Examining the Intergenerational Trauma of PersecutionAugust 9, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Intergenerational trauma resulting from Christian persecution refers to the psychological and emotional wounds passed down through successive generations within Christian communities affected by persecution. This form...
Anti-Proselytizing Laws: Christians Persecuted Under the Guise of Religious FreedomAugust 8, 2024 — 8/8/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Many nations claim to uphold religious tolerance, yet they imprison Christians who proclaim their faith to non-believers. Anti-proselytizing laws in these countries produce little more...
Ethnoreligious Minorities in Myanmar Gain Major Victory over Junta August 8, 2024 — 8/8/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — After significant fighting, rebel forces in Myanmar announced this week that they had taken the town of Lashio, on the country’s border with China,...
New Communist Leader Seen as Threat to Vietnamese ChristiansAugust 7, 2024 — 8/7/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) — On Aug. 3, Vietnamese President To Lam was elected as the country’s next Communist Party general secretary, a move that concerns religious freedom advocates....
Minister of Religion Makes it Easier for Churches to Obtain PermitsAugust 5, 2024 — 8/5/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern)— Indonesian Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas recently told a group of church leaders that it will soon be easier for new churches to obtain...
Terror Suspect Arrested in Batu had Planned to Bomb Places of WorshipAugust 2, 2024 — 8/2/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Indonesia’s National Police counter-terrorism squad arrested on July 31 a 19-year-old suspected terrorist who had planned to attack places of worship. “The plan was...
Burmese Junta Extends Emergency Declaration Amid Military WoesAugust 1, 2024 — 8/1/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Speaking to the National Defense and Security Council this week in the capital city of Naypyitaw, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing announced another extension...
Chinese Christian Leader Arrives in the US after 16-Year Prison Sentence ReleaseJuly 31, 2024 — 7/31/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — Zhu Yufu, 71, arrived in the U.S. after 16 years in a Chinese prison for urgent cancer treatment and to reunite with his family....
Lao Pastor Shot in his HomeJuly 30, 2024 — 7/30/2024 – Laos (International Christian Concern) -- Pastor Thongkham Philavanh, 40, a Khmu Christian from North Laos, was attacked and shot twice in his home in Chang Village, Xai City,...
Spotlight on Religious Freedom at IRF Summit AsiaJuly 25, 2024 — 7/25/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) — The second regional International Religious Freedoms (IRF) Asia Summit wrapped up this week in Tokyo, Japan, sponsored in part by International Christian Concern...
Muslim Residents Prohibit Indonesian Church from WorshipingJuly 24, 2024 — 7/24/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Another church in Indonesia has faced pressure to stop its worship services. Residents living near the Tesalonika Church in Kampung Melayu Timur, Teluk Naga...
72 Christians Imprisoned or Missing in 4 Communist Countries July 19, 2024 — 7/19/2024 (International Christian Concern) — According to an International Christian Concern (ICC) analysis, at least 72 Christians are either imprisoned or missing in four of the world’s five communist countries....
Inaugural North Korean Defectors’ Day Celebrated in South KoreaJuly 19, 2024 — 7/18/2024 South Korea (International Christian Concern) — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration marked the inaugural Defectors’ Day on July 14, commemorating a law passed 27 years ago that governs...
Ignored for 24 Years, Indonesian Church Finally Gets Permit July 18, 2024 — 7/17/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — After 24 years of waiting to get a permit to build a church and worship in its own space, the HKBP Binjai Baru Church...
Vietnamese Christian Activist’s Extradition Hearing PostponedJuly 16, 2024 — 7/16/2024 Thailand (International Christian Concern) — Vietnamese Christian activist Y Quynh Bdap, who has been in Thailand since 2018, had his hearing for his extradition to Vietnam postponed until August. ...
The Pope’s Visit to Indonesia: An Opportunity to Promote ToleranceJuly 12, 2024 — 7/12/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — During his upcoming visit to Indonesia — the world’s largest Muslim country, Pope Francis is expected to deliver a message on the importance of...
