Military Junta Extends State of Emergency, Further Delaying ElectionsFebruary 2, 2023 — 2/2/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - The military junta currently ruling Myanmar has extended the nation's state of emergency for an additional six months. This means that the elections the...
Moderate Burmese Monk who Advocates for Religious Freedom, Dies in ThailandNovember 1, 2022 — 11/01/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Ariya Vansa Bivansa, commonly referred to as “Myawaddy Sayadaw,” died at age 71 on October 27 of a heart attack...
Targeted Airstrikes Kill More than 80 Civilians in MyanmarOctober 27, 2022 — Junta Attacks Concert Goers During Anniversary Celebration in Kachin State 10/26/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Eighty people were killed and another 200 injured when the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) attacked a music...
Ethnic Pwo Karen Christian Pastor Murdered in PatheinOctober 14, 2022 — 10/14/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – An ethnic Pwo Karen Christian pastor was murdered at his residence inside the church compound at night on September 2. Rev. Mahn Kyaw Soe...
Myanmar Villagers Live in Fear From Junta RaidsJune 6, 2022 — 06/06/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Thousands of villagers, including many Christians from Myanmar’s central regions, are living in fear as the military junta continues torching hundreds of homes. At...
Persecution of Myanmar’s Christians Compared to Rohingya GenocideApril 27, 2022 — 04/27/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On April 25, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2022 Annual Report on international religious freedom worldwide. ICC commends the...
Suffering of Karen Christians Intensified by Recent CoupMay 12, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Gina Goh, Jay Church" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1617371523934{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="124507" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] This article is part of a series analyzing the unique challenges facing Myanmar’s Christian...
Christians’ Participation Against Military Coup in MyanmarMarch 16, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Myanmar Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1615917861430{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="123243" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 03/16/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – As violence and brutal crackdown against the anti-coup protestors are making...
Forced Conversions Reported in RakhineJune 14, 2019 — 06/14/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — According to the Chin Human Rights Organization, three Christians were forced to convert to Buddhism in Myanmar’s Rakhine State after village officials and local...
Ceasefire Extended to June in Myanmar’s NorthMay 4, 2019 — 05/04/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese Army (tatmadaw) has extended by two months a unilateral four-month ceasefire that was put in place last December in five regional commands...
Myanmar Pushes Back on Beijing-backed Dam That Could Displace Thousands of KachinJanuary 29, 2019 — 01/29/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – There have been heated debates inside Myanmar on whether or not to resume the controversial China-backed Myitsone dam project in Kachin state. The dam...
Students from Myanmar Share Stories of Forced Recruitment to Wa MilitaryDecember 7, 2018 — 11/06/2018 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – In September of 2018, multiple students were forcibly recruited to the Wa military as a part of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) clampdown...
Increased Number of Catholic Clergymen Expelled from Myanmar RegionsNovember 9, 2018 — 11/08/2018 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) –Yesterday, three nuns and a priest, all from the Kengtung Diocese in Myanmar’s Shan State have been ordered to leave the Wa hills boarding China...
Military Stranglehold Brings Misery to Myanmar’s Ethnic MinoritiesAugust 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Ongoing military conflicts in northern Myanmar between independent armies and the military have inflicted misery to Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups – including Ta’ang and majority Christian Kachin. Matthew...
Suu Kyi Promises to Improve Education for Displaced Children in MyanmarAugust 7, 2017 — ICC Note: Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi met with Kachin Baptist Convention members on July 24 and discussed peacebuilding efforts and the condition of internally displaced persons (IDPs)...
United Nations calls for the Immediate Release of Rohingya Refugees in MalaysiaJune 10, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Rohingya Muslims are one of the most oppressed religious minorities in the world as they continue to face persecution from the government and military in Burma. For those...
