Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Iraqi Christians Look to Reclaim Their Ancient Homes
Posted on Thursday, August 3, 2017
It was the night of August 6, 2014. Fresh from their capture of Mosul, ISIS fighters swept through the Nineveh Plains and overnight drove more than 12,000 Christian families from their homes and ancestral lands. The families fled,…
Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Seven Christian Men in Eastern Kenya
Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2017
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in early July, al-Shabaab militants led a series of attacks in Kenya’s Lamu County. Between July 5 and July 8 2017, militants raided three villages, and killed three police officers and…
Pastor in Punjab State, India Shot Dead
Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2017
A pastor in northern India’s Punjab state was shot dead in front of his church premises two months after Hindu extremists took offense at a gospel event celebrating his church’s 25th anniversary, sources said.
Cuba Cancels Jail Sentence for Homeschooling Dad
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2017
A Cuban appeals court has surprised the homeschooling world by reversing a one-year prison sentence imposed on pastor Ramon Rigal for taking his children out of government schools and homeschooling them.
Church Demolitions in Sudan Sparks Strong Congressional Response
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2017
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a new bipartisan letter from the US House of Representatives was sent today to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, requesting that he raise the issue of Christian churches being targeted in…
Iran: Four Christians Receive 10 Year Sentences
Posted on Monday, July 10, 2017
A judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and “conducting activities against national security.”
Palm Sunday Bombings of Egyptian Coptic Churches Kill 44
Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2017
At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and troop deployments across Egypt.
