Chinese Christian Leader of Umbrella Movement Dodges Five Year SentenceAugust 15, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Christian leader of the democratic movement in Hong Kong known as the "Umbrella" movement was spared a likely sentence of five years. Rather than receiving the maximum for...
China Blasted for Treatment of House Church Leaders and Human Rights ActivistsAugust 12, 2016 — ICC Note: It's positive news that leaders are speaking out against China's ridiculous sequence of skewed "trials" of political prisoners. Bob Fu of China Aid continues to be a leading...
Religious Freedom is “Nearly Nonexistent” in North KoreaAugust 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Fear and paranoia are integral pieces of a tragic reality without freedom in North Korea. No matter how much we hear about it, we must not deafen our...
First Russian feels effect of Anti-Missionary Law for Handing out LiteratureAugust 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The first Russian citizen to feel the effects of the controversial missionary portion of the latest anti-terror law is a member of the Indian Krishna faith. The individual...
Kazakhstan to Propose Stricter Laws on Freedom of Religion and BeliefAugust 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Kazakhstan already has very strict laws on religious activities, specifically geared toward curbing the spread of any religion outside of its own community. The laws that are in...
Russia, Ukraine, and Blasphemy Laws Make State Department Religious Freedom ReportAugust 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The U.S. State Department has released its 2015 International Religious Freedom Report. This is an important piece of information not only for those advocating for religious freedom, but...
Protesters begin another round in Moscow over Latest Anti-Terror/Religious LawAugust 10, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The people of Russia are taking notice of the new restrictions and added punishments implemented by the latest anti-terror law. Protests have broken out again in Moscow as...
Russian FSB Offers Wiretapping Systems for Anti-Terror Law; Are Christians at Risk?August 10, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Russia's anti-terror law (also known as the anti-religion law) has created a massive buzz in the religious media and some secular news outlets, especially in trying to decypher...
Militant Christian Group Vows to Attack Muslims if Boko Haram Kills ChristiansAugust 9, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria that the violence may end and God's children may be rescued from both sides of the conflicts. 8/9/2016 Nigeria...
Fines, Arrests, and Torture are Reported Against Christians in UzbekistanAugust 9, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Central Asia has had its issues with radical Islam but despite the majority faith in the Central Asian countries (Islam), the governments have been very secular. Taking their...
Russian Documentary Resurrects Portions of Imfamous Antisemitic PropagandaAugust 9, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Recently a Russian television station premiered a documentary which had previously been shown in 2012 connecting conspiracy theories to the sinking of the Titanic. At the time the...
Wife Writes Beautiful Letter to Imprisoned Christian Husband in ChinaAugust 8, 2016 — ICC Note: When one person is the victim of religious persecution, rarely is it he or she who is the only one to suffer. That person's spouse, children, and relatives...
Sudanese Pastors Receive Court Date after 8 Months in LimboAugust 8, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Christian Sudanese pastors have finally been given court dates after sitting in limbo for the past eight months. Sudan has been notorious for arresting, detaining, and imprisoning Christian...
Three Religions Caught in Front of the Government Bulldozer in BurmaAugust 5, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Burma has been a hotbed for animosity among the three main religions, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Buddhist radicals have been constructing religious shrines on or near Muslim and...
Punishment Handed Down on Christian Activist in Tianjin TrialsAugust 5, 2016 — ICC Note: The final trial of the CCP's infamous "crackdown week" on human rights advocates has been concluded, and the victim on this occasion was a Christian man. Merely because...
Ugandan Children Face Undue Hardship for Turning to ChristAugust 5, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Eight Ugandan children have endured serious hardship for their decision to turn to Christ from Islam and animism. some were beaten by their Muslim families and by other...
