Suhakam Demands Phone Records of Missing Malaysian Pastor

August 15, 2021 — 08/15/2021 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – In a recent public inquiry held by the Suhakam (the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia), it was made known that missing Malaysian Pastor Joshua...

ICC Supports Catfish Breeding Business in Indonesia

August 14, 2021 —

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8/14/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Since 2014, Cahyono* has been serving tribal people in one of the major islands in Indonesia. In the beginning, he...

Burmese Military Blocks Supply Routes to 50,000 Chin Refugees

August 11, 2021 — 08/11/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Ever since the military coup on February 1st of this year that deposed Myanmar's democratically elected government and resulted in the military junta in...

Yasmin Church Still Not Allowed to Reopen at Original Location

August 10, 2021 — 08/10/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Yasmin Church in Bogor, Indonesia, has been battling with local authorities to secure its building permit for the last fifteen years. The church building...

Authorities Refuse to Allow Christian Couple to Bury Baby in Local Cemetery

August 9, 2021 — 08/09/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Early in the morning on August 6th, a two-month-old baby girl named Nabila Adriana Karenina passed away at a hospital in Gresik, East Java,...

Chin Priest and Catechist Released by Civil Forces

August 6, 2021 — 08/06/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, ICC reported on a priest and a catechist who were abducted by a local defense force in Chin state after being...

Pope Francis Should Prioritize Visiting Indonesia

August 5, 2021 — 08/05/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In an opinion piece written for UCA News, Siktus Harson argues that visiting Indonesia should be at the top of Pope Francis' priority list....

Impoverished Citizens in Laos Heavily Affected by Delta Variant

August 4, 2021 — 08/04/2021 Laos (International Christian Concern) – Laos has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases this summer, as many migrant workers returned to the country in June and July. The workers...

Filipino Church Has Faced Increased Persecution Under President Duterte

August 3, 2021 — 08/03/2021 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – In June of 2016, Rodrigo Duterte became the sixteenth president of the Philippines. The start of his administration began four years of heightened persecution...

Priest and Catechist in Chin State Arrested by Civil Force

August 2, 2021 — 08/02/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A bishop in Myanmar’s majority-Christian Chin state called for the release of a priest and a catechist who were arrested by the Chinland Defense...

PGI Concerned about the Lack of Progress for Aceh Churches’ Building Permit

July 25, 2021 — 07/25/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A recent video of a church congregating under thatched roofs and tarpaulins in Aceh Singkil Regency has gone viral in the country. This church’s...

Police Clarify No Burning of Church in North Sumatra

July 24, 2021 — 07/24/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Indonesian police clarify that a recent brawl did not specifically target a local church, although the church was affected. A brawl that took...

Burmese Soldiers Not Brought to Justice For Rape and Murder of a Kachin Woman

July 22, 2021 — 07/22/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese military has detained three soldiers to investigate a crime against a 55-year-old ethnic Kachin woman named Khaw Ywe. The soldiers are accused...

Indonesian Security Forces Kill A Senior MIT Militant

July 20, 2021 — 07/20/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Last week, Indonesian security forces conducted a raid in Central Sulawesi province that killed two suspected members of pro-Islamic State terror group Eastern Indonesia...

ICC Provides Much Needed Assistance to Pastors in Myanmar

July 19, 2021 —

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7/19/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – As a nation, Myanmar is struggling. The pandemic had already crippled Myanmar’s economy, leaving many extremely vulnerable. However, on February 1,...

The US Calls Out Myanmar and China in a Genocide Report

July 15, 2021 — 07/15/2021 Myanmar, China (International Christian Concern) – The Biden administration renewed allegations of genocide and atrocities against China and Myanmar in a latest report by the Department of State. The...