Christians in Laos Still Subject to Persecution Despite Reported Improvements

May 11, 2020 — 05/11/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – Despite updating a law to protect religious activities and uphold religious freedom, Christians in Laos continue to face harassment by local officials, according to...

ICC Delivers Medical Service, COVID-19 Prevention to IDP Camps

May 7, 2020 — 05/07/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Civil war has torn normal life apart in the borders of Burma for over 60 years. The sound of mortars is normal and the threat of...

Malaysia and Indonesia Added to USCIRF Special Watch List

May 5, 2020 — 05/05/2020 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2020 annual report for severe violations to the International Religious Freedoms Act (IRFA),...

Lao Pastor Arrested During COVID-19 Lockdown, Family Visit Banned

April 25, 2020 — 04/25/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) - On March 15, Lao Pastor Sithon Thiphavong, 34, was arrested for organizing a mass service without permission in the Chonburi district of Savannakhet province...

Australian Missionary Acquitted of Fraud in Cambodia

April 24, 2020 — 04/24/2020 Cambodia (International Christian Concern) – Australian missionary Martin Chan, who was arrested last November while boarding a flight to Hong Kong, has been cleared of criminal fraud on April...

House Worship in Indonesia Disrupted by Community Members

April 22, 2020 — 04/22/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On April 19, when a family whose members belong to the Christian Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) were praying at home, two men from the...

Prominent Burmese Monk Donates to Catholic COVID-19 Fund

April 20, 2020 — 04/20/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On April 16, Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay Archdiocese received US$10,000 from the Burmese prominent monk, Ashin Nyanissara, also known as Sitagu Sayadaw....

Kachin IDPs Risk Their Health for Work During Coronavirus Epidemic

April 9, 2020 — 04/09/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Despite the Burmese government’s orders and lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin state continue...

Rights Group Urges Vietnam to Free Prisoners of Conscience Amid COVID-19

April 6, 2020 — 04/06/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Vietnamese human rights group issued a statement calling on Vietnam’s government to free all prisoners of conscience to protect them from being infected...

Burmese Cardinal Blames CCP for Coronavirus Pandemic

April 5, 2020 — 04/05/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – One of Asia’s top prelates has laid blame on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), calling it "morally culpable" for initially covering up the full...

Burmese Army Provides Disease Prevention Supplies to Religious Leaders

April 4, 2020 — 04/04/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – In an effort to work alongside government efforts to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19, Myanmar’s regional military commanders have provided medicine, protective...

Rights Group Urges Myanmar to Protect IDPs from Coronavirus

March 30, 2020 — 03/30/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Although Myanmar claims to have only 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19, many question the government’s ability to reflect the actual situation and its capacity...

Myanmar Officially Designates the Arakan Army as Terrorist Organization

March 26, 2020 — 03/26/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese government has officially designated the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic rebel group, as a terrorist organization on March 24. Published in official...

Vietnamese Catholics Blocked from Fencing Off Religious Statue

March 24, 2020 — 03/24/2020 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On March 22, State officials and police in a northern province of Vietnam have stopped Catholic parishioners from building a fence dividing a Sacred...

Lawsuit Against Karimun Church Renovation Retracted

March 22, 2020 — 03/22/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The lawsuit against the construction of a renovated building for the St Joseph Catholic Church in Karimun, Riau Islands, was officially revoked in the...

Local Muslims in Indonesia Demand Ampana Church to be Demolished

March 19, 2020 — 03/19/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A church in Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been repeatedly asked to shut down due to local Muslim group’s protests. For a while, the Islamic Defenders...