US Government Calls for the Release of Imprisoned Christian LeaderMarch 1, 2023 — 03/01/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - On Thursday, February 23, the US government condemned the Myanmar military’s arrest and detention of Baptist leader Hkalam Samson. Samson is the former head...
Military Junta Extends State of Emergency, Further Delaying ElectionsFebruary 2, 2023 — 2/2/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - The military junta currently ruling Myanmar has extended the nation's state of emergency for an additional six months. This means that the elections the...
Civilian Casualties Following Another Church Bombing by the Burmese MilitaryJanuary 13, 2023 — 1/13/2023 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - On December 30, the Burmese military shelled St. Michael Catholic Church in San Hka village, located in predominately Christian Kachin state. At least one...
Moderate Burmese Monk who Advocates for Religious Freedom, Dies in ThailandNovember 1, 2022 — 11/01/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Ariya Vansa Bivansa, commonly referred to as “Myawaddy Sayadaw,” died at age 71 on October 27 of a heart attack...
Targeted Airstrikes Kill More than 80 Civilians in MyanmarOctober 27, 2022 — Junta Attacks Concert Goers During Anniversary Celebration in Kachin State 10/26/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Eighty people were killed and another 200 injured when the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) attacked a music...
Myanmar Refugees Pour Across Border into IndiaOctober 18, 2022 — 10/18/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - The February 2021 coup that established military rule in Myanmar has led to ongoing infighting between the military junta and pro-democracy forces. The...
Pope Francis Urges International Community to “Think of Myanmar”October 17, 2022 — 10/17/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) - ICC has reported extensively on the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar following the February 2021 military coup which deposed the nation's democratically elected government. Christians,...
Ethnic Pwo Karen Christian Pastor Murdered in PatheinOctober 14, 2022 — 10/14/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – An ethnic Pwo Karen Christian pastor was murdered at his residence inside the church compound at night on September 2. Rev. Mahn Kyaw Soe...
Myanmar Villagers Live in Fear From Junta RaidsJune 6, 2022 — 06/06/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Thousands of villagers, including many Christians from Myanmar’s central regions, are living in fear as the military junta continues torching hundreds of homes. At...
Over 100 Religious Buildings Destroyed by Burmese MilitaryMarch 29, 2022 — 03/29/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Since the February 2021 coup, which deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, the Burmese military has been on a rampage against its own civilians. The...
US Declares Violence Against Myanmar Religious Minority ‘Genocide’March 21, 2022 — 03/21/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – In a long-awaited but welcomed move, the Biden Administration has finally declared the attacks by the Myanmar military (the Tatmadaw) in 2017 against the...
US Declares Violence Against Myanmar Religious Minority ‘Genocide’March 21, 2022 — 03/21/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – In a long-awaited but welcomed move, the Biden Administration has finally declared the attacks by the Myanmar military (the Tatmadaw) in 2017 against the...
UN Expert Reveals Russian and Chinese Support of Myanmar Junta’s Violent CampaignFebruary 23, 2022 — 02/23/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A new report from the United Nations indicates that both Russia and China have continued to supply Myanmar’s military junta (the Tatmadaw) with weapons...
Two Women Raped by Tatmadaw in Chin State, MyanmarNovember 25, 2021 — 11/25/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Recently, Tatmadaw soldiers raped two women while raiding a village in Tedim township, Chin State, Myanmar. On November 11, Tatmadaw forces raided the village...
Tatmadaw Raids Catholic Institutions in Kayah State, MyanmarNovember 24, 2021 — 11/24/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On November 22, the Myanmar military junta known as the Tatmadaw raided a cathedral, bishop’s house, and church-run clinic in the primarily Catholic Kayah...
All-Women Militia Formed in Myanmar to Combat TatmadawNovember 23, 2021 — 11/23/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – An all-women militia has been formed in Myanmar’s Sagaing region in order to more effectively combat the Tatmadaw, the military junta that has been...
