Indonesia Appoints Christian Man to be National Police Chief
01/23/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A protestant has been chosen by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to fill the position as the next...
ISWAP Overrun Military Base in Borno State, Nigeria
01/16/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On Friday, January 15, militants from the Islamic State backed faction of Boko Haram, ISWAP, attacked a town...
Crosses at Wenzhou Three-Self Churches Forcibly Removed
01/18/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On January 16, the cross of a state-sanctioned Three-Self church in China’s Zhejiang province was forcibly removed.
36 NGOs call for human rights protections in EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
CSW and 35 other civil society organisations (CSOs) have written to the European Institutions calling for the inclusion of enforceable human rights clauses in...
Nineveh De-miner’s Death Signals Christians Still Unsafe to Return
01/17/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator announced on January 10 that a humanitarian de-miner was killed in an...
ADF Kill Dozens in Eastern DRC
01/17/2021 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Another attack by the Allied Democratic Forces in Eastern DRC has led to the deaths of dozens of...
Radical Nationalist in India Threatens Violence Unless District Government Shuts Down Churches
01/17/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), a radical Hindu nationalist leader has demanded a...
Huawei’s patent for technology identifying Uighurs by facial recognition uncovered
A patent filed by technology giant Huawei for a system that identifies the faces of ethnic Uighurs, a severely persecuted group in China, has...
CSW urges UK government to raise freedom of religion or belief with India after...
CSW is calling on the UK government to ensure that fundamental human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, are not left out...
ERCC Member’s Home Intruded by Local Police
01/17/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On January 14, a member of the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in China’s Chengdu...