18 Christians Arrested After House Church Raided AgainMarch 25, 2024 — 3/25/2024 China (International Christian Concern) – Local police raided Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church in Anhui Province on March 10. This is the second time the church has been raided in...
Authorities in Thailand Continue to Harass Christian RefugeesMarch 25, 2024 — 3/25/2024 Thailand (International Christian Concern) – Vietnamese Montagnard Christians and other Vietnamese refugees are continually being questioned and harassed in Thailand by both Thai and Vietnamese officials. On March 14,...
House Church Forced to Cease Worship Activities in Java, IndonesiaMarch 22, 2024 — 03/22/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A video of the disbandment of a Sunday worship service at a resident's house in Balaraja, Tangerang Regency, on the island of Java, Indonesia,...
New Hong Kong Law Raises Concerns of Chinese InfluenceMarch 21, 2024 — 03/21/2024 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Hong Kong passed a controversial security law, Article 23, on March 19, raising concerns among locals for its reach and severity. The bill...
Arrested for Refusing to Denounce His FaithMarch 21, 2024 — 03/21/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Apollinaris Darmawan is an elderly Christian man who has been imprisoned in Indonesia since 2020. In August 2020, Darmawan was arrested by local police after...
Neighboring States Evaluate Relations with Weakening Burmese Military RegimeMarch 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...
Condemning Persecution in VietnamMarch 14, 2024 — 03/14/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Senate Resolution 395 proposes the United States’ Senate recognize the contributions of Montagnard Christians from Vietnam during the Vietnam war, a public condemnation of the...
Three House Church Members Released from Jail in VietnamMarch 13, 2024 — 03/13/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) -- After one week in prison, three members of an independent Protestant house church in Vietnam have been released to their families and are now...
Known Violator of Human Rights Elected as Indonesia’s PresidentMarch 12, 2024 — 03/12/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Despite official results being delayed until March, Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in the February presidential election in Indonesia. Expecting confirmation in the coming...
U.S. Representative Calls for Recognition of Persecution in VietnamMarch 12, 2024 — 03/12/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern)— U.S. Representative Michelle Steel of California has written a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for the recognition of persecution in Vietnam by...
“I was exiled from the family and fired from work because of my faith in Christ”March 6, 2024 — A New Christian Convert’s Testimony of Persecution in Southeast Asia 03/06/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – I am Ramdan*, and I am a former Muslim turned Christian who lives...
Tolerance Levels in Indonesia Remain Unchanged According to ReportMarch 6, 2024 — 03/06/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The tolerance quality in Indonesian cities has shown no significant improvement in recent years, according to data from the Tolerant City Index (IKT) score...
Burmese Military Forced to Sign Peace Deal with Northeastern MilitiaMarch 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,...
Church Attendence Increases Due to New Roof on ChurchMarch 1, 2024 — 03/01/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – A church was attacked multiple times by Fulani militants in rural Nigeria, causing attendance to suffer. For many months, the church sat without a...
Indonesian Government Works to Resolve Church Permit AccessibilityFebruary 29, 2024 — 02/29/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas asked his staff at the Directorate General to intervene if there were obstacles to establishing a place of...
Ethnic Militias Enjoy Continued Success in Fight Against Burma’s Military DictatorshipFebruary 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...
