North Korean Christians Brutally Tortured for Their FaithOctober 28, 2020 — 10/28/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – It is no secret that North Korean Christians are facing one of the harshest regimes when it comes to Christian persecution. A recent...
Christian Family Traumatized at the Hands of Pakistani PoliceAugust 15, 2020 — 08/15/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On June 21, police broke into Younis Masih's home at 1:00 AM on false charges of drug dealing. Despite no evidence and no previous...
Sudanese Convert Fled Home in 2014 for Safety in Egypt, Still Hasn’t Found itJanuary 22, 2019 — 01/21/2019 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – Sudan still ranks as one of the worst persecutors of Christians in the world. Recently, Morningstar News reported on a case where a Sudanese...
Burmese Soldiers Confess to Killing Three Kachin RefugeesSeptember 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Three Burmese soldiers charged with murder as they confess their responsibility for killing three Kachin refugees (mostly Christian ethnic minority) in town of Mansi. The three victims were...
Thousands Suffer Rape and Sexual Abuse in South SudanSeptember 18, 2017 — ICC Note Rape and sexual assault are becoming a common occurrence in War-torn South Sudan. Thousands of refugee women have described how their husbands were killed and then they were...
Mother Who Died in Eritrean Prison Shows Possible Signs of TortureAugust 28, 2017 — ICC Note This month, a mother died in a prison camp in Eritrea just for following her faith. Fekadu Debasay, was a mother of three living in the most repressive...
Hong Kong Protestant Tortured for Showing Concern for Liu Xia and His FaithAugust 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Howard Lam Tsz-kin, a member of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, was kidnapped and tortured by Chinese agents over an autograph signed by soccer star Lionel Messi...
China Reportedly Continues Torture of Christian Human Rights LawyersFebruary 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Reports continue to surface revealing the Chinese government’s continued persecution of groups considered threatening to the state. China Aid reported that the Chinese government tortured Li Heping and...
Fines, Arrests, and Torture are Reported Against Christians in UzbekistanAugust 9, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Central Asia has had its issues with radical Islam but despite the majority faith in the Central Asian countries (Islam), the governments have been very secular. Taking their...
Ukrainians Experiencing Detention, Disappearances, and Torture from Both SidesJuly 21, 2016 — ICC NOTE: For those who have not been keeping a watch on the Ukraine lately, the country struggles for peace and security as pro-Russian forces continue fight against the Ukrainian...
Faith in Christ Sustained Political Prisoner in China during IsolationJune 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Stories of perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds are truly inspiring and for the story of Gao Zhisheng, it only strengthens that belief. To understand the torture...
Tortured Chinese Pastor and Family Receive Death Threats from ProsecutorsJune 14, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Pastor Yang Hua was arrested on January 22 attempting to stop authorities from confiscating a hard drive from the Huoshi church. During his time in detention both he...
Torture of Vietnamese Christian Garners Condemnation from United NationsJune 7, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh has been in prison in Vietnam since 2011 for essentially being Christian in a land who has a history of persecuting religious minorities. His...
Detained Pastor of Huoshi Church Shows Signs of Inhumane Treatment According to LawyersMay 18, 2016 — ICC NOTE: According to reports from China Aid, the pastor of the persecuted Huoshi Church in Guiyang has shown signs of inhumane treatment and even torture while incarcerated. Yang Hua...
Christian Missionary Kenneth Bae Opens up to VOA on his Time in N. KoreaMay 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Kenneth Bae, an American Christian missionary, was the longest serving prisoner in North Korea since the Korean War. In a rare interview with Voice of America Bae speaks...
Calls for Investigation into Torture Allegations by Vietnamese Police towards Pastor’s WifeApril 28, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Mrs. Hong had previously been interrogated and beaten by Vietnamese police for her meeting with Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein. CSW-UK, a Christian human rights organization,...
