Philippine President Duterte Mocks Holy Trinity, Rants Against Church
01/01/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once again made comments against Christian doctrines and Catholic Church in a derogatory tone.
On December...
Kachin Groups, Burmese Government Discuss Safe Return of IDPs
05/26/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Today, several Kachin groups will sit down with representatives from the Burmese government to talk about repatriation...
Killers of Christian in Pakistan Released on Permanent Bail
02/14/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, two men suspected of torturing a Christian man to death have been...
Muslim Christian Converts Violently Targeted by Mob
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net)
WASHINGTON, DC (ANS – July 6, 2018) -- A group of Iraqi Muslims living in the Koutsochero...
Independent lawyer and journalist released
Roberto Quiñones Haces, a Cuban journalist and lawyer, was released from prison in Guantánamo, Cuba, on 4 September after spending nearly a year in...
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...
Renewed protests call for reform and accountability
Protesters gathered in several cities, towns and villages across Sudan on 30 June to commemorate the first anniversary of a power-sharing deal between the...
Iranian Christian Converts Imprisoned
05/17/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Four Iranian Christian converts who were arrested in February have been sent to Lakan Prison after they...
Iran Destroys Grave of Executed Christian
01/12/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – The grave of the only Iranian Christian officially executed for apostasy was demolished this past December, according...
Thirty Christians arrested at wedding ceremony in Eritrea
Eritrean authorities arrested 30 Christians as they attended a wedding ceremony in the capital, Asmara, in the last week of June.