrested by security forces. Fighting between a Kachin militia groups and Myanmar’s military...
Thousands of Christian-Kachin people flee conflict in MyanmarNovember 23, 2016 — ICC Note: More than 2,000 people have taken refuge in churches and monasteries in the most recent spate of violence by government forces against the predominantly Christian Kachin ethnic group....
With all eyes on the Mediterranean refugee crisis, few notice the 1 million Asian refugeesNovember 1, 2016 — ICC Note: While the refugee crisis spotlight rests on the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and the reaction of Western countries to the influx of refugees, very few have taken...
Nearly 1.7 million Kachin Christians live in fearOctober 27, 2016 — ICC Note: Since 2011 Myanmar has waged a military campaign against the 1.7 million Kachin people, nearly 99 percent of which call themselves Christians. Over the past five years up...
Religious intolerance on the rise in Southeast AsiaOctober 26, 2016 — ICC Note: Southeast Asia has been experiencing a rise of religious intolerance and persecution. Whether it is the growing influence of Sharia law in some countries or the outright oppression...
