04/16/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to a Release International report, soldiers raided a prayer meeting last month held by 23 people, mostly women, in...
ICC Note: North Korea released a South Korean man arrested in July after he illegally crossed the border into the North. South Korean government continues to press for the return of...
ICC Note: Religious leaders in Vietnam strongly condemn the heavy sentence handed to a pastor in a recent ruling and harassment of another religious leader for their democratic...
ICC Note: One Ethiopian Evangelical Christian has been allowed an appeal to fight the seven month prison sentence he was given. The man was charged with “causing outrage to religious...
ICC Note A man named Shiden* told his story of faith and imprisonment in Eritrea due to the high persecution there. He related how he was forced into military service for years. Then...
ICC Note: At the appeal trial, Catholic human rights activist Maria Trần Thị Nga received 9 years in prison and 5 years of house arrest. She was found guilty of “propaganda against the...
ICC Note: Prominent Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Zhang Haitao was sentenced to 19-year jail term for “incitement to subvert state power” and spying charges last year. He is a...
ICC Note: Ji Hyeon-A, a North Korean defector woman told her story as a defector who had to go through harsh treatment when she was repatriated three times to North Korea – she was fed...
ICC Note: Chinese Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong has been arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for ‘incitement to subversion against the state.’ He stood up against the...
ICC Note: Since Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton went to prison for participating in human rights activities, his wife Nguyen Thi Lanh and two of their children have been harassed by the...
ICC Note: Buni Yani was found guilty for making discriminatory remarks against Jakarta’s former Christian governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama. Ahok’s comments during his campaign...
ICC Note: The NOW! Campaign joined by 14 Vietnamese and international organizations calls for release of 165 prisoners who were arrested for their political or religious beliefs in...
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