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...

Southeast Asian Elections Will Impact Christians in the Region in 2024 and Beyond

January 12, 2024 — 01/12/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – The Taiwanese national election on January 13 will kickstart several other elections in the Southeast Asia region in 2024. Hundreds of millions of...

Indonesia Village Leaders Try to Ban Christmas Celebrations

January 12, 2024 — 01/12/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Merbau Village recently tried to ban Christmas celebrations. “The prohibition on Christians from celebrating Christmas” is stated in a letter from the Head of Merbau...

Worries About Indonesian Presidential Hopeful’s Ties to Hardline Islam

January 11, 2024 — 01/11/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Anies Baswedan, Indonesian presidential contender, is facing criticism for his connections to hardline Islam in the run-up to the February 14 national election. Indonesia...

Farcical Trial of Christian Businessman Draws Attention in Hong Kong

January 10, 2024 — 01/10/2024 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) -- Jimmy Lai, a Christian businessman and pro-democracy activist, continues to face charges in what many are calling a ridiculous, high-profile trial in Hong...

Vietnamese Christians Feature Heavily in Latest Prisoners of Conscience List

January 10, 2024 — 01/10/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) -- In the latest prisoners list recently released from the advocacy group Defend the Defenders (DTD), Vietnamese Christians again feature prominently. DTD statistics noted that...

Japanese Christians Central to Recovery Efforts After Massive New Year’s Day Earthquake

January 8, 2024 — 01/08/2024 Japan (International Christian Concern) —Although Christians only make up about 1% of the Japanese population, churches have organized a national disaster response church network to work with survivors of...

Bishop Arrested Again for Refusing to Join State-Managed Chinese Church

January 8, 2024 — 01/08/2024 China (International Christian Concern) —Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, was arrested in mid-December 2023 and then released a few days later. He...

Chinese Government Fuels Campaign Against Religious Freedom Magazine

January 6, 2024 — 01/06/2024 China (International Christian Concern) -- A Chinese government agency has launched a propaganda film attacking human rights and religious freedom magazine Bitter Winter for allegedly promoting cults in China....

Six Million Children Face Severe Food Shortages in Ongoing Myanmar Civil War

January 6, 2024 — 01/05/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) -- The U.N. recently reported that more than six million children are facing major food shortages as the Myanmar war rages on from late 2023...

State Department Announces Annual Country Designations: India and Nigeria Excluded from CPC List

January 5, 2024 — 01/05/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. State Department released its annual report on country designations yesterday, highlighting both positive and concerning developments regarding religious freedom across the...

Balancing Acts in the Philippines

January 3, 2024 — 01/03/2023 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Mindanao is a beautiful yet difficult land where complex religious and political issues collide to bring instability and persecution to many Christians. Mindanao is...

Persecuted Chinese Church Blessed by Americans this Christmas

December 21, 2023 — 12/21/2023 Texas (International Christian Concern) -- Christmas cheer and an outpouring of love by Christians in Texas continue to bless the Shenzen Holy Reformed Church (also known as the Mayflower...

Bleak Christmas for Hmong and Montagnard Christians arrested and harassed in Thailand

December 21, 2023 — 12/21/2023 Thailand (International Christian Concern) -- More Christians from the minority Hmong and Montagnard people groups from Vietnam have been arrested and harassed in Thailand this month. In recent years,...

Malaysian Christians Unashamedly Celebrate Christmas in 2023

December 20, 2023 — 12/20/2023 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — In mid-December, more than 10,000 Christians in Sibu, Sarawak Region celebrated Christmas with a parade. The parade was organized by the Association of Churches...