Indonesia Arrests 181 Terrorists in Last Year

November 22, 2024 — 11/21/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — In the past year, Indonesian authorities have arrested 181 suspected terrorists, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said during the 79th Anniversary of the...

Indonesians Increasingly Reject Establishment of New Churches

November 12, 2024 — 11/12/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — After several residents of a village in Cirebon, West Java, rejected the establishment of a new church, an Indonesian organization is calling such rejections...

Indonesian Authorities Arrest 3 Suspected JAD Terrorists

November 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Indonesia’s Special Detachment (Densus 88) Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested three suspected terrorists from the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group on Monday in Central Java. JAD,...

Villagers in Indonesia Reject Proposed Church

November 6, 2024 — 11/6/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Several residents in Pegambiran, a village in the city of Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia, recently rejected a proposal to establish a church in a...

Malaysian Court of Appeal Nullifies Three Unilateral Conversions to Islam

November 6, 2024 — 11/6/2024 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — The government of the Malaysian state of Perlis has initiated legal proceedings to overturn a Federal Court decision that prevented the unilateral conversion of...

New Round of Sanctions Targets Myanmar’s Military Junta

November 5, 2024 — 11/5/2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — Government officials in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Canada announced a set of coordinated sanctions against Myanmar’s military last week. This...

Christian Arrested in Indonesia for Doubting Islam on Social Media

November 1, 2024 — Update: Since posting the article below, ICC has received further details regarding the incident it describes. We have determined that it was not a case of Christian persecution. The man...

Elderly Christians in Southeast Asia Receive Large Print Bibles

November 1, 2024 — 11/1/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) — Christians of all ages need access to God’s Word. With this in mind, International Christian Concern (ICC) staff provided large-print Bibles to elderly...

7 of 11 Southeast Asian Nations Persecute Christians

November 1, 2024 — 11/1/2024 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) — The nations of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam condone or actively participate in Christian persecution. The oppression of Christ followers...

Banned Chinese Church Continues Services, Endures Government Raids

October 31, 2024 — 10/30/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — Several locations and congregations of the Beijing Zion Church were raided on Oct. 20, according to Bitter Winter magazine and various human rights groups. Authorities...

Apparent Breakthrough Revealed in Pastor Koh’s Disappearance

October 28, 2024 — 10/28/2024 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — The long-standing mystery surrounding the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh in 2017 has taken a significant turn. A recent revelation by the chairman of...

China Pledges Support for Iran

October 25, 2024 — 10/25/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged steadfast support for Iran on Wednesday during the annual BRICS summit in Russia, the Chinese news outlet Xinhua reported. ...

Report Shows Christian Persecution Worsening Worldwide

October 24, 2024 — 10/24/2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — A report released on Tuesday shows that Christians around the world are enduring increased levels of violence, discrimination, and other human rights abuses....

Russian Navy Drills in Myanmar as Ethnoreligious Minorities Continue to Suffer

October 22, 2024 — 10/22/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — News this week that four Russian warships and a logistics vessel arrived in Yangon for joint exercises with the Myanmar military comes as ethnoreligious...

New Report Documents Continued Persecution of Catholic Church in China

October 21, 2024 — 10/21/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — In a report published last week by the Hudson Insitute, researcher Nina Shea outlined an increased campaign of repression by the Chinese government against...

Myanmar Junta Deepens Ties with Chinese Government

October 18, 2024 — 10/18/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — A report this week from The Irrawaddy indicates that Min Aung Hlaing, head of Myanmar’s ruling military junta, may be planning a visit to...