03/04/2021 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – 21 female Christian prisoners, all of whom are young mothers, were freed after spending four years in an Eritrean island prison,...
ICC Note: Australia-based Walk Free Foundation released a report on Thursday, listing North Korea as the world’s leading slave state with an estimated 2.6 million living in conditions...
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: This Christmas, as part of its policy of sentence remissions to inmates for good conduct on its independence day and during major religious festivals, Indonesia reduced the...
ICC Note: December marks one year since three Sudanese Pastors and a Czech Christian aid worker have been jailed in Khartoum. Sudan now follows Sharia law and has grown hostile to...
By Sara Solomon 10/12/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Sudan is no place for weak men. Known for its staunch oppression to the Christian faith, Sudan continues...
ICC NOTE: In a surprising move coming out of Uzbekistan, the senate approved mass pardons for prisoners within the authoritarian nation. Coming off the heels of the death of long time...
ICC NOTE: Countless Christian pastors and church members remain incarcerated in China for their beliefs. Many are in locations considered to be black jails, facilities where there is no...
ICC NOTE: Bishoy Hegazy became the first person in the Middle East to persuade the state to recognize his conversion from Islam to Christianity on his official papers. Even winning his...
ICC NOTE: Hu Shigen, an elder of Yahebo Church in Beijing and long time democracy activist was formally arrested on January 8th after his initial detainment in July of 2015. Mr. Shigen...
1/14/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – According to Reuters and CNN, the most recent North Korean prisoner to be presented to the public has been identified as a...
ICC NOTE: The Light Korean Presbyterian Church in which Hyeon-soo Lim was pastor is hopeful for a quick release by the North Korean government. There is hope as a spokeswoman for...
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