Myanmar to Meet With Armed Ethnic Groups Over Peace Talks

March 20, 2019 — 03/20/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – From March 21, the Burmese government will meet eight ethnic groups that have not signed the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) to negotiate at the...

Suspects of 2018 Indonesian Church Bombings Sentenced to Prison

March 18, 2019 — 03/18/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The court in West Jakarta sentenced a married couple to prison last Thursday for their involvement in suicide bombings on three churches and police...

Philippine Bishops, Christian NGO Protest ‘Red-tagging’ from Manila

March 16, 2019 — 03/16/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – In the last week, multiple church groups and NGOs have come out to condemn Manila’s wrongful accusations of Christians and NGOs being part of...

There Are Still 40,000 IDPs Across 89 IDP Camps in Kachin State

March 15, 2019 — 03/15/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – According to Myanmar’s Union Minister Thein Swe of Labors, Immigration and Population, Kachin State currently has more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living...

Malaysia Could Become a ‘Taliban State’ If UMNO-PAS Coalition Wins

March 14, 2019 — 03/14/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Several lawmakers and officials in Malaysia, including Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Chong Chieng Jen, have criticized the formalized alliance of two...

More Philippine Priests Under Death Threats

March 11, 2019 — 03/11/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Three more Philippine priests have come forward to reveal that they, too, have received death threats, two weeks after Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David...

Alliance Formed by Malaysia’s Islamic Parties Could Suppress Non-Muslim Rights

March 9, 2019 — 03/09/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Two of Malaysia’s largest political parties, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), announced on March 5 their formal alliance,...

Kachin Baptist Convention Pressured to Support Myitsone Dam

March 6, 2019 — 03/06/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Chinese authorities in Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, pressured the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) to support the construction of Myitsone Dam...

Indonesia’s Largest Islamic Group Calls for End to ‘Infidel’ Usage

March 5, 2019 — 03/05/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has urged Indonesian Muslims to refrain from using the word ‘kafir’ (infidels) to describe non-Muslims in state...

Philippine Police Offer to Protect Bishops, Priests

March 4, 2019 — 03/04/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Following reports that several church leaders have received death threats in recent weeks, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has offered to protect members of...

Fake News, Undecided Voters Could Affect President Jokowi’s Re-election Bid

March 3, 2019 — 03/03/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Ahead of the April 17 presidential election, the Chief of election campaign for Joko Widodo is warning supporters not to be complacent over the...

Ethnic Armed Groups Propose Ceasefire with Myanmar Army

March 2, 2019 — 03/02/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On February 25, the four ethnic armed groups of the Northern Alliance met with the government’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) in Yunnan...

Philippine Bishop Vows to Continue His Work Despite Threats

March 1, 2019 — 03/01/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippine Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Caloocan, recently received death threats for his criticism of the government's war on drugs and has been advised...

Philippine Christian Groups Accused of Being Communist Fronts

February 27, 2019 — 02/27/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – In a report submitted to the United Nations on February 21, the Philippine government has accused several church organizations with having links to the...

Philippine President Duterte Changes Attitude Towards Priests

February 25, 2019 — 02/25/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly lashed out at the Church and Catholic bishops since he took office. However, ahead of the upcoming mid-term...

Two Kachin Christian IDPs Injured by Landmine Continue to Suffer

February 24, 2019 — 02/24/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Two Christian Kachin IDPs were badly injured when one stepped on a landmine in Kachin state, Myanmar on January 7. When they left the...