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Former House Church Pastor Highly Critical of Religious Suppression in ChinaICC Note: In the following article, former house church pastor Joshua Dao lambastes the Communist government of China for its ongoing efforts to suppress Christianity. Starting with the history of…
Concerns for Detained Australian Missionary in North Korea GrowICC Note: On February 16, North Korean authorities detained Christian missionary John Short, 75, in Pyongyang while he was on a legal tour inside the country. He has not been…
Mexico: 25 Families have Water, Electricity Disconnected after Refusing to Join in Religious CeremoniesICC Note: Some twenty-five Protestant families in Southern Mexico have had the water and electricity to their homes cut off and have been placed under virtual house arrest. The families’…
Boko Haram Violence Causes Aid Crisis in Northern NigeriaICC Note: Repeated Boko Haram attacks on several Christian villages over the past two months has created what some experts are calling a aid crisis. Due to the increase in…
Syrian Jihadists Claim Christians ‘Agreed’ to Pay TaxICC Note: A Jihadist group’s claims to have struck a “protection pact” with Christians in the Syrian city of Raqqa continue to stoke both controversy and fears regarding the situation…
Iraqi Christians Facing ‘More Than Desperate’ CrisisICC Note: The situation in Iraq has led many Christians to make the hard decision to abandon their homeland. After more than a decade of conflict and a sense that…
U.N. Holds Hearing on Religious Discrimination in IndiaICC Note: Christian and Muslim peoples in India from the lowest Dalit caste continue to be discriminated against. Dalits from other religious groups have been granted special protection by the…
Download ICC’s Special Report: Living the NightmareA “blasphemy” accusation in Pakistan can mean, at the least, having your home burned to the ground and going into hiding with your family, and at most, a public execution…
Turkey’s Syriac Christian Community Receives Deed for Lands of Mor Gabriel MonasteryICC Note: A large amount of land has now been officially returned to the Syriac Church community in Eastern Turkey. The process of recovering the land that is part of…
Syria crisis: ISIS imposes rules on Christians in RaqqaICC Note: In one of the most troubling news reports coming out of Syria, the Jihadist group – ISIS – controlling the city of Raqqa has officially implemented a protection…
Religious Liberty in the United States Faces ‘Sophisticated Warfare’ Says ExpertICC Note: For several years, ICC has monitored conditions for religious freedom in the United States. While American Christians today live with far more freedom than their brothers and sisters…
Tolerance for Christians Plunges in IndonesiaICC Note: Long respected by the international community as an example of a religiously tolerant, Muslim democracy, Indonesia has quickly been losing it's reputation as radical groups gain greater influence…
Ten Christians Released from Detention in Beijing, Three RemainICC Note: When Xu Yonghai and a group of Christians went to visit a fellow believer under house arrest, they were detained by Beijing authorities. After spending more than a…
Many Christians Living in Fear After Series of Church Bombings on ZanzibarICC Note: Christians living on Tanzania's costal island of Zanzibar fear that a new wave of persecution is coming after a series of church bombings this past week. Two churches…
A Day in the Life of a Persecuted Christian in the MaldivesICC Note: The island nation of the Maldives claims to have a 100% Muslim population. The ultra conservative Muslim nation enforces this international image domestically causing Christians within the Maldives…
