125,000 Signatures Calling for Release of Canadian Pastor in N. Korea

January 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The advocacy website change.org has had a petition posted calling for the release of 60 year old Canadian pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim. He has been held in North Korea...

Indonesian Christians Fear Next Target for Islamic Terrorism

January 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Islamic State is becoming not just a Middle East issue, but a global issue. After the Indonesia terrorist attacks, the Islamic State took credit for the deplorable...

Pastor of Huoshi Church Formally Arrested for “Divulging State Secrets” in China

January 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Huoshi church in the Chinese province of Guizhou has been a consistent target of the government as it has been raided multiple times, threatened with closure and...

Long Awaited Refugee Status given to Vietnamese Christians in Cambodia

January 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In Vietnamese highlands, there is an ethnic group known as Montagnards or "mountain people" which have been a target of persecution for years. The reason for persecution is...

North Korea Worst Country to be a Christian for 14th Straight Year

January 20, 2016 — ICC NOTE: For the 14th consecutive year, North Korea holds the top spot for the most dangerous places to be a Christian. According to Open Doors USA, a persecution watchdog...

Vietnamese Nuns Fear Government Takeover of Schools and Convent

January 20, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Sisters of the Holy Cross Lovers have been serving and evangelizing Vietnamese communities for 176 years. Their convent has been blessed to serve three primary schools and...

Hyeon-Soo Lim Charges Called “Outrageously Unjust” According to Source Close to Him

January 19, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Detained pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim has been incarcerated since January of 2015 in North Korea with formal sentencing occurring ten months later. A source close to the pastor has...

10,000 Indonesians of Many Faiths Gather in Solidarity Post-Attack

January 19, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As Indonesia continues to pick up the pieces from the deadly terror attack in the capital city of Jakarta, a multi-faith gathering took part in a pre-scheduled rally...

Celebrate National Religious Freedom Day by Remembering the Persecuted

January 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The United States of America is blessed to be a nation where its' citizens have the freedom worship in whatever manner they wish. However, nearly three quarters of...

Church Elder in China Charged after Six months in Prison

January 15, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Hu Shigen, an elder of Yahebo Church in Beijing and long time democracy activist was formally arrested on January 8th after his initial detainment in July of 2015....

Religious Leaders come Together to Raise Awareness of Persecution in Asia

January 15, 2016 — ICC NOTE: If there would be anything positive to come from the recent terror attack in Indonesia it would be the call for various faiths to join together and fight...

Korean-American Pastor Detained in North Korea on Charges of Spying

January 14, 2016 — 1/14/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – According to Reuters and CNN, the most recent North Korean prisoner to be presented to the public has been identified as a Korean-American...

Stricter Islam in Malaysia could Spell Trouble for Religious Minorities

January 14, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Malaysia is a Muslim majority country in southeast Asia which has been rather tolerant of religious minorities in the past. However, recently there has been a shift in...

6 Human Rights Lawyers Formerly Arrested 6 Months after being Taken

January 13, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Six human rights lawyers were officially arrested by the Communist Party of China after they were originally arrested six months ago. The charges carry with them the potential...

Cisco Systems under Scrutiny for Aiding Chinese in Targeting Religious Minority

January 13, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Falun Gong have been a target of the Communist Party of China since 1999 when the politburo ordered a crackdown on the religious minority. Now, the Electronic...

American Pastor Identified as Recent North Korean Prisoner

January 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A Korean-American recently appearing on television in North Korean custody has been identified according to both Reuters and CNN as Christian pastor Kim Dong Chul, formerly of Fairfax,...