Myanmar’s Christians Respond to Earthquake with Strength and Prayer

April 1, 2025 — 4/1/2025 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Less than two weeks before the devastating March 28 earthquake in Myanmar, an International Christian Concern (ICC) staffer visited the country to address conditions...

Military Junta in Myanmar Bombed Earthquake Survivors

April 1, 2025 — 3/31/2025 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Multiple reports from around Myanmar indicate that the military junta ruling the country bombed civilians as they scrambled to recover from a devastating 7.7...

Online Jesus Film Reaches Persecuted Nations in Southeast Asia and Beyond

March 27, 2025 — 3/26/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Revelation Media announced the results from its six-month campaign where it intentionally and strategically targeted spreading its Real Story of Jesus short film...

Chinese Christian Blogger Heads to Trial Again

March 26, 2025 — 3/26/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — Advocacy groups have reported that Christian blogger and activist Zhang Zhan is facing trial again, this time scheduled for the People’s Court of Pudong...

The Ghosts of Tiananmen: China’s Digital Noose Tightens

March 21, 2025 — By Jeff King Picture a regime so smug and dismissive of democracy that it brags about crushing lives and freedom. That’s China’s Communist Party (CCP) today, crowing on WeChat and...

Russian Court Bans ‘Extremist’ Bible Translation

March 19, 2025 — 3/19/2025 Russia (International Christian Concern) — Earlier this month, the Moscow City Court banned a Bible translation by a popular Chinese Christian, labeling it as “extremist.” It is now illegal...

Indonesian Officials Again Reject Christian School in Parepare

March 18, 2025 — 3/18/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Although the construction permit for the Gamaliel Christian School has been approved, the Parepare City Government, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, recommended that construction be stopped...

Construction of Toraja Church Still Hampered After a Decade

March 14, 2025 — 3/14/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — The plan to build the Toraja Church in Sungai Keledang, Samarinda, has been delayed a decade despite all requirements being met. Although the Interfaith...

Residents Reject Plans to Build a Church in Wakatobi

March 14, 2025 — 3/14/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Muslim residents in Wakatobi held a demonstration in front of the Wangi-Wangi sub-district office on Monday, March 10, to reject the construction of a...

Myanmar Announces Elections Amid Continued Unrest, Unrelenting Persecution

March 13, 2025 — 3/12/2025 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military junta ruling Myanmar, has announced that the country will hold general elections either in December 2025...

Christian Persecution Continues in Myanmar

March 13, 2025 — 3/12/2025 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) convened a hearing on Feb. 27 to discuss the continuing deterioration of religious freedom in...

Residents Reject Use of Building as Place of Worship

March 7, 2025 — 3/7/2025 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Residents who are members of the Arcamanik Berbhineka Residents Communication Forum held a demonstration to reject the use of a building for Catholic worship...

New #FaithUnchained Campaign Launched on Behalf of Prisoners of Conscience

March 6, 2025 — 3/5/2025 Washington (International Christian Concern) — The International Religious Freedom Roundtable's Working Group on Prisoners of Conscience recently launched a campaign to free five prisoners of conscience in five countries,...

Chinese Government Boasts About Increased Persecution in 2024

March 4, 2025 — 3/4/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — In statements on social media and state-owned media platforms, China is celebrating an increase in government persecution of religious minorities in 2024. The...

More than 60 Montagnard Christians Arrested in Thailand

February 25, 2025 — 2/25/2025 Thailand (International Christian Concern) — More than 60 Montagnard Christian refugees from Vietnam — including men, women, children, and pregnant women — were arrested on Feb. 23 in Bangkok,...

Deported Persecuted Christians Expected to Face Persecution Yet Again

February 25, 2025 — 2/25/2025 Panama (International Christian Concern) — Among those deported from the United States to Panama for eventual return to their home countries are several converts to Christianity facing severe persecution...