Petrol Bombs were thrown at church and temple in Kota Baru, MalaysiaJanuary 8, 2018 — ICC Note: A Methodist church and Hindu temple in Kota Baru were damaged on 1/7 in what police believe was an act of vandalism. The suspect(s) allegedly threw the objects...
Security heightened before the procession of the Black Nazarene in PhilippinesJanuary 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Philippines heightens security ahead of the procession of the Black Nazarene, expected to be joined by millions of devotees next Tuesday. Although there has been no terrorist threat...
Catholics in Northern Vietnam Protest Officials’ Interference in their parishJanuary 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Catholic leaders in Vietnam’s north-central province are protesting authorities’ interference in their parish, accusing local officials of wanting to remove their priest due to land ownership dispute at...
Hundreds of Kachin and Shan displaced amid fresh clashesJanuary 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Renewed fighting in conflict-torn Kachin and Shan states have displaced more than 1000 Christian-majority Kachin and Shan people. Myanmar’s military have launched assaults on several positions across Kachin...
Rebuilding Yet to Start in Marawi two months after the fighting endedJanuary 3, 2018 — ICC Note: More than two months have passed after the Philippine government calls an end to the Marawi siege, yet hundreds of thousands are still waiting for rebuilding to begin....
Release International Lists China, India as top countries of concern for 2018January 3, 2018 — ICC Note: In the latest report published by the UK-based Release International serving persecuted Christians, China is listed as a "key country of concern" for 2018, warning that Christians in...
Three bystanders injured by ‘water bomb’, firecrackers outside Malaysia churchJanuary 2, 2018 — ICC Note: As church-goers were finishing a New Year’s Eve service in Selangor, Malaysia, two groups of eight motorcyclists facing off in front of the church threw firecrackers and ‘water...
Christian Communities Celebrate Christmas in Yangon after 50 yearsJanuary 2, 2018 — ICC Note: For the first time in 50 years, the Christian communities in Myanmar, Catholic and Protestant, are able to publicly celebrate Christmas in the streets of Yangon. In the...
Teen sisters beaten, tied up by family for following JesusJanuary 1, 2018 — ICC Note: According to OpenDoors, two teenage sisters in Laos who converted from animism to Christianity have experienced persecution after they decided to believe in Jesus— they were beaten and...
Cathedral in Cambodia returned to Catholic CommunityJanuary 1, 2018 — ICC Note: The Cathedral built by the French during colonial times in the southern province of Kampot, Cambodia has been returned to local Catholic community by the country’s Environment Ministry....
Hundreds of Counter-terrorism police added to fight extremism in IndonesiaDecember 31, 2017 — ICC Note: 600 extra police officers will be joining the counter-terrorism force in Indonesia starting from next year. Their aim is to monitor is to monitor Islamic State networks and...
Murderers of Father Fausto Tentorio identified in the PhilippinesDecember 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Six years ago, Father Fausto Tentorio from Italy, a missionary from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) was killed on the island of Mindanao. Father Tentorio served...
Vietnam: Catholic human rights activist Maria Trần Thị Nga sentenced to 9 years in prisonDecember 29, 2017 — ICC Note: At the appeal trial, Catholic human rights activist Maria Trần Thị Nga received 9 years in prison and 5 years of house arrest. She was found guilty of...
Myanmar’s other ethnic atrocity not to be ignoredDecember 28, 2017 — ICC Note: While the international community has joined forces in condemning the atrocities committed against Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar by the military, the largely Christian ethnic group Kachin has...
For Christmas, Indonesia reduces sentence for Christian inmatesDecember 27, 2017 — ICC Note: This Christmas, as part of its policy of sentence remissions to inmates for good conduct on its independence day and during major religious festivals, Indonesia reduced the prison...
Iowans give this Burmese Christian widow a warm Christmas giftDecember 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian refugees Stephen and Ester Kiim fled Myanmar from religious persecution in 2011 to move to Des Moines, Iowa. Last April, Stephen was shot and killed in an...
