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1. Wrongfully Persecuted Christian Released From Pakistan Prison After 10 Years

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Lahore High Court has acquitted Imran Ghafur Masih, a Christian sentenced to life in prison under Pakistan's blasphemy laws. According to Imran' ...

Created on 16 December 2020

2. Heavy Persecution Crackdowns Follow US Delegation Visit

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a series of government crackdowns on Christians in Vietnam has taken place, including the arrest and torture of an imprisoned pastor's wife and the ...

Created on 16 June 2016

3. Chinese Church Leader and Wife Buried Alive While Blocking Demolition of Church

International Christian Concern (ICC) has just learned that the wife of a church leader in the central Chinese province of Henan was buried alive with her husband underneath the rubble of their freshly ...

Created on 19 April 2016

4. Islamists Cane Elderly Christian Woman 30 Times

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a 60-year-old Christian woman was tried and publicly caned 30 times for selling alcohol in Aceh, Indonesia's most conservative Islamic region. The ...

Created on 14 April 2016

5. Radicals Attack Pentecostal Church, Strip Women Naked

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Pentecostal church in India's Chhattisgarh state was attacked by Hindu radicals as the church was conducting its normal Sunday service. Local police ...

Created on 09 March 2016

6. City Kicks Out Evangelical Families Who Refuse to Convert

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the afternoon of Jan. 26, 10 Christian families consisting of 18 adults and 10 children were expelled from the community of Tuxpan de Bolanos in ...

Created on 16 February 2016

7. 7 Christians Jailed for Refusing to Convert to ... Catholicism

 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that seven Evangelical Christians in Chiapas, Mexico, were incarcerated on December 15 after refusing to convert to Catholicism. State and federal authorities ...

Created on 17 December 2015

8. Warning: Islamic Attack on French Paper Could Be Just the Beginning

... of International Christian Concern and author of Islam Uncensored. "It is imperative that the world address the dangers of Islamic extremism and speak out in protest of the radical ideology promoting these ...

Created on 07 January 2015

9. Children Among 100 Christians Arrested at China Church

More than 200 police raided a house church on Sunday, eyewitnesses told International Christian Concern. More than 100 church members, including children, were arrested during the Sunday service in Foshan ...

Created on 22 September 2014

10. ISIS Tortures Christian to Death for Refusing to Convert to Islam

... in their hands," Ankawa reported. "Exactly we don't know why in this situation they killed this man," William Warda of the Hammurabi Human Rights Organization told International Christian Concern. "Generally ...

Created on 03 September 2014

11. Iraq's 'Christian Capital' Wiped out as Thousands Flee Radical Islamis

Islamic State militants (also known as ISIS) have taken the Christian town of Qaraqosh, as well as many of the surrounding towns and villages on the Nineveh plain. Tens of thousands more Iraqis, including ...

Created on 08 August 2014

12. Chinese Christians: We Are Ready to Be Imprisoned and Die for Our Faith

... of "removing or modifying illegal constructions." In a news release International Christian Concern (ICC) reported, and later The New York Times corroborated, that religious buildings have been targeted ...

Created on 25 July 2014

13. Meriam, Disabled Husband, Toddler and Infant Re-Arrested for 'National Security Concerns' in Suda

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, her husband, Daniel Wani and two children were arrested at a Khartoum airport earlier this morning. The arrest follows Ibrahim' ...

Created on 24 June 2014

14. More Than 45 Churches Destroyed, 258 Civilians Killed as Nigeria's Northeast Descends Into Chao

... of attacks by Boko Haram once again indicates targeting of Christians and their vulnerability throughout northeast Nigeria. Boko," said Cameron Thomas, International Christian Concern's regional manager ...

Created on 05 June 2014

15. 30 Christians Slaughtered as Sectarian Violence Plagues the Central African Republic

... in Bangui tragically exemplifies the ongoing culture of reprisal that has gripped the Central African Republic," said Cameron Thomas, International Christian Concern's regional manager for Africa. "As anti-balaka ...

Created on 29 May 2014

16. Christian Mother On Death Row for Her Faith Forced to Give Birth in Sudanese Prison

... Khartoum Court of Appeals on Thursday. International Christian Concern's (ICC) regional manager for Africa, Cameron Thomas, says his group is incredibly relieved to hear that Maya is reportedly healthy, ...

Created on 27 May 2014

17. 64 Churches Destroyed or Vandalized in China Province

... around the church. What appeared to be an isolated event has, on further investigation by International Christian Concern (ICC), been revealed to be a widespread and massive anti-church crackdown with ...

Created on 23 May 2014

18. 20 Allegedly Dead in Car Bomb Blast Aimed at Churches

... Christian district greatly concerns us," says William Stark, International Christian Concern's regional manager. "It's been 10 months since a major attack has targeted Kano's minority Christian community. ...

Created on 21 May 2014

19. Severely Beaten, American Pastor Saeed Abedini Forced Back to Prison

... Abedini, Saeed's wife, told International Christian Concern (ICC). "I think they are keeping him to see how the negotiations go, which makes all of this very scary to think about." Saeed had been moved to ...

Created on 21 May 2014

20. What You Can Do to Stop Sudan From Hanging a Christian Mother for Her Faith

... of conscience, to stand strong in her faith and, as consequence, to be put to death for believing in the death and resurrection of her Savior. What You Can Do Join International Christian Concern (ICC) ...

Created on 15 May 2014