Report Casts Light on Dark Reality of North Korean Detention CentersJuly 3, 2022 — 07/03/2022 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – On June 27, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and former judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as...
Egypt’s Adjustments Lack Depth For Religious Freedom ChangeNovember 4, 2021 — 11/04/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s courts accepted a case for the removal of the religious identification field from national ID cards at the end of October, a step in...
33 Christians Serve as Prisoners of Conscience in VietnamJune 23, 2021 — 06/23/2021 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – According to a recently released report on human rights in Vietnam published by the California-based rights group Vietnam Human Rights Network (VHRN), Vietnam holds...
Lao Christians Detained in Jail for Planning Christian FuneralOctober 19, 2020 — 10/19/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – For over three months, four Lao Christians have been jailed in the country’s Khammouane province for planning a Christian funeral that is contrary to...
North Korea Denies Existence of Political Prison CampsMay 10, 2019 — 05/10/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – On Thursday, North Korea denied once again the existence of political prison camps in the country, during periodic UN rights council review. In...
Jailed Vietnamese Catholic Activist Ends a Two-Week Hunger StrikeJuly 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Imprisoned Vietnamese Catholic activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh ended a two-week hunger strike on July 23 after she met with visiting U.S. diplomats. She began serving a 10-year jail...
Vietnam: Fresh concerns for ChristiansNovember 15, 2017 — ICC Note: The NOW! Campaign joined by 14 Vietnamese and international organizations calls for release of 165 prisoners who were arrested for their political or religious beliefs in Vietnam. Christian...
Release of Vietnamese Priest Likely Due to Obama Visit Over the WeekendMay 23, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In what was likely a move to divert U.S. attention on Vietnam's human rights blunders, the Vietnamese government released 70 year old Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly as a...
Supporters Held Against their Will Inside Vietnamese Christian Activists Home by “Thugs”March 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A group of people, likely supporters and friends, are being held against their will by who have been described as "thugs" under the authority of local police in...