9 with IS links arrested for inciting violence during protestsNovember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: The Indonesian police arrested nine people in connection with the Islamic State who are thought to be instigators of violence during the last round of protests on November...
Indonesian government dropping leaflets to discourage violence in protestsNovember 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Ahead of the next round of scheduled hardline Muslim protests, the government has taken to dropping leaflets from helicopters to urge calm and warn of penalties if violence...
Christians fear Vietnam’s new Law on Belief and ReligionNovember 28, 2016 — ICC Note: On November 18th Vietnam passed the Law on Belief and Religion. Although it is still unknown what the final revision of the law contains, many are expecting it...
Pastor in China has spent nearly a year in prison on false chargesNovember 25, 2016 — ICC Note: A pastor in China has spent nearly a year in prison on false charges. Pastor Li Guozhi, who is known to most as Yang Hua, was taken in...
Human rights lawyer kidnapped in ChinaNovember 23, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian human rights lawyer who has already been kidnapped and tortured by Chinese officials has been kidnapped again. Jiang Tianyong was visiting with an imprisoned human rights...
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....
Pastor forcibly removed and placed in “black jail”November 22, 2016 — ICC Note: A Chinese pastor was forcibly removed from his position and ordered to stop preaching and evangelizing by a state-run organization. Pastor Zhang Chongzhu was placed under surveillance at...
Blasphemy laws are used to target minorities say Indonesian activistsNovember 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Activists are calling for the revocation of blasphemy laws in Indonesia, laws which they say are used disproportionately against minority ethnic and religious groups. The law is currently...
Lawyers claim China is harvesting tens of thousands of organs from religious prisonersNovember 21, 2016 — ICC Note: David Matas, Canadian human rights lawyer, and David Kilgour, former prosecutor and secretary of states for Asia-Pacific in Canada called on Australia’s Parliament House to move to stop...
Thousands rally for religious tolerance in JakartaNovember 21, 2016 — ICC Note: Thousands gathered in support of religious tolerance in Indonesia’s capital on November 19th. Attendees of the peaceful rally voiced their concern over growing religious and ethnic intolerance in...
Indonesian General speaks out against protestsNovember 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Indonesia’s President and its government have remained relatively silent about the protests that have rocked the capital. The protests against Jakarta’s first Christian-Chinese governor have drawn hundreds of...
China’s Christians will defy new laws banning organized worshipNovember 18, 2016 — ICC Note: New rules in China prohibit anyone from organizing people to attend religious activities. Protestants and Catholics have promised to keep meeting in defiance of these rules. The rules...
Imprisoned lawyer- “Human rights lawyer is among the most dangerous professions in China”November 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Zhang Kai was imprisoned for seven months for representing Christian churches in China. In a recent letter, he recounts how over the last ten years he has been,...
China’s only authorized Bible printer celebrates 150 million copiesNovember 17, 2016 — ICC Note: The only company in China that has been authorized to print Bibles, Amity Printing Company, celebrated its 150 millionth copy on the 8th of November, 2016. The company...
Christian-Chinese Governor Listed as a Suspect in Blasphemy Trial in IndonesiaNovember 16, 2016 — Rise of Radical Islamists Threatens Rights of Minorities 11/16/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Jakarta’s first Chinese-Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (also...
Parents of 4-year old burned in church bombing, “God teaches us to forgive”November 16, 2016 — ICC Note: The parents of a four-year old child that was badly burned in Sunday’s church bombing in Indonesia have spoken about the attack. “God teaches us to forgive and...
