Algerian church threatened with closure
Local officials have begun legal proceedings against church leaders in the province of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria with the aim of closing the church.
Christian Activist Zhang Zhan
Christian lawyer turned activist, Zhang Zhan was arrested in February 2020. While in prison, she has protested her unfair treatment through hunger...
Taliban Occupation Targets Women and Students
01/29/2022 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – Human Rights Watch published a report about the restrictions in Ghazni Province of Afghanistan. The Taliban’s grip on Afghanistan...
Iranian Supreme Court Rules Inconsistently Against Christian Converts
01/29/2022 Iran (International Christian Concern) – In the past several months, decisions by branches of Iran’s Supreme Court have lifted and dashed the...
Christians in Nigeria Face Continued Persecution from State Governments
01/29/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Technically a secular nation, Nigeria’s federal constitution contains protections for freedom of religion and belief, including the...
Dominican priest killed in Vietnam
Father Giuse (Joseph) Trần Ngọc Thanh, O.P., was killed in a knife attack on Saturday.
Fr. Trần was attacked...
Catholic Nun who Stood Up to the Junta Continues to Serve Despite Threats
01/30/2022 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The picture of a nun pleading with police not to harm the armless in Myanmar’s Kachin state...
Christian Girl Orphaned by Suicide Bomb
01/21/2022 Kenya (International Christian Concern) – Residents of the serene village of Kamloma in Western Kenya were thrown into a panic on Wednesday, December...
Massachusetts Mandates Education on Armenian Christian Genocide in Public Schools
01/21/2022 United States (International Christian Concern) – This year, Massachusetts will require its public schools to cover the Armenian Genocide of the early...
Iranian Christian Recently Rearrested on 9-Year-Old Charges
01/22/2022 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Addolreza Ali (Matthias) Haghnejad, one of the nine Christians released on December 30, was rearrested on...