Dozens of Places of Worship Shut Down in Indonesia in Recent YearsNovember 12, 2020 — 11/12/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In the last three years, more than 23 houses of worship in Indonesia were forcibly shut down or vandalized, according to the country’s human...
China Harasses Canadian Catholics from Hong KongOctober 30, 2020 — 10/30/2020 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Beijing has extended its surveillance and harassment to anyone residing in other countries who is considered anti-China. In a webinar held yesterday, a...
North Korean Christians Brutally Tortured for Their FaithOctober 28, 2020 — 10/28/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – It is no secret that North Korean Christians are facing one of the harshest regimes when it comes to Christian persecution. A recent...
Religious Publications or Materials Increasingly Banned in ChinaOctober 15, 2020 — 10/15/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Published religious materials not approved by the government are now facing increasing scrutiny in China. The publishers will be punished, their materials confiscated. According...
Christians in Laos Driven Out from Homes for Refusing to Renounce FaithOctober 14, 2020 — 10/14/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – On October 10, the authorities in Laos’ Saravan province drove out seven Laotian Christians from their homes for they refused to renounce their faith....
Imprisoned Vietnamese Activist Banned from Reading BibleOctober 13, 2020 — 10/13/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Vietnamese activist and veteran Le Dinh Luong, who was arrested on July 24, 2017 for alleged subversion, while serving his 20-year sentence, has been...
TSPM Online Book Store Self-censors and Avoids Using the Word “Christ”October 9, 2020 — 10/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The China Christian Council (CCC) and Three-Self Patriotic Movement, commonly known as the “lianghui” (two organizations) in China, govern all things for state-sanctioned churches....
Lao Government Works with Christian Groups to Protect ChristiansSeptember 30, 2020 — 09/30/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – Even with a law updated to protect religious activities and uphold religious freedom in 2019, Christians in the communist Laos continue to face harassment...
USCIRF Encourages Vietnam’s Religious Freedom ProgressSeptember 16, 2020 — 09/16/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a press release on September 3rd calling on Vietnam's government to improve religious freedom....
Three-self Chinese Seminary Teaches Nationalism, State PropagandaSeptember 9, 2020 — 09/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A state-sanctioned seminary in Shanghai is teaching nationalism, state propaganda theory and implementation, and the “Sinicization” of Christianity in China to its incoming students...
Foreign Teachers in China Prevented from Sharing FaithSeptember 8, 2020 — 09/08/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A new set of regulations is expected to come into effect soon in China, regulating that foreign teachers should refrain from proselytizing without permission...
Imprisoned Chinese Christian Human Rights Lawyer Denied BibleSeptember 6, 2020 — 09/06/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – According to the wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei, Deng Xiaowun, her imprisoned Christian husband was denied access to Bible and a...
Hong Kong Church’s Webinar Allegedly Hacked by ChineseSeptember 3, 2020 — 09/03/2020 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – On August 30, when a church in Hong Kong was having a Google Meet webinar on China’s church-state relations, three unknown users identifying...
Malaysian MP Who Called the Bible “Corrupted,” Refuses to ApologizeAugust 31, 2020 — 08/31/2020 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – A Malaysian member of the parliament refuses to apologize to Christians for saying that the Bible has been “manipulated” or “corrupted.” He also said...
China Holds Sermon Contest Based on Core Socialist ValuesAugust 24, 2020 — 08/24/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A city in China’s Liaoning province is asking its Three-Self church preachers to compete against each other, in order to determine who can best...
New Regulations Grip Religious Accounts on Social MediaAugust 5, 2020 — 08/05/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – China's security has tightened its grip around the throat of commercial web platforms, reportedly cracking down on "illegal activities" by the Office of the...
