Churches in Northern Philippines Ask Military Not to Visit ThemAugust 16, 2019 — 08/16/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Pastors in the northern Philippines have told the military to stop paying visit to their churches because it has caused "fear and distress" among...
Eritrea on UN Human Rights Council Despite Horrible RecordJune 28, 2019 — 06/28/2019 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – In October, 2018 Eritrea was given a seat on the UN Human Right’s Council. This was shortly after the country ended its decades long...
Human Rights Discussion Again Missing at Trump-Kim SummitFebruary 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...
Emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong Receives Medal for Fighting CommunismJanuary 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)...
Myanmar President Criticized for Claiming Improvement on Human RightsDecember 12, 2018 — 12/10/2018 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On Human Rights Day this year, Myanmar President Win Myint stated that his country’s human rights situation has improved. His statement was quickly dismissed by...
US Sanctions Senior North Korean Officials Over Human Rights AbusesDecember 11, 2018 — 12/11/2018 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Despite a thaw in relations between the U.S. and North Korea, on December 10, as the world celebrated Human Rights Day, Washington announced sanctions...
Ethiopian Authorities Arrest Ex-Ruler over Human Rights AbusesAugust 28, 2018 — ICC Note: A previous President to the Somali Region in Ethiopia has been arrested for human rights violations concerning recent attacks by police on Churches, government offices and civilians. The...
North Korean Family Arrested For Defection AttemptJuly 31, 2018 — ICC Note: A North Korean family preparing to escape to South Korea as inter-Korean bilateral ties improve were arrested and would be punished severely. Attempting to defect and calling someone in...
Lutheran Pastor in Vietnam Handed Heavy SentenceJuly 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Religious leaders in Vietnam strongly condemn the heavy sentence handed to a pastor in a recent ruling and harassment of another religious leader for their democratic activities. Lutheran pastor...
Chinese Christian Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Forced To Take MedicationJuly 21, 2018 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian Lawyer Wang Quanzhang, jailed for his work defending Christians, political activists, and victims of land grab, is still alive since his disappearance in a 2015 police sweep....
North Korea Has Highest Rate of Modern SlaveryJuly 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Australia-based Walk Free Foundation released a report on Thursday, listing North Korea as the world’s leading slave state with an estimated 2.6 million living in conditions of modern slavery,...
Filipino Priests Receive Death Threats from Security ForcesJuly 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Security forces in the Philippines are accused of conducting illegal surveillance of priests and issuing death threats against them since 2017, according to Philippine Independent Church (IFI). The targeted...
North Korea Peace Talks Sideline Human Rights IssuesJuly 9, 2018 — ICC Note: In the highly publicized peace talks between the U.S. and North Korea, the issue of human rights is yet to be comprehensively addressed. It is difficult to tell...
Three Years Since China’s 709 Lawyer CrackdownJuly 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Today marks the third anniversary of an intense crackdown on human rights activists and lawyers in China, many of whom are Christians. Since what came to be known...
Authorities in Philippine Detain Church Workers and ActivistsJuly 7, 2018 — ICC Note: 13 church workers and rights activists in the southern Philippine city of General Santos were arrested and detained on July 4 in a joint police and military operation. Security...
Chinese Christian Lawyer Jiang Tianyong Force-fed Medication in JailJune 28, 2018 — ICC Note: Imprisoned Chinese Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong’s father visited him last week in Henan, reports that his son is being forced to take an “unidentified medicine” in prison which...
