NGOs commemorate the closure of churches with vigil outside the Eritrean Embassy
Around fifty people took part a peaceful protest vigil outside the Eritrean Embassy on 23 May to commemorate the closure of churches...
Released Members of Early Rain Covenant Church Still Closely Monitored
06/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A few members from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), including Pastor Wang Yi’s recently released wife...
The Dismal State of Religious Freedom in Pakistan
07/21/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – This week, US President Donald Trump will meet with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. Among the topics to...
Church leaders in the Philippines lament “ideology of death” after pastor killed
Fillipino church leaders said an “ideology of death” had gripped the nation in the wake of the cold-blooded murder in the street of a...
Human rights lawyers and their families experience harassment
Tang Jingling, a Chinese human rights lawyer, was arbitrarily detained for ten days after being reported missing on 30 August. His whereabouts remained unknown...
Nine Iranian Christians Sentenced to Five Year Imprisonment
10/20/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, nine Iranian Christians were sentenced to five years in prison for “acting against national...
Religious freedom defender released in Cuba
Ricardo Fernández Izaguirre, a prominent religious freedom defender in Cuba, has been released after being arbitrarily detained incommunicado for 29 hours. State...
Vietnamese Catholic Refugees in Bangkok Risk Deportation to See Pope Francis
12/13/2019 Thailand (International Christian Concern) – From November 20 to November 23, Catholics in Thailand were thrilled to see Pope Francis in their...
Christian Pakistani Family Seeks Refuge in Canada
01/19/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – In early 2018, a Canadian woman started raising funds to bring a Christian family from Pakistan to...
Five Christians in Northern India Arrested on False Forced Conversion Charges
02/14/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, February 11, five Christians from India’s Uttar Pradesh state were taken into police custody after...
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WCC executive committee statement urges “Christian witness and action for human dignity and human...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee published a statement entitled “Christian witness and action for human dignity and human rights,” in...
Four Students Injured as Myanmar Military Shells Bible School in Shan State
Four men were wounded as a Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) shell struck the premises of a Bible school in northern Shan State on November 3.
WCC acting general secretary: “We are a fellowship united by faith for action”
In his last report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca...