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...
Duterte turns down Marawi militants’ hostage release offerSeptember 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Philippine president refused to negotiate with IS-inspired rebels when they offered to return priest Soganub and other hostages in exchange of safe retreat. The hostages are still alive...
Nuke Test by North Korea Shakes Houses, Scares Residents Near BorderSeptember 8, 2017 — ICC Note: North Korea’s new nuclear test left some residents shaken as it caused apartments and private homes to collapse. North Korean source explains that people received no warning about...
China tightens regulation of religion to ‘block extremism’ and restrict faithSeptember 7, 2017 — ICC Note: China passed new regulations of religion on Thursday with the aim to ‘fight terrorism’ and restrict faith practiced outside of state-sanctioned organizations. This updated version from rules put...
Report on Pakistani Christian Community in Thailand Highlights PersecutionSeptember 7, 2017 — ICC Note: UK-based human rights organization Global Minorities Alliance argues that Christians in Pakistan should be given a group recognition for the persecution that they face in their home country...
Crackdown on Christians in China intensified after killing of two missionaries in BalochistanSeptember 5, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese citizens Meng Lisi and Li Xinheng had been killed this past June while trying to preach Christianity in Balochistan, Pakistan. The Chinese government responded by detaining four...
Chinese government prevents minors from attending church servicesSeptember 3, 2017 — ICC Note: According to multiple recent reports, Chinese authorities have banned minors from attending church services in several provinces, including Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shandong, in an attempt to restrict...
Efforts to improve China-Vatican ties seem stalled over bishopsSeptember 1, 2017 — ICC Note: Holy See’s efforts to heal relationship with China have stalled as Beijing’s attitude toward religion has hardened and both sides disagree on acceptance of controversial bishops. Beijing has...
Military claims priest still alive and hostage in devastated MarawiAugust 31, 2017 — ICC Note: At a press conference reclaiming St. Mary’s Cathedral in Marawi, Major General Carlito Galvez, commander of Government forces denied social media reports that terrorist gunmen may have spirited...
Rights Groups and Victims’ Families Call For Action Over China’s Enforced DisappearancesAugust 31, 2017 — ICC Note: Rights groups gathered to protest and urge Chinese government to stop enforcing disappearances of rights activists and reveal the dissidents’ whereabouts. President Xi Jinping launched a nationwide crackdown...
Bishops seek return of Catholic schools nationalized by Myanmar militaryAugust 30, 2017 — ICC Note: The Catholic Church is seeking to revitalize Myanmar's long neglected education system. Myanmar was once considered by many to be the best educated nation in Southeast Asia due...
Chinese Catholics try to stop the demolition of their church in Changzhi, Shanxi ProvinceAugust 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Despite the restoration work that had begun four months ago, for reasons of “urban planning,” local authorities changed their minds and started the demolition of the monumental building...
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...
Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong’s subversion trial appears to be stagedAugust 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, well known for his loud support of dissidents amid a nationwide crackdown on dissent, stood trial yesterday in Changsha, confessing that...
China church property dispute results in laywoman’s deathAugust 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Maria Fan Junying, a Catholic woman in Tianjin, died of cerebral hemorrhage on July 30, four days after more than 20 men armed with power tools attempted to...
Vatican envoy calls on Vietnam to respect religious freedomAugust 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli called on Vietnamese government in his recent homily to respect religious freedom and view Catholic Church as something positive instead of problematic. Although Communist Vietnam...
