Moria fire a grave signal to stop “hotspot” approach in Europe
Dr Torsten Moritz, general secretary of Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe, expressed his dismay at the fire that has destroyed the...
Police Inaction Leaves Three Christian Families Homeless in India
06/11/2019 India (International Christian Concern) – Years of police inaction against attacks on Christians in Bodiguda village, located in the Sukma District of...
Hong Kong Clergy Could Face Arrest Under New Security Laws
06/21/2020 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – As the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the main law-making body in China finishes...
Rumors in Hebei Blame Christians for Latest COVID-19 Spread
01/10/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – A Northern city in China of 11 million people has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases and...
Philippine Priest Targeted for Helping Indigenous People
05/16/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic priest has been targeted by the Philippine military for helping Lumads, the indigenous people who...
Guizhou Christians forced to stop all activities
Authorities in China have accused Christians in Guizhou of carrying out 'illegal religious activities' and forced them to stop meeting together with immediate effect....
Armenian Church Targeted in Turkey
05/10/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Armenian Patriarchate in Turkey released a statement on May 8th that the Church Dznunt Surp Asdvadzadni was...
NGO’s Urging North Korea to Improve Human Rights
10/14/2018 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In North Korean there are on average 250,000 North Koreans imprisoned in camps and an additional 50,000 imprisoned...
Pakistani Christian couple’s appeal hearing against “blasphemy” death sentences postponed again
The appeal court hearing for Pakistani couple Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar against their “blasphemy” conviction has once again been postponed.
Armed groups withdraw from government, raising questions over future of peace agreement
Five armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) have resigned from the country’s government of national unity, raising questions over the...