Cuban Pastor Awaits Outcome of AppealNovember 4, 2016 — ICC Note: A pastor from Cuba, Juan Carlos Núñez Velázquez, is currently awaiting the results of his appeal after he was sentenced to one year of house arrest. Núñez Velázquez...
Canadian pastor given life sentence in North Korea is in the hospitalNovember 3, 2016 — ICC Note: A Canadian pastor in his sixties who was sentenced to life imprisonment in North Korea’s labor camps has been admitted to the hospital due to poor health. Pastor...
Russian Supreme Court Clarifies Controversial Internet Extremist LawNovember 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Russia's Supreme Court issued clarifications on a controversial piece of the recent anti-terror law which has made headlines throughout the world. A portion of the law stipulates certain...
Christian Pastor Refuses to Obey Order To Hand Sermons to the StateNovember 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Dr. Eric Walsh was fired in 2014 by the Georgia Department of Public Health after sermons he previously delivered on topics including sexuality surfaced. The state then demanded...
Christian convert in French refugee camp told: ‘We will kill you’November 2, 2016 — ICC Note: A Kurdish church leader living in France had to flee to the UK after receiving multiple death threats for his conversion to Christianity. While living in the ‘Jungle’...
The “slow-motion genocide” of Indigenous Christians in Papua New GuineaNovember 2, 2016 — ICC Note: American mining companies, transmigration, and land appropriation are slowly pushing Papua New Guinea’s indigenous Christian population into extinction. Indigenous Melanesian Christians, which composed 96% of the population in...
Amnesty International Locked out of Moscow Offices Without ExplanationNovember 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: According to a law passed by Russia's Duma (parliament) in 2012, non-governmental organizations who receive foreign funding to operate in country were to be listed as foreign agents....
Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Fatal Stabbing In GermanyNovember 1, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent attack in Hamburg, Germany, two teenagers were brutally attacked by a follower of ISIS. The young man, 16-years-old, died from several fatal stab wounds, while...
200,000 Christians have disappeared in North KoreaOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: At least 200,000 Christians have gone missing in North Korea since 1953, found a report by Aid to the Church in Need. The Kim Jung Un regime has...
Persecution of Christians is on the rise, says EU envoyOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: The majority of the world is experiencing religious oppression, says EU Special Envoy Jan Figel. Figel urged leaders to ramp up efforts to advance religious freedom and to...
Atheist Group Takes Issue with Teacher Mentioning National ‘Bring Bible to School Day’ to StudentsOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: A third grade teacher from Alabama recently received backlash from the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) after mentioning national “Bring Your Bible to School Day” to her class....
Moscow Square to be Named after Late Uzbek Dictator Islam KarimovOctober 31, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In a move by Russian officials to seem innocent, plans are in place to name a square in the center of Moscow after the late Uzbek president Islam...
North Koreans Christians aren’t praying for freedomOctober 28, 2016 — ICC Note: North Korean Christians live in fear of their own government. With an estimated 30,000 believers being held in concentration camps, North Korea is regularly classified as the nation...
Activist Seeks Punishment of Air Force Commander for Stating Jesus ‘Affects His Decisions’ in InterviewOctober 28, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent interview, a US Air Force commander stated that Jesus “affects all of [his] decisions” when asked a question about who has influenced him the most....
Cathedral Lit Red In Solidarity With Persecuted ChristiansOctober 27, 2016 — ICC Note: The Brentwood Cathedral along with the Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey will now be floodlit in red this November to bring awareness to the persecution of Christians in...
School Reverses Decision After Removing Club Sponsor’s ‘All About Jesus’ Slogan From JerseysOctober 26, 2016 — ICC Note: In September, the principal of a Texas high school decided that a club sponsor could not feature their slogan, “It’s not about us, it’s all about Jesus,” on...
