12/28/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Today, dozens of local officials sought to install national flag at a church in China’s Yunnan province. The congregation’s resistance resulted in conflicts between the two parties. According to the video shared by...
12/28/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to media in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, the state cabinet approved a bill that would allow the BJP-led government to more strictly regulate religious conversions and criminalize religious conversion by...
12/28/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq’s government continues to move forward with plans to close camps for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the end of March. This decision is met with increased resistance by many as the the...
12/27/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A pastor from a Beijing house church who has been put under house arrest since 2011, finally regained his freedom. According to the information from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), in October, the authorities...
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In case you missed it, you can read Part 1 and Part 2 here. 12/27/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Monday, we told you about the underground missionaries who smuggled Bibles into Laos where the Bible is illegal. We shared how one pastor...
12/27/2020 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – The European Court of Human Rights granted the request by the Republic of Armenia on December 21st that the Government of Azerbaijan provide information related to prisoners of war (POWs) by December...
12/26/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Pakistan’s Christian community safely celebrated the Christmas holiday according to The Nation. To facilitate the holiday, Pakistan’s government provided tight security to churches and Christian neighborhoods....
12/26/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On Christmas Eve, when the Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was having its Christmas Eve service online, the local police forcibly entered ERCC members Xiao Luobiao and his wife Chen Yan’s home....
As Jeff King continues his deep dive into Egypt, he sits down with Adel Guindy, head of Coptic Solidarity and the author of Sword Over the Nile. Jeff and Adel discuss his book which looks back at the long history of the Coptics and tells their story and experience...
12/26/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s Constitutional Court will review in three days the detention of imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala on December 29th. This follows a decision by an Istanbul Court to maintain his detention,...
12/25/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Ahead of Christmas service, police officers across Indonesia inspected a number of churches in several areas to clear them from bomb threats. In addition to the inspection, the police also sprayed disinfectants...
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