U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Myanmar is Being Suffocated

June 26, 2024 — 6/26/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Speaking at an interactive dialogue last week, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, spoke of the dire state of human rights...

Military Beats, Detains Christians Following Raid

May 25, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — In Kachin state, Northern Myanmar, military forces detained dozens of Christian leaders, pastors, and youth on Thursday on suspicion of aiding rebel forces in...

Junta Forces Continue to Destroy Churches in Myanmar

May 23, 2024 — 5/23/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — According to the Burma Human Rights Network's (BHRN) April 2024 update report, the Tatmadaw military junta forces are continuing to destroy churches and persecute...

Burmese Junta Retakes Key Town Near Thailand Border

April 26, 2024 — 4/26/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — The Karen National Union, a rebel group in Myanmar, announced this week that it was staging a temporary retreat from Myawaddy, a key border...

Baptist Pastor Re-Arrested the Night He’s Released from Prison

April 23, 2024 — 4/23/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — To mark the Buddhist New Year festival of Thingyan, officials in Myanmar released 3,300 people from prison. Authorities re-arrested one of them, a Baptist...

Priest Shot During Sermon in Northern Myanmar

April 17, 2024 — 4/17/2024 Australia (International Christian Concern) — Two masked gunmen shot Catholic priest Paul Hkwi Shane Aung three times as he preached a sermon at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Myanmar’s...

Persecuting Burmese Junta Loses Major Border City to Rebel Forces

April 11, 2024 — 4/11/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — The Burmese military, or Tatmadaw, has waged war on the country’s many ethnic and religious minority communities since the country gained independence in 1948....

Myanmar Junta Continues Attacks on Civilians, Places of Worship

April 3, 2024 — 04/03/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Free Burma Rangers, an international NGO (non-governmental organization) delivering relief and development aid to civilians in Myanmar, reported this week that the Burmese military...

Aid Begins Flowing from Thailand to Burmese Military

March 26, 2024 — 03/26/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Thailand, in conjunction with the Thai and Myanmar Red Cross organizations, began delivering aid to Myanmar on Monday. The move, designed to address...

Neighboring States Evaluate Relations with Weakening Burmese Military Regime

March 20, 2024 — 03/20/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Even as the military regime ruling Myanmar continues to show signs of collapse across the country, the pariah government’s neighbors are showing signs of...

Burmese Military Forced to Sign Peace Deal with Northeastern Militia

March 4, 2024 — 03/04/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — In a statement Sunday, the Northern Alliance of Burmese insurgent militant group announced that it had signed a China-brokered peace deal with the Tatmadaw,...

Ethnic Militias Enjoy Continued Success in Fight Against Burma’s Military Dictatorship

February 27, 2024 — 02/27/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Occupying the smallest state in Myanmar, ethnic armed militias in Kayeh are waging an effective if fiercely contested battle against the military dictatorship that...

Burmese Military Junta Begins Conscription Amid Military Woes

February 20, 2024 — 02/20/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Burma’s military government announced this week that it would begin a national conscription amid high-profile losses in its war against the various ethnic militias...

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...