White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea PublishedNovember 25, 2020 — 11/25/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (as known as NKDB) recently published their annual White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea....
Christian Families Endure Constant Threat of Attacks by Hindu RadicalsAugust 14, 2020 — 08/14/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to Asia News, Rajesh Gupta, a Christian Pastor and his family were brutally attacked by radical Hindu nationalists with sharp weapons while Pastor...
Boko Haram Burns Several Churches and Many Houses in Recent AttackFebruary 24, 2020 — 02/24/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On February 21, Boko Haram attacked the mainly Christian village of Garkida in Gombi of Adamawa State. According to Save the Persecuted Christians, over...
Religious Venue Star Rating System Increasingly Implemented in ChinaOctober 28, 2019 — 10/28/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Nowadays in China, not only hotels are rated for their services rendered to their customers, religious venues, including churches and chapels, are subject to...
Human Rights Worst Ever as Communist China Celebrates 70th AnniversaryOctober 2, 2019 — 10/02/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – 15,000 military personnel from the People’s Liberation Army marched in front of Tiananmen Square yesterday, as more than 100,000 civilians cheered and watched their...
Vice President Pence: The U.S. Will Press DPRK on Religious LibertyJuly 20, 2019 — 07/20/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In his address at a ministerial meeting at the State Department on religious freedom on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence criticized North Korea’s...
UN: U.S. Travel Ban on Myanmar Generals Not EnoughJuly 18, 2019 — 07/18/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On July 16, the State Department said that Burmese army chief Min Aung Hlaing, along with three other top officers and their families, would...
Malaysia Islamic Party Warns Believers of Hell if Led By Non-Muslim LeadersJanuary 9, 2019 — 01/09/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – In a lengthy opinion piece published on social media today, Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS) president Hadi Awang delivered his warning to Muslims to place...
U.S. Congressman Calls On the World to Stand Against China’s Religious PersecutionDecember 29, 2018 — 12/29/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – In an op-ed published on Washington Post on December 27, U.S. Congressman Chris Smith from New Jersey calls on the world to let the Chinese...
Beijing Moves to Tighten Control of Foreigners’ Religious Activities in ChinaMay 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Radio Free Asia has learned that China is further tightening control of religion for foreign nationals who practice their religions on Chinese soil, in order to prevent “hostile foreign...
Jailed Vietnamese Pastor Shares the Horrors Faced by Christians in PrisonApril 20, 2018 — ICC Note: At a summit yesterday commemorating the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Vietnamese pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh who was jailed for preaching and human rights...
Why Indonesia’s Christian Diaspora Does Not Want to Go HomeMarch 1, 2018 — ICC Note: Phelim Kine, the Deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, points out that Indonesia’s attitude towards its blasphemy law and growing intolerance towards religious minorities make Christian diaspora...
China Not the “Land of Wonders” as Suggested by Vatican OfficialFebruary 7, 2018 — ICC Note: As the Holy See moves to restore diplomatic relations with China, recent comments made by a Vatican official calling China as the “Land of Wonders” after his visit...
After Party Congress, religions still face crackdown in ChinaOctober 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Given the current trajectory of the Chinese government, the situation for the country’s religious minorities may become even more tumultuous. On October 18, China will convene its 19th...
President Xi Jinping Tells Conference on Religion Members are to be, “Ardent Marxist Atheists”April 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In a recent meeting which took place over the weekend between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the various religious groups/non-communist entities, the president issued the decree that members...
