Court Refuses Appeal of Couple Fined for Possessing Christian Literature
06/22/2019 Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern)- On June 4, 2019, the Shirvan Appeal Court rejected a Baptist couple’s appeal against fines accrued on them...
Eight Christian prisoners of conscience on death row in Pakistan
At least eight Christians remain on death row in Pakistan after being convicted under Islamic law of “blasphemy”.
No...
As Church Worships, Police in Algeria Arrive to Seal Building
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Interrupting a worship service, police on Tuesday (Aug. 6) sealed a church building in north-central Algeria, less than...
Two Christians Begin Harsh Imprisonment in Iran
09/06/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – As of a few short days ago, the second of two Iranian Christians was officially imprisoned by...
Pastor’s wife killed by abductors in Kaduna State
Details have emerged of the circumstances surrounding the death of a pastor’s wife who was abducted by armed assailants from her home...
No word on fate of pastor and co-worker three months after kidnap
There have been no developments in the case of a Protestant pastor and a co-worker who were forcibly disappeared on 3 August...
Early Rain Church elder sentenced to four years in prison
An elder of Early Rain Church in Chengdu was sentenced to four years in prison on 29 November, four days after he stood...
Ramiel Bet Tamraz begins jail sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison
Pastor’s son Ramiel Bet Tamraz was summoned to Iran’s Evin Prison, notorious for its harsh conditions, on 7 January to begin a jail sentence...
Iran’s Election Landscape Takes Shape
02/09/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran announced a list of “qualified” candidates to run in the country’s parliamentary elections on February 21st as...
Make Syria ‘priority’ over ‘every other interest’ says Pope Francis
Pope Francis issued a plea to the international community to halt the violence and mounting death toll in the Syrian civil war,...
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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...