Syria School Closures Persecution Escalates as Christian Teacher Survives Attack
A teacher responsible for Christian schools in Qamishli, north-east Syria, survived a vicious assault with baseball bats outside his home, days after meeting with Kurdish representatives...
A Church in Zhengzhou Receives Written Decision of Disbandment
04/19/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 13, a church in the capital of east-central China’s Henan province received a disbandment notice...
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...
Tribal Movement in India Joins Hindu Radicals to Persecute Christians
A tribal movement, Advasi Ho Samaj, under the influence of Hindu extremists persuaded villagers that they must drive Christian families out of their village...
UN Report Condemns Turkish Transnational Human Rights Abuses
10/15/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Last month, a United Nations working group presented a new report to the UN Human Rights Council...
Turkey Fines Social Media Companies over Noncompliance with Censorship Laws
11/06/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Government of Turkey has fined Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 10 million lira ($1.18 million) each for not complying...
Detained house church leader charged with inciting subversion of state power
Authorities in Guiyang, in China's southwestern Guizhou province, appear to have charged church elder Zhang Chunlei with an additional charge of 'inciting...
Recent Arrest of Five Christians in Nepal a Worrying Sign for Religious Freedom
05/05/2019 Nepal (International Christian Concern) – On April 23, five Christians, including an American citizen, were arrested in Nepal’s Dang District after they...
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...
Slowdown of church legalizations in Egypt continues with only 62 licenses approved
A downward trend continues with only 62 churches and church-affiliated building licences approved by Egyptian authorities in the latest batch announced on 23 September...