Rights Group Urges Vietnam to Free Prisoners of Conscience Amid COVID-19April 6, 2020 — 04/06/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese human rights group issued a statement calling on Vietnam’s government to free all prisoners of conscience to protect them from being infected...
Burmese Cardinal Blames CCP for Coronavirus PandemicApril 5, 2020 — 04/05/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – One of Asia’s top prelates has laid blame on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), calling it "morally culpable" for initially covering up the full...
Indian Christian Leaders Pledge to Help to Combat COVID-19 in Letter to Prime MinisterApril 2, 2020 — 04/02/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – Radical Hindu nationalists often justify their attacks on India’s Christian community because they say Indian Christians are the followers of a foreign faith and...
Turkey Spars Over Coronavirus ReliefApril 1, 2020 — 04/01/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Some Turkish municipalities and the Interior Ministry are sparring over campaigns to raise funds which would support victims of the coronavirus. Istanbul and Ankara...
COVID-19 Imperils Vulnerable Pakistani ChristiansMarch 31, 2020 — 03/31/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Recent reports have highlighted the increased threat that Pakistan’s sanitation workers are facing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic striking the country. The...
Coronavirus a Major Risk for 700,000 Displaced in Burkina FasoMarch 31, 2020 — 03/31/2020 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Over the past two years, violence in Burkina Faso has increased at a higher rate than any other country in Africa. Attacks by...
Rights Group Urges Myanmar to Protect IDPs from CoronavirusMarch 30, 2020 — 03/30/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Although Myanmar claims to have only 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19, many question the government’s ability to reflect the actual situation and its capacity...
Pastor in Nepal Arrested for Praying Against COVID-19 VirusMarch 29, 2020 — 03/29/2020 Nepal (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a Christian pastor in Nepal has been arrested for praying against the COVID-19 virus on a video that has...
Christian Sanitation Workers at Risk Amid COVID-19 Lockdown in PakistanMarch 27, 2020 — 03/27/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Pakistan’s primarily Christian sanitation workforce remains at work while the rest of the country goes on lockdown amid the global COVID-19 crisis. Working with...
Chinese Christians Caught Between Coronavirus and PersecutionMarch 23, 2020 — 03/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Despite the Chinese government’s claim that there are no new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in the country, China is still very engulfed in...
Coronavirus Does Not Stop Church Demolition, Cross Removal in ChinaMarch 18, 2020 — 03/18/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – While most churches in China have canceled in-person services due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, the Chinese government has not ceased its persecution against...
Pope Francis’ Indonesia Visit Canceled Due to CoronavirusMarch 16, 2020 — 03/16/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Given the prolonged fight against the novel COVID-19 virus, sources in the Vatican said that Pope Francis will no longer visit Indonesia in September...
A Wuhan Church Finds God’s Grace Amid Coronavirus ScareMarch 1, 2020 — By Gina Goh 03/01/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Root and Foot Christian Church (RFCC) is situated at the very center of the Coronavirus epidemic – Wuhan, China. When the outbreak...
Closure of China Border Due to Coronavirus Affects Rural Kachin TownshipsFebruary 28, 2020 — 02/28/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The fast-spreading Coronavirus in China has pushed Beijing to close borders inside and around the country. Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, which heavily depends on...
Pray for Imprisoned Chinese Christians During Coronavirus OutbreakFebruary 23, 2020 — 02/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – As the number of coronavirus-stricken patients continues to rise in China, with more than 500 cases recently confirmed in four prisons, the friends and...
Persecuted Church in China Brings Hope Amid Coronavirus EpidemicJanuary 31, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Gina Goh" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1580482367555{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96186" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 01/31/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A new respiratory virus with origins in the Chinese...
