India Calls on Pakistan to Stop Persecuting Religious MinoritiesSeptember 20, 2022 — 09/20/2022 India (International Christian Concern) – Last week, during a session of the United Nations, India called on Pakistan to stop its discriminatory practices against religious minorities. While India’s...
Constitutional Court ruling boosts religious rights in IndonesiaDecember 4, 2017 — ICC Note: Indonesia is making some progress in terms of enhancing religious rights. The Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional for the indigenous faith followers to leave a blank on the religious...
Myanmar army chief tells Pope ‘no religious discrimination’November 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Despite overwhelming evidence for the persecution of the religious minorities in Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, whom many hold responsible for Rohingya crisis, has told Pope Francis...
Religious freedom is another casualty of Southeast Asia’s regressive turnOctober 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Rising religious intolerance, persecution, and intercommunal conflicts have been growing in the Southeast Asia. Religious violations against the Rohingya Muslims and other religious minorities in Myanmar have pretty...
Indonesia rejects UN call to repeal its blasphemy lawSeptember 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Indonesia recently rejected United Nations’ recommendations to repeal its blasphemy law, often used to persecute religious minorities. Recent cases from around the world and Indonesia showed that the...
Religious and Ethnic Minorities React to Kerry’s Genocide DeterminationMarch 21, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Ethnic and religious minorities directly affected by ISIS responded to Secretary Kerry's genocide determination with both hope and skepticism. Many are happy to hear the United States has...
European Parliament Votes to Recognize ISIS Atrocities as GenocideFebruary 4, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The European Parliament unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday recognizing the atrocities carried out by ISIS towards religious minorities as a genocide. This is the first instance of the...
Stricter Islam in Malaysia could Spell Trouble for Religious MinoritiesJanuary 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...
