This Chinese Church Escaped Persecution, But Now Fears Being Returned to ChinaJanuary 26, 2022 — 01/26/2022 South Korea (International Christian Concern) – With thanks to an interview conducted by Radio Free Asia (RFA), we have learned that the members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church...
Vietnamese Catholic Activist Arrived in the U.S. for AsylumNovember 26, 2020 — 11/26/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese Catholic activist, who joined to protest the Nghe An police harassment of students organizing religious activities and was arrested, has arrived in...
Thailand Arrests 51 Pakistani Christian Asylum SeekersJuly 10, 2019 — 07/10/2019 Thailand (International Christian Concern) – Allegedly acting on a tipoff, Thai authorities raided an apartment building in Bangkok and arrested 51 Pakistani Christian asylum seekers on July 8. The...
Israel to Deport African Asylum Seekers, Many who Are ChristianApril 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Israel has decided to deport tens of thousands of African migrants who are seeking asylum in their country. Many of the individuals are Christians who have fled their...
Thailand: Release asylum seekers detained in raids, rights group urgesNovember 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Thirty-five asylum seekers from Pakistan and Somalia who were arrested in Thailand between October 21 and October 31, remain in detention, according to watchdog Fortify Rights. Thailand’s government...
Indonesian couple fearing deportation take refuge in NJ churchOctober 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Jemmy and Tobing, a Christian couple that escaped religious persecution in Indonesia are fearing of being deported back. After the fall of dictator Suharto, mobs in the Muslim-majority...
172 Montagnards to be repatriatedOctober 6, 2017 — ICC Note: The Cambodian government will deport 172 Montagnards back to Vietnam despite the fact that many of them will likely face religious and political persecution. Out of 179 Montagnards who...
The betrayal of Vietnam’s forgotten Montagnard ChristiansOctober 4, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian Montagnards who were deported back to Vietnam by Cambodian authorities face verbal attacks, interrogation, and humiliation. Some Montagnard returnees explain that the Vietnamese government views them as...
Judge’s order ‘a huge relief’ for Indonesian family in NHSeptember 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Timothy Sombah and his parents are Christians who fled Indonesia years ago and have resettled in Somerset, New Hampshire. He could hardly believe when a federal judge recently...
Christian asylum seeker threatened by Pakistani embassy officials in ThailandSeptember 27, 2017 — ICC Note: A 23-year-old Pakistani Christian woman was sexually harassed by a Pakistani embassy official while she tried to discuss her passport renewal options as asylum seeker in Thailand. The...
‘Well-founded fears’: Montagnards due to return to Vietnam worry what awaits themSeptember 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Montagnards, Christian ethnic minority who are due to be deported back to Vietnam will likely face serious persecution. Despite UNHCR’s persistence, the Cambodian government is not willing to...
Seven Montagnard Asylees On Their Way to the PhilippinesSeptember 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Seven Montagnards scheduled to fly out of Cambodia as the fate of other twenty-nine hangs in balance. UNHCR is working tirelessly to convince the Cambodian government that the...
Montagnard Asylees set for deportation back to VietnamSeptember 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Twenty-nine Montagnard asylees beg the UN to interfere as they face danger of being deported back to Vietnam where they face persecution. Montagnards, a Christian ethnic minority from...
Cambodia government to ‘forcibly deport’ asylum seekersSeptember 1, 2017 — ICC Note: Montagnards, a mostly Christian ethnic minority that fled from Vietnam fear for being forcibly deported by Cambodian government. Under the pretense that they are not refugees, Cambodia might...
Officials go to Vietnam to ‘force’ Montagnard refugees’ relatives to appeal for their returnAugust 16, 2017 — ICC Note: The Montagnards in Vietnam are often persecuted by the government for their Christian faith. Hundreds have escaped to Cambodia with the hope of seeking asylum status. Yet only...
UNHCR failing persecuted Christian refugees in BangkokAugust 15, 2017 — ICC Note: The United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees, according to many Christian Pakistani asylum-seekers in Thailand, have time and again failed to accept evidence of persecution that could help...
