Kindergarten Director Released from Prison after 2 Years in ChinaFebruary 18, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Chinese authorities have released the director of a church-run kindergarten in southern Guangxi after spending two years in detention. Cheng Jie was detained in February of 2014 for...
125,000 Signatures Calling for Release of Canadian Pastor in N. KoreaJanuary 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...
Hyeon-Soo Lim Charges Called “Outrageously Unjust” According to Source Close to HimJanuary 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...
American Pastor Identified as Recent North Korean PrisonerJanuary 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,...
Imprisoned Canadian Pastor Digging Holes for 8 Hours a Day in Frigid TemperaturesJanuary 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Korean-Canadian pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim has been incarcerated in North Korea since February of 2015 when he originally went missing from his humanitarian mission. Pastor Lim is the shepherd...
Human Rights Groups Plea for Release of Christian Lawyer in VietnamJanuary 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Christian human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was arrested December 16th while attempting to join with European Union diplomats after the conclusion to a human rights meeting with...
Ex-Prison Head Charged Lightly Compared to Torture Ordered on Falun GongJanuary 7, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The deputy head of a provincial public security department in Xinjiang province was arrested for bribery and abuse of power by the Communist Party in China. However, in...
