India Calls on Pakistan to Stop Persecuting Religious Minorities

September 20, 2022 — 09/20/2022 India (International Christian Concern) – Last week, during a session of the United Nations, India called on Pakistan to stop its discriminatory practices against religious minorities. While India’s...

Record Rise in Pakistan Forced Conversion Cases

October 18, 2021 — 10/18/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – The People's Commission for Minorities’ Rights (PCMR) and The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), two Pakistan-based organizations, have reported a record rise in forced...

Pakistan’s Anti-Forced Conversion Bill Shot Down

September 28, 2021 — 09/28/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – This week, Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs rejected a bill that would have criminalized “forcible conversion after threats to call for violent protests from...

New Pakistani Anti-Conversion Bill Again in Question

September 21, 2021 — 09/13/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – News about the increased kidnapping and forced conversion of young female brides to Islam has caused international pressure on the Pakistani government. In response,...

While All Eyes Are on Afghanistan, Brutality Against Christians Increases in Pakistan

September 10, 2021 — 09/09/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Christians in Pakistan claim that brutality against their minority is increasing daily. Private Facebook groups are filled with video evidence that Christians are under...

Taliban Control in Afghanistan Means Expanding Persecution in Pakistan

September 2, 2021 — 09/02/2021 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – As most are now painfully aware, the Afghan arm of the Taliban took control of the country after a twenty-year war with the United...

Christian Woman Tortured for 20 Days in Pakistan

June 6, 2021 — 06/06/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Pakistan Christian Post, a Christian mother of five was abducted on April 1st, 2021, and spent 20 days in captivity while...

“Filthy Christians” Denied Residence in Pakistani Muslim Neighborhood

August 13, 2020 — 08/13/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – After several operations, Nadeem Joseph died on June 29 from three gunshot wounds to his abdomen because he refused to give up his home...

Thailand Arrests 51 Pakistani Christian Asylum Seekers

July 10, 2019 — 07/10/2019 Thailand (International Christian Concern) – Allegedly acting on a tipoff, Thai authorities raided an apartment building in Bangkok and arrested 51 Pakistani Christian asylum seekers on July 8. The...

Blasphemy Charges Against Pakistani-Christian Man Dropped After Two-Years

May 25, 2018 — ICC Note: After two years of imprisonment, a Pakistani Christian man's blasphemy charges were dropped. He has endured not only unjust incarceration but also brutal beatings and harassment due to...

Pakistani Christians Protest Over Continued Police Raids in Karachi

May 18, 2018 — ICC Note: Over the past month, Police raids have led to the arrest of dozens of young Christians in Karachi, Pakistan. On May 13, Christians staged a protest at St....

Pakistani Christian Finds Little Support in Thailand

July 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Aside from the grave crisis of developing an asylum network for displaced Syrians and Iraqis, there is likewise an absence of sufficient support in Thailand for those fleeing...