Hong Kong Protestant Tortured for Showing Concern for Liu Xia and His FaithAugust 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Howard Lam Tsz-kin, a member of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, was kidnapped and tortured by Chinese agents over an autograph signed by soccer star Lionel Messi...
13 Montagnard Asylum-seekers Depart Phnom Penh for VietnamAugust 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Cambodia repatriated 13 Montagnard asylum-seekers to their native Vietnam after they failed to meet requirements for gaining refugee status in Cambodia. 13 Montagnard asylum seekers who got sent...
Cambodia Set to Send 13 Montagnard Asylum-seekers Back to VietnamAugust 9, 2017 — ICC Note: The Montagnards are the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The majority of them practice Christianity. They are accused by the government of religious “evil ways”...
Falsely Accused Christian Emerges from 2 Years in Jail, Stronger in FaithAugust 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Zhang Xiuhong, Huoshi Church’s accountant and chairwoman of the board of deacons was released a few days ago after serving 2 years in prison. She was detained by...
Chinese Christians Continue ‘House Church’ Gatherings Despite Intensified Religious CrackdownAugust 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Last month, director of China's State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) Wang Zuoan, published an article in a Communist Party journal banning religion for its approximately 90 million...
Government Cancels Registration for Firm Whose Chinese Missionaries Were Abducted and Killed by Islamic State in PakistanAugust 3, 2017 — ICC Note: In June 2017, two Chinese missionaries, Meng Li Si and Li Zing Yang, working under the disguise of Korean company ARK Info Tech employees, were abducted and killed...
Young Christian Convert in Laos Persecuted by Family Members Given His FaithAugust 2, 2017 — ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in countries where Buddhism is the most practiced religion is not uncommon. A Laotian new convert in Christ was tricked by his brother and...
North Korean agent confesses being involved in Chinese pastor’s murderAugust 1, 2017 — ICC Note: On April 30, 2016, Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol from Changbai City, China, known for helping anyone who crossed into China from North Korea, was brutally murdered. The North Korean...
Christian villagers attacked by Buddhists in Myanmar for holding late-night church servicesAugust 1, 2017 — ICC Note: In Myanmar, where Buddhism is the prominent religion, Christians are often harassed and attacked by Buddhist mobs and monks. Last month, such an instance took place in Thi...
Small Christian Communities in India still willing share the GospelJuly 10, 2017 — ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in places like India has increased in the last couple of years. Christians are constantly under attack by Hindu nationalist who believe that Christians...
Muslim groups Copy Pentecostal Service Style in NigeriaMay 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Christians in Nigeria face persecution from Islamic radicals like Boko Haram, Fulanis, and many of their Muslim neighbors. Despite the many attacks against Christianity, the gospel continues to...
Pastor imprisoned due to wrongful accusation by Muslim group in TanzaniaApril 13, 2017 — ICC Note: Christians in Zanzibar have a difficult time receiving a fair court hearing simply because of their religion. Discrimination in the area makes Christians live in fear since they...
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...
Christian Convert from Islam Released Early from His 10-year SentenceNovember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: In Uzbekistan, an already very hostile place for religious freedom, Tohar Haydarov, a Christian convert, has been released early from his 10-year sentence. Sources say he was released early...
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...
Mariam Ibraheem, Christian Mother Who Gave Birth in Chains, and Other Persecuted Christians Share Testimonies in DCNovember 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Mariam Ibrahim was sentenced to death on Mother's day 2014, making headlines and calling attention to the severe Christian Persecution in Sudan. Her entire family suffered in the...
