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1. 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 th ...

Created on 16 June 2016

2. 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

3. 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. Th ...

Created on 14 April 2016

4. 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 polic ...

Created on 09 March 2016

5. 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

6. 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

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

... ing, president 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 ...

Created on 07 January 2015

8. 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

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

... ied 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. "Ge ...

Created on 03 September 2014

10. Iraq's 'Christian Capital' Wiped out as Thousands Flee Radical Islamists

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

11. 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 target ...

Created on 25 July 2014

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

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

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

...  spate 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 ...

Created on 05 June 2014

14. 30 Christians Slaughtered as Sectarian Violence Plagues the Central African Republic

... n compound 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. "A ...

Created on 29 May 2014

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

... appeal to the 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 repo ...

Created on 27 May 2014

16. 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

17. 20 Allegedly Dead in Car Bomb Blast Aimed at Churches

... predominantly 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 Ch ...

Created on 21 May 2014

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

... meh 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 mo ...

Created on 21 May 2014

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

...  to freedom 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 C ...

Created on 15 May 2014

20. Christian Mom Sentenced to Death and 100 Whips on Mother's Day in Sudan

A Christian mother pregnant with her second child has been formally convicted of adultery and apostasy, punishable by 100 lashes and death, respectively. On Sunday morning, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim appeared ...

Created on 13 May 2014