Nun in Hanoi Beaten Unconscious by Vietnamese GangstersMay 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres in Hanoi were attacked by Vietnamese gangsters during a protest on May 8. One nun was beaten with batons to unconsciousness. The nuns...
Kachin State Evacuates IDPs Trapped by Armed Conflicts in Northern MyanmarMay 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Authorities in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state evacuated 133 IDPs who have been trapped by intensified fighting between Myanmar’s army and Kachin armed group on May 7. The rescued IDPs...
Murdered Philippine Priest Mark Anthony Ventura Laid to RestMay 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Priest Mark Anthony Ventura who was shot and killed on April 29 by unidentified gunman in the northern Philippines was laid to rest on May 7. Authorities are still...
To-be-deported Nun Vows to Return to the PhilippinesMay 2, 2018 — ICC Note: Australian Sister Patricia Fox is due to be deported by May 25 after Philippine President Duterte accused her of political activism against him. She still hopes that the order...
Thousands Gather to Demand Rescue of Displaced Kachin IDPsMay 1, 2018 — ICC Note: About 5000 people gathered in Myitkyina, the capital of northern Myanmar’s Kachin state to demand the government to rescue thousands of displaced Kachin IDPs trapped in forests amid latest...
Catholic Church Bomb Attack in the Southern Philippines Injures TwoApril 30, 2018 — ICC Note: A bomb explosion at St. Anthony Parish cathedral yesterday in the southern Philippines sent two civilians to the hospital. IS-inspired group The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters allegedly planned the...
Renewed Fighting Sends Thousands in Northern Myanmar FleeingApril 29, 2018 — ICC Note: According to a UN official, the renewed fighting between Burmese army and ethnic insurgents in Northern Myanmar has sent more than thousands of people fleeing. In the past...
Papuan Christians Fear Islamization of Their ProvinceApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: In Christian majority Papua, Indonesia, local residents begin to see growing number of mosques in this once quite isolated province. A controversial Islamic center and cemetery was recently...
Religious Leaders in the Philippines Concerned About Gov’t Trying to Silence ChurchApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: The arrest, detention, and imminent deportation of Australian nun Patricia Fox have Philippine religious leaders worry that the government is trying to silence church people who dare to speak...
Dozens of Kachin CSOs Call on UN to Refer Myanmar to International Criminal CourtApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: Human rights violations against civilians and the denial of humanitarian assistance by government forces in Myanmar, are the reasons why 32 ethnic Kachin civil society organizations call on...
Philippines Deports Australian Nun Who Criticizes the PresidentApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: 71-year-old Australian nun who serves in the Philippines for nearly three decades, will be deported in 30 days for her social activism opposing the government, specifically for speaking out...
Myanmar Churches Take in Fleeing Kachin VillagersApril 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Two Catholic churches and a Baptist church in Namti town became shelters for hundreds of fleeing civilians in Myanmar’s restive Kachin State. More than 900 Kachin IDPs were rescued...
Hundreds More Kachin IDPs Fleeing After Shelling Hits Their VillageApril 23, 2018 — ICC Note: Latest clashes between the Myanmar army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Mogaung township, Kachin state, have resulted in 800 more people fleeing to nearby town in...
DoS Calls China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia “Morally Reprehensible” On Human RightsApril 22, 2018 — ICC Note: The State Department released global human rights report on April 20, calling out China, Russia, Iran and North Korea for their severe violation of human rights on a daily...
Thousands of Kachin IDPs Told to Return Home Amid Conflicting AccountsApril 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Kachin state minister Khet Aung told more than 2000 displaced Kachin villagers forced to leave their homes that they can return home, while the army from both sides...
Jailed Vietnamese Pastor Shares the Horrors Faced by Christians in PrisonApril 20, 2018 — ICC Note: At a summit yesterday commemorating the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Vietnamese pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh who was jailed for preaching and human rights...
