Human Rights Discussion Again Missing at Trump-Kim Summit

February 28, 2019 — 02/28/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Eight months after their first meeting in Singapore, North Korea Chairman Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met for the second time...

Chengdu Police Officer Attacks Mother of Imprisoned Pastor

February 26, 2019 — 02/26/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The mother of imprisoned pastor Wang Yi, 74-year-old Chen Yaxue, was beaten up by Chengdu police after refusing to let them peek at her...

Family of Imprisoned Sichuan Christians Threatened with Death

February 22, 2019 — 02/22/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Sichuan officials interrogated and threatened to kill family members of imprisoned Christians after they sought the help of German diplomats on behalf of their...

Three-self Church in Jiangsu Has Cross Forcibly Removed

February 21, 2019 — 02/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On February 19, the cross of Chengdong Christian Church, a state-sanctioned church in China’s Jiangsu province, was forcibly removed in spite of the presence...

New Legal Initiatives Threaten the Existence of Chinese Underground Church

February 19, 2019 — 02/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On Feb. 12, the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs jointly announced that personnel of all religious venues...

North Korean Christian Imprisoned for Her Faith Tells of Torture, Beatings in Prison

February 17, 2019 — 02/17/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – A North Korean Christian, identified only as “Prisoner 42” for security reasons, told Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors the torture and beatings she...

Expulsion of Foreign Missionaries in China Has Greatly Increased

February 13, 2019 — 02/13/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – In the name of “Sinicization,” China has been targeting religions seen by Beijing as under foreign influence, namely Islam and Christianity. By now it...

Taiwan, U.S. to Hold Indo-Pacific Forum on Religious Freedom

February 12, 2019 — 02/12/2019 Taiwan (International Christian Concern) – According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Taiwan and the United States will jointly host a regional dialogue on religious freedom from March...

China Shuts Down Many Churches Involved in Defectors Ministry

February 11, 2019 — 02/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – China’s crackdown on Christianity is not just toward Chinese Christians, the North Korean defectors who live in the northeast of China and the missionaries...

Chinese Bishop and Priests From Hebei Temporarily Released

February 9, 2019 — 02/09/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A underground bishop and two priests from Hebei province in northern China who had been detained last year were able to go home for...

China Sets New Rules on Online Videos, Adds Censorship to Religious Content

February 6, 2019 — 02/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – In January, the China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA) issued new regulations stating that all programs due to be posted online must be reviewed before...

North Korean Christians Preserve Their Faith by Staying Low Profile

February 5, 2019 — 02/05/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In order to keep their faith, North Korean Christians have to pray or sing hymns in secret, so as to not be seen...

Churches in China’s Northeast Qiqihar Diocese Suppressed by the Government

February 2, 2019 — 02/02/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – At least seven churches and their communities have been suppressed in recent months in the diocese of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province. The Qiqihar bishop, Giuseppe...

Chinese Police Forces Sichuan House Church Members to Testify Against Their Pastor

January 31, 2019 — 01/31/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – More than a month after the December 9 crackdown of the Autumn Rain Covenant Church (officially translated as “Early Rain Covenant Church”) in Sichuan, eight...

Emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong Receives Medal for Fighting Communism

January 30, 2019 — 01/30/2019 Washington DC (International Christian Concern) – Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the emeritus bishop of Hong Kong, received the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC)...

Chinese Underground Bishop Skips Retirement Mass to Protest Sino-Vatican Arrangement

January 25, 2019 — 01/25/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – After the Vatican signed a provisional deal with China on the appointment of bishops last September, Bishop Zhuang Jianjian in Shantou was asked by...