Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Highlights the State of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa Ten Years After the Arab SpringApril 30, 2021 — 04/30/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - Yesterday, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. Congress held a hearing on the state of human rights in the Middle...
Biden Administration Shifts Focus Away from International Religious FreedomApril 28, 2021 — 04/28/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - A rise in international religious persecution is expected as the Biden administration backs away from promoting religious freedom abroad, despite progress made by...
Report Finds that Most of the World’s Population Live in Countries that Violate Religious FreedomApril 21, 2021 — 04/21/2021 Germany (International Christian Concern) - According to a report by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), around 5.2 billion (or around 2 thirds of the world’s population) live...
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Urged not to Downplay Religious FreedomsApril 12, 2021 — 04/12/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hopes to downplay the importance of international religious freedom in a time where the need to oppose...
Rare EU-Turkey Meeting Highlights European Concerns With Situation in TurkeyApril 7, 2021 — 04/7/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) - In a rare meeting between the European Union and Turkey, heads of the European Commission and the European Council met with Turkish President Recep...
Religious Freedoms Crackdowns Intensify in Russia with Fresh Arrests of Jehovah’s WitnessesMarch 29, 2021 — 03/29/2021 Russia (International Christian Concern) - Crackdowns on religious freedom have intensified in Russia in 2021, with the arrest last week of a 30-year-old Jehovah’s Witness in the city of...
Scholars Call for Vatican to Speak Out on China’s Religious Freedom AbusesMarch 25, 2021 — 03/23/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A scholar studying China has called for the Vatican to speak up about human rights abuses by the Chinese government, noting that dialogue between...
Conservatives Push for Resurrection of Canadian Office of Religious FreedomsMarch 24, 2021 — 03/24/2021 Canada (International Christian Concern) - Calls are being made in Canada for the resurrection of the Office of Religious Freedoms with advocates saying that it’s closure by Liberals within the Canadian...
Watchdog Organization Criticizes Afghanistan for Inaction on Protecting Human Rights DefendersMarch 22, 2021 — 03/22/2021 Kabul (International Christian Concern) - Afghanistan has been criticized recently for not delivering on its pledge to establish a functional body for the protection of human rights defenders. Three...
Egypt Defends Human Rights Record After UN CriticismMarch 19, 2021 — 03/19/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) - In response to the release of a UN statement signed by thirty-one countries condemning Egyptian human rights abuses, the country has come out in...
Papal Visit to Iraq Deemed a SuccessMarch 17, 2021 — 03/17/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) - With the conclusion of the papal visit to Iraq earlier this month came hopes that the visit will foster greater interreligious dialogue within the...
U.S. Signs UN Joint Statement Condemning Egyptian Human Rights AbusesMarch 12, 2021 — 03/12/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - For the first time since 2014, the U.S. signed on to the UN Human Rights Council’s joint statement on Egypt, which called on...
United States Seeks Return to UN Human Rights CouncilMarch 1, 2021 — 03/1/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - The United States is seeking to return the United Nations Human Rights Council nearly three years after it was removed from the body...
UN Working Group Determines Detention of Iranian Pastor is ArbitraryFebruary 26, 2021 — 02/26/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) - The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released an opinion that the continued detention of Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani is arbitrary....
U.S. Arms Deal Calls Human Rights into Question in EgyptFebruary 24, 2021 — 02/24/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - The Biden administration has announced the sale of almost $200 million of weapons to Egypt, the first substantial arms transfer of the Biden...
UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs Publish Letter Denouncing Algerian Closures of Protestant ChurchesFebruary 19, 2021 — 02/19/2021 Geneva (International Christian Concern) - A letter sent to the Algerian government in December 2020 by three UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rapporteurs has been made public. The 7-page...
