Christians From Egypt Seek Refuge in Cyprus After Experiencing Brutal PersecutionDecember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Three Coptic Egyptians have fled their home country and are now seeking asylum in Cyprus after living as a persecuted minority their entire lives. Maher Elgohary and his...
New Mexico City Continues Fight to Defend Ten Commandments Monument Declared UnconstitutionalDecember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The legal battle continues in New Mexico over a Ten Commandments monument located on city hall grounds which was previously declared unconstitutional. Earlier this week, the city council...
Three Christian leaders from the Middle East denied entry to the U.K.December 7, 2016 — ICC Note: After Prince Charles visited the ceremony at St. Thomas Cathedral and spoke on the plight of suffering Christians in the Middle East, he extended an invitation to three...
Mexico ‘In Denial’ Over Thousands of Evangelicals Forced Out of HomesDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: In recent years, the persecution of Christians in Mexico has risen, leading to the displacement of thousands of evangelical Christians. According to human rights groups, unfortunately, the Mexican...
US Church Sprayed With Bible Verse About The Killing Of 185,000 Assyrian ChristiansDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: An Assyrian church in the San Fernando Valley of California was recently vandalized and graffiti-ed with a verse referencing the killing of 185,000 Middle East Christians. Assyrian Christians,...
Christians are being forced out of their homes in MexicoDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Thousands of families in Mexico are being displaced due to their evangelical Christian faith. The government has developed a "policy of denial" towards the very harsh treatment of individuals...
ISIS Sex Slave Survivor Told Jihadists Who Raped Her: ‘No Religion Accepts What They Did’December 5, 2016 — ICC Note: A sex slave survivor of The Islamic State in Iraq has spoken before the UN recounting the atrocities committed against her and fellow women in Iraq. Starting in...
Persecution Expert Claims Religious Freedom “Deteriorated Tremendously” in 2016December 2, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent interview, ICC's Advocacy Director, Isaac Six, explained how religious freedom deteriorated tremendously in 2016. Specifically, Six called attention to the persecution of Christians in China, India,...
Persecuted Christians Need Your Support, EU Officials ToldDecember 1, 2016 — ICC Note: European Union officials and religious leaders met on Tuesday to discuss the necessary help needed to aid Christians in the Middle East. Many expressed frustrations with the EU...
European Union Officials Urged to Support Persecuted ChristiansDecember 1, 2016 — ICC Note: During an interfaith meeting of various religious leaders, officials from the European Union were urged to take greater action on behalf of Christians facing persecution for their faith....
Hundreds of thousands have died in North Korea labor campsNovember 30, 2016 — ICC Note: A North Korean labor camp has almost doubled in size, despite the government’s denial that it exists according to a recent report by Amnesty International. A report by...
Christian Refugees Facing Attacks In European Refugee CampsNovember 30, 2016 — ICC Note: More and more testimonies are coming forth from European refugee centers of Christian persecution. Middle East Christians in particular are in harms way due to their Muslim neighbors...
Failure to bring IS to justice shows UN genocide conventions ‘obsolete’November 29, 2016 — ICC Note: In her new book, Never Again, Ewlina Ochab explains that the existing conventions on the prevention of genocide has failed religious minorities in the Middle East. She ardently...
US Supreme Court Justice: Religious Freedom in ‘Greater Danger’ than Free SpeechNovember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Samuel Alito, a US Supreme Court Justice, discussed in a recent speech that religious freedom may be under greater threat than citizens’ rights to free speech. The speech...
Protestant churches are the Secret Church in Central AsiaNovember 28, 2016 — ICC Note: A rise in Muslim radicalism and the anti-religious freedom agenda of governments in certain Central Asia regions have led to a grave persecution of the followers of Jesus...
Prince Charles Condemns ‘Appalling Suffering’ Of Syria’s ChristiansNovember 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Prince Charles of Wales danced and visited with members of the congregation at the consecration of the new Syriac Orthodox church in London. As a devout Christian, the...
