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Pastor in Myanmar Abducted by Arakan Army
Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on February 13, Pastor U Thar Tun was taken from his home in Buthidaung township, Rakhine State, by members of the Arakan Army (AA), a Buddhist rebel group. According to his…
‘You Are Finished!’ Threaten Vandals Against Church in Turkey
Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2019
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, February 23, 2019, threatening graffiti messages were found on the main entrance door of the Armenian Church of the Holy Mother of God (Balat Surp Hreshdagabet) in Istanbul, Turkey.…
Four Christian Women Falsely Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan
Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that four Christian women from the Farooq-e-Azam neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan were falsely accused of blasphemy on February 19, 2019. Following the false accusation, a mob of enraged Muslims attacked the Christian-majority…
Sentence Issued Against Policeman Who Murdered 2 Christians
Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2019
A criminal court in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate has issued a death sentence against policeman Rabie Mustafa Khalifa. This past December, he had approached two Coptic Christians and shot them at close range.
Supreme Court in Pakistan Upholds Acquittal of Asia Bibi
Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Pakistan’s Supreme Court today upheld its acquittal of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), leaving her free to leave the country after spending nine years on death row in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case.

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