Social Activist Publishes Book Stating Hindus Have Framed Christians in India

January 8, 2018 — ICC Note: In 2008, a revered Hindu spiritual leader, Swami Laxamanananda, was killed. Enraged Hindus began parading the leader’s body throughout India, spreading rumors that Christians had killed him. In...

Government Official Rejects Hindu Attempts to Desecrate Religious College

January 8, 2018 — ICC Note: On January 4, 2018, members of radical, right-wing Hindu groups attempted to force a Catholic college in India to host Hindu prayer rituals. Despite intense protests by priests...

Pakistan Rejects NGOs’ Registration Applications

January 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Pakistan requires international non-government organizations (INGOs) to register in order to operate in the country. After the recent passage of new registration requirements, 149 NGOs submitted registration requests...

Pakistan Detains Activist Who Tried to Remember Religious Freedom

January 5, 2018 — ICC Note: In 2011, a governor in Pakistan was killed by his bodyguard after standing up for Asia Bibi and religious freedom. Since his death, a Pakistani activist has scheduled...

US Places Pakistan on Special Watch List

January 5, 2018 — ICC Note: After a long delay, the US finally released its Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) list in addition to a special watch list for countries whose violations of religious...

Hindu Radicals Launch at Least 23 Attacks During 2017 Christmas Season in India

January 4, 2018 — 01/03/2018 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that at least 23 religiously-motivated attacks took place during the 2017 Christmas season, including attacks on carolers and open threats...

Hindu Radicals Try Forcing Catholic College to Practice Hindu Rituals

January 4, 2018 — ICC Note: In India, Hindu radicals told the leaders of a Catholic college that they had to participate in Hindu rituals otherwise the organization would face severe consequences. Such a...

Losing Hope of Justice in Pakistan

January 4, 2018 — ICC Note: In 2011, Salman Taseer, a governor in Pakistan, challenged Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and supported Asia Bibi, a Christian woman falsely accused of blasphemy. In response to Taseer’s declaration,...

Release International Lists China, India as top countries of concern for 2018

January 3, 2018 — ICC Note: In the latest report published by the UK-based Release International serving persecuted Christians, China is listed as a "key country of concern" for 2018, warning that Christians in...

Police in India Injure 8 in Attack on Peaceful Protest Led by Women and Children

January 3, 2018 — ICC Note: In August 2017, Christians found a cross demolished in a small village in the Indian state of Kerala. The Christians went to the authorities asking for an investigation...

Another Attack Rocks Quetta, Pakistan

January 3, 2018 — ICC Note: Quetta, Pakistan endured another violent attack Tuesday, mere weeks after suicide bombers killed 9 people and injured 50 in a church bombing. This time, an unknown number of...

India Persecuted Christians at Unprecedented Levels in 2017

January 2, 2018 — ICC Note: Religious minorities faced unprecedented persecution in 2017. Christians and Muslims suffered under radical Hindu authorities and laws that have targeted religious minorities in an effort to create an...

Activists Demand Release of Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan

January 2, 2018 — ICC Note: Human rights activists are demanding the release of a 44-year-old Christian, Nadeem, who was imprisoned in November on a false blasphemy charge. The grounds of release, according to...

One of Pakistan’s Ministers Says Christians are ‘Respected’ in Pakistan

January 1, 2018 — ICC Note: Pakistan’s Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting made a surprising and confusing speech late December. Marriyum Aurangzeb contended that Christians were a valuable part of Pakistan’s Muslim...

Pakistan Absolves Christian of Blasphemy after 9 Years in Prison

January 1, 2018 — ICC Note: A moment of justice invaded Pakistan’s court system in the last days of 2017 when a Supreme Court bench absolved a 58-year-old Christian of blasphemy after the accused...

Hindu Radicals Falsely Accuse A Christian of Boycotting Hindu Businesses

October 9, 2017 — ICC Note: In the latest attack on Christian schools, Hindu radicals have accused a Christian school headmaster of boycotting Hindu shops in Jharkhand with the intent of preventing the shops...