Egypt’s Constitutional Changes Ignores ChristiansApril 21, 2019 — 04/21/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – The final draft of Egypt’s proposed amendments to the 2014 Constitution was approved by Parliament on April 16th. Egypt is now in the process...
Egypt’s Sisi Settles into President’s ChairFebruary 17, 2019 — 02/17/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s parliament has approved draft constitutional changes which would extend President Sisi’s time in office by 12 years. The changes also include broad sweeping...
Sentence Issued Against Policeman Who Murdered 2 ChristiansFebruary 10, 2019 — 02/10/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A criminal court in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate has issued a death sentence against policeman Rabie Mustafa Khalifa. This past December, he had approached...
Egypt’s New Counter-Sectarianism Committee Moves ForwardFebruary 6, 2019 — 02/06/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Roughly one month after Egypt’s new Higher Committee to Counter Sectarian Violence was formed, questions persist within the country on what outcomes are achievable....
Egypt Denies Human Rights Watch ReportFebruary 4, 2019 — 02/01/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a statement on January 31st denying the content of a Human Rights Watch 2019 World Report. This report criticizes...
9 Iranian Christians Arrested Christmas WeekDecember 30, 2018 — 12/30/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian State news connected with the Revolutionary Guards has announced that nine Iranian Christians were arrested during Christmas week. These nine Christians were arrested in Alborz...
Over 100 Iranian Christians Arrested by Intelligence OfficialsDecember 6, 2018 — Iranian Authorities Attempt to Intimidate Christians into Silence Ahead of Christmas Celebrations 12/06/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that during the month of...
Prosecution Reviews Case of St. George IntruderNovember 20, 2018 — 11/20/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A young man who broke into a Cairo church and injured two Christians has had his case transferred to the prosecution. An investigation is reportedly being...
Answers and Solutions Wanted After Minya Bus AttackNovember 7, 2018 — 11/07/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s swift response in killing nineteen individuals suspected of being ISIS militants who attacked a Christian caravan on Friday continues to draw harsh condemnation from many....
Court Rules on Mob Attack Against Giza ChurchOctober 25, 2018 — 10/25/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – This past December, ICC reported on a mob attack in an Egyptian village of Kafr El-Waselin. The mob was protesting a service building used by St....
False Positive Appointment of Egypt’s New Christian GovernorAugust 31, 2018 — ICC Note: Egypt has appointed a Christian woman as governor of Damieeta governorate. There is, however, one significant detail not mentioned: there are very few Christians who live in Damieeta....
Extremist Muslims Protest Against Two ChurchesAugust 28, 2018 — ICC Note: In two separate villages in Upper Egypt, hard line Muslims gathered to protest against churches who were seeking official recognition by the authorities. The building of churches in...
Al-Arish Displacement Continues to Haunt ChristiansAugust 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Last February’s series of attacks against the Christians of Egypt’s al-Arish continues to haunt the hundreds of families who were displaced by the violence. No Christian from al-Arish...
Syria’s Christian Villages Are Ghost TownsAugust 16, 2018 — ICC Note: As Syria’s eight-year civil war begins to slow, the absence of the country’s Christians is increasingly noticeable. In a residential area where ISIS kidnapped over 220 Christians, the...
Turkish Churches Sign Religious Freedom Declaration Under DuressAugust 15, 2018 — ICC Note: The message of a declaration signed by church leaders in Turkey is not that they are under no pressure, but rather that they will be in trouble if...
Imprisoned Christian Pens Open Letter to Iran’s RegimeAugust 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Evin prison serving a prison sentence of ten years, has penned an open letter to Iranian authorities. He asks how...
