Boston judge grants reprieve to Indonesians fighting deportationNovember 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Around 50 Indonesian Christians who are afraid to be sent back to Indonesia will be allowed to stay in the United States until the court considers their request for...
US Under-Secretary of State Calls on Sudan to Stop Demolishing ChurchesNovember 19, 2017 — ICC Note On Friday November 11, the Deputy Under-Secretary of State called on the government in Khartoum to promote religious freedom and to stop the destruction of Churches and places...
U.S. judge frees Christian Indonesian immigrant held by Trump orderNovember 2, 2017 — ICC Note: Terry Rombot, an Indonesian Christian fleeing deadly riots in 1998 in his country to the States was released yesterday from ICE’s arrest. The Indonesian Christians are part of...
US Appeals Court Orders Memorial Cross to be Torn DownOctober 18, 2017 — ICC Note: The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unconstitutional a World War I monument in the shape of the cross. According to the court, the monument violates the separation...
Former Vietnamese refugee appointed bishop in CaliforniaOctober 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Father Nguyen Thai Thanh, who escaped religious persecution in Vietnam as a young man, was appointed bishop for Orange Diocese in California. Father Thanh was born in 1953...
Sudan Sanctions Lifted Despite Major Religious DiscriminationOctober 9, 2017 — ICC Note After nearly 3 months of review, The Trump Administration decided on Friday Oct 6, to end the nearly two decade’s old sanctions on Sudan. This is a major...
Judge’s order ‘a huge relief’ for Indonesian family in NHSeptember 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Timothy Sombah and his parents are Christians who fled Indonesia years ago and have resettled in Somerset, New Hampshire. He could hardly believe when a federal judge recently...
US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Public Prayer at Government MeetingsSeptember 11, 2017 — 09/11/2017 United States (First Liberty Institute) - "The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sitting en banc affirmed the decision of a federal district court judge and...
US Ninth Circuit Court Rules Against High School Coach in Public Prayer CaseSeptember 4, 2017 — 09/04/2017 United States (First Liberty Institute) - “Banning all coaches from praying silently in public just because they can be seen is wrong,” First Liberty President and CEO Kelly Shackelford...
As U.S. ban on North Korea travel kicks in, tourists say their farewellsSeptember 2, 2017 — ICC Note: U.S. travel ban on North Korea comes into effect starting from Sept 1, 2017. U.S. citizens, except for humanitarian works and journalists who can apply for exemptions, are...
Pennsylvania High School Student Forced to Edit Graduation RemarksJune 13, 2017 — ICC Note: Moriah Bridges was a graduation high school senior who was required by school administrators to edit her graduation speech and omit any religious remarks. Moriah recently retained the...
US Supreme Court Rejects Review of US-Marine Religious Freedom CaseJune 12, 2017 — ICC Note: In May of 2013, US Marine Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling posted three copies of a Bible verse in her work space. Sterling's supervising Staff Sergeant instructed her to...
Special Needs Teacher Files Charge with EEOC after Punishment for Faith-Based StatementsMay 17, 2017 — ICC Note: On May 16, Toni Richardson and her legal counsel filed a charge of religious discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Augusta School Department, after...
Religious Liberties Group Pushes Back Against Atheist ActivistsMarch 17, 2017 — ICC Note: As atheist activists seek to end prayer and Bible readings at New Hampshire’s Air National Guard ceremonies, a religious liberties legal group pushes back. The First Liberty Institute,...
Georgia Pastor Eric Walsh Wins Religious Discrimination LawsuitFebruary 10, 2017 — ICC Note: The Georgia Department of Health (DPH) agreed to a $225,000 settlement in Dr. Eric Walsh's lawsuit of religious discrimination. Walsh, a Christian minister, was fired in May of...
The Jihadist War Against ChristianityJanuary 11, 2017 — ICC Note: The present dialogue in American government mistakes who are the victims of religious persecution. With the current administration avoiding terms like ‘Islamic Jihad’ to stay politically correct, one...
