ICC Note: The freedom of religion report recently issued by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has raised concerns including social hostility, the closure of places of worship,...
ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in countries where Buddhism is the most practiced religion is not uncommon. A Laotian new convert in Christ was tricked by his brother and uncle...
ICC Note: On April 30, 2016, Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol from Changbai City, China, known for helping anyone who crossed into China from North Korea, was brutally murdered. The North Korean...
ICC Note: In Myanmar, where Buddhism is the prominent religion, Christians are often harassed and attacked by Buddhist mobs and monks. Last month, such an instance took place in Thi Taw...
ICC Note: Indonesia’s religious ministry is drafting a new bill that would expand the definition of blasphemy and allow harsher punishments for the crime of insulting religion....
ICC Note: In a new move to crackdown on religion, China has warned the approximately 85 million communist party members that they must “be firm Marxist atheists” or face punishment....
ICC Note: A Chinese pastor has been detained after resisting state control of his church. He and his family are currently under house arrest and are not allowed to leave their...
ICC NOTE: The vocal and sometimes physical conflict between the Russian Orthodox and the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church has grown to a point the Ukrainian president has gotten...
ICC NOTE: It appears Azerbaijan's highest court approved President Ilham Alijev's proposal to extend presidential terms, allowing him to remain in power to at least the end of his third...
ICC NOTE: Ukraine boasts three separate patriarchate's of the Orthodox church with one directly connected to Moscow and the others Ukrainian in origin. Between the churches, bad blood...
ICC NOTE: The UN envoy to Myanmar met with Muslim and Buddhist residents of Rakhine state in Burma Wednesday as she continues on a 12 day visit through the newly democratic nation. Her...
ICC NOTE: In the span of less than one month, Chinese authorities have targeted two separate churches in Guangdong under similar circumstances. The first being three Church members who...
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