Open Doors USA Advocates for Missing Malaysian Pastor Raymond KohJune 2, 2018 — ICC Note: On May 31, Open Doors USA advocated for missing Malaysian Pastor Raymond Koh’s case at the UN. Pastor Koh was kidnapped in February 2017 in broad daylight in Kuala...
Indonesia Arrests 41 Terrorists Over Surabaya Church AttacksJune 1, 2018 — ICC Note: According to National Police Chief of Indonesia Tito Karnavian, Jakarta Security Forces have arrested 41 suspected terrorists after the suicide bombings in Surabaya and Sidoargo last May. Four others...
Murdered Filipino Priest Remembered for His Love and Commitment for the PoorMay 31, 2018 — ICC Note: Father Mark Anthony Ventura was killed by gunmen on April 29 at the village of Pena Weste in the Philippines. He chose to be living among the poor and...
State Department Reports on Intensified Violence Against Ethnic Minorities in MyanmarMay 30, 2018 — ICC Note: In State Department’s religious freedom report released on May 29, Myanmar’s military campaign to eliminate or drive away its ethnic minorities has intensified. Fighting between the government and rebels...
Families in Marawi Seek Closure One Year After the SiegeMay 23, 2018 — ICC Note: One year after the Marawi siege, which began with a homegrown ISIS Maute group striking at the Philippines military to create a caliphate, more than 230,000 residents of the...
Captured Priest in Marawi Still Not Recovered from TraumaMay 23, 2018 — ICC Note: Father Teresito Soganub was captured along with dozens of church workers in Marawi siege in the southern Philippines a year ago today. The siege initiated by Maute terrorists last...
Children in War-torn Marawi Seek to Recover Lost School YearMay 21, 2018 — ICC Note: The Marawi siege carried out by Maute terrorists in the southern Philippines last May has made thousands of school children lose one year in their education. One year later,...
Vietnamese Catholics Attacked by State-sponsored Thugs Demand JusticeMay 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnamese Catholic priest and members of his parish in Vietnam’s Nghe An province demand justice for a land dispute incident that took place last December, where many of...
Christians Mourn the loss of Surabaya Church AttacksMay 18, 2018 — ICC Note: Indonesian Christians came together on May 17 to mourn the lives vanished at Surabaya church attacks, after a family of six committed suicide bombing mission last Sunday. Funerals and...
Vietnam Bars Priest and Catholic Activist from Leaving the CountryMay 17, 2018 — ICC Note: On May 16, Vietnam bars a Catholic female rights’ activist from leaving the country for the fourth time in the past three years. Two days earlier, they also stopped...
Devastated Surabaya Churches Begin Recovery ProcessMay 17, 2018 — ICC Note: Two of the three churches attacked by suicide bombers in Surabaya have begun reconstruction work. They also vowed to help those who suffered loss and are still experiencing trauma....
Surabaya Christians Still Shocked After the Bombing AttacksMay 16, 2018 — ICC Note: Christians in Surabaya have not yet recovered from the shock and loss suffered following the suicide bombing attacks on three churches on May 13. Believers came out and shared...
Myanmar’s Churches Become Shelters for Thousands of Kachin IDPsMay 15, 2018 — ICC Note: More than thousands of internally displaced Kachin have taken refuge in churches as a result of the Burmese military’s ongoing offensive against ethnic rebel groups. The situation is worrisome...
Myanmar’s Invisible War on the Kachin Christians is Taking PlaceMay 14, 2018 — ICC Note: While the world zooms in on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, there are more than 6,800 Kachin Christian villagers forced to flee mortar and heavy weapon attacks from the...
Vietnamese Nuns Demand Justice from Government on Land DisputeMay 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Nuns from St. Paul de Chartres in Hanoi were beaten up by gangsters hired by a woman who has land dispute with them on May 8, while they were...
Malaysia Elects New Prime Minister with Opposition Scoring Historic VictoryMay 10, 2018 — ICC Note: On May 9, Malaysia elects former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to replace Prime Minister Najib Razak. The 92-year-old Mahathir defeated the Barisan Nasional coalition, which has been in power...
