Increased UN Sanctions on Al-Shabaab DeniedSeptember 9, 2019 — 09/09/2019 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – On August 28th, Kenya asked the United Nations to increase sanctions on al-Shabaab, the terrorist organization based in Somalia. This request was denied by...
Eritrea on UN Human Rights Council Despite Horrible RecordJune 28, 2019 — 06/28/2019 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – In October, 2018 Eritrea was given a seat on the UN Human Right’s Council. This was shortly after the country ended its decades long...
UN Special Rapporteur Speaks Out Against EritreaJune 25, 2019 — 06/25/2019 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – UN expert Daniela Kravetz has spoken out against Eritrea cracking down on the Christian community. “These actions, (closing all Catholic health facilities), show that,...
Eritrea’s Human Rights Violations Highlighted at Recent UN Human Rights CouncilMarch 17, 2018 — ICC Note: Eritrea’s human rights violations were recently highlighted at the UN Human Rights Council. The arrest and persecution of Christians was the main topic for Eritrea’s abuses. The UN...
UN Says CAR Seeing Worst Violence of Civil WarJanuary 26, 2018 — ICC Note Surging Violence in the Central African Republic has led to a large increase in displacement of people. According to the UN, 2017 saw the worst displacement and violence...
IDPs in CAR Tired of Ineffective UN PeacekeepersNovember 3, 2017 — ICC Note IDPs in the Central African Republic are stating their discontent with the way that the UN peacekeepers have protected them so far. They are saying that the UN’s...
C.A.R. Becoming Unsafe for UN and NGOs Says New ReportOctober 20, 2017 — ICC Note The UN is reporting that the conditions in the Central African Republic are deteriorating even further than in the previous months. Clashes between the Muslim Seleka and Animist...
Human Rights Watch Writes Letter to UN Regarding SudanSeptember 22, 2017 — ICC Note The group, Human Rights Watch, has written a letter to the UN, asking that the UN continue to pressure Sudan over its human rights violations. It the letter...
ACLJ Calls on UN to Remember Christians Persecuted by ISISApril 26, 2017 — ICC Note The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) to remind him to remember the ongoing persecution against...
Failure to bring IS to justice shows UN genocide conventions ‘obsolete’November 29, 2016 — ICC Note: In her new book, Never Again, Ewlina Ochab explains that the existing conventions on the prevention of genocide has failed religious minorities in the Middle East. She ardently...
Kazakhstan Misled Human Rights Watchdogs on Religious Freedom Record, Report SaysJuly 18, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A report describes the Kazakh government to have misled human rights watchdogs regarding its record on freedom of religion. According to the report the number of those punished...
UN Envoy Visits Burma to Discuss Rohingya Crisis, but not Christian PersecutionJune 23, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The UN envoy to Myanmar met with Muslim and Buddhist residents of Rakhine state in Burma Wednesday as she continues on a 12 day visit through the newly...
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...
North Korean Atrocities Likened to the Nazi’s Before and During World War IIApril 21, 2016 — ICC NOTE: North Korea has held the top spot for the worst place to live as a Christian for 14 straight years. Reports of systematic torture, execution, and other inhumane...
Philippine Activists call on United Nations to Intercede on Behalf of Indigenous ChristiansMarch 9, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A formal complaint was filed to the United Nations against the Philippine government as there has been little effort to quell the violence against the indigenous people of...
