US Sanctions Iranian Judge Complicit in Christian Persecution
12/19/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on December 19, 2019, the United States issued financial sanctions against...
The Islamic State is Officially Defeated
03/23/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 23, 2019, Syrian Democratic Forces declared the Islamic...
Churches reopen in Sri Lanka four weeks after Easter Day bombings
Services resumed on Sunday 19 May at Sri Lankan churches that had been closed for four weeks following the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in...
Lao Pastor Arrested During COVID-19 Lockdown, Family Visit Banned
04/25/2020 Laos (International Christian Concern) – On March 15, Lao Pastor Sithon Thiphavong, 34, was arrested for organizing a mass service without permission...
Algeria Maintains Church Closures
10/18/2020 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – A year has now passed since Algeria closed two of the country’s largest churches, bringing the total number of churches closed...
Reverend Killed by Unknown Gunmen in Adamawa State
01/23/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – In the early morning hours of Monday, January 20, still unknown gunmen attacked and killed Reverend Dennis Baguri...
Australian government proposes religious discrimination bill
Australia's coalition government has proposed the introduction of legislation that would make it unlawful to discriminate against people on the ground of...
Mob lynches factory manager accused of blasphemy
The export manager of a factory in Sialkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province was killed by a mob on 3 December after he...
Couple Beaten, Congregation Member Missing in Persecution of Church in China
(Morning Star News) – Following the arrest of 44 worshipers from house church meetings in southwestern China in February, police in Chengdu...
Radicals in India Use Social Media to Circulate Videos of Attacks on Christians
09/12/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), radical Hindu nationalists are making and circulating videos...