Anti-Christian, Anti-Semitic Attacks Spike in France
A new report from the French government’s Interior Ministry found clear evidence that Jews and Christians are facing the largest number of reported ab...
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Two More Vietnamese Christians Detained in Central Highlands
Two Montagnard Vietnamese Christian men — Pastor Siu Yúi, 68, and church member Siu Dok, 40 — were recently arrested in Gia Lai Central Province in Vi...
Chinese Pastors Denied Access to Bibles in Prison
Three leaders of Maizhong Reformed Church — Pastor Zhang Sen, Pastor Chang Shun, and Elder Ma Tao — have been reportedly denied access to God’s Word w...
Pakistani Police Shoot Christian Man
Alayan Johnson, a 22-year-old Christian auto-rickshaw driver in Punjab, Pakistan, was shot by police after being mistaken for a suspect. Now, police a...
Buddhists Throw Stones at Church as Christians Pray Inside
With nearly 20 Christians gathered inside for prayer, Buddhists threw stones at Zion Church on May 21 in Southern Sri Lanka. According to local source...
The Hidden Bureaucracy: How Selangor’s Shoplot Worship Ban Connects to a Bigger Agenda
For decades, non-Muslim communities throughout Malaysia have operated under a quiet, frustrating reality. Due to a chronic shortage of land available ...
Islamic Extremists Disrupt Church Services in Indonesia
A worship service at the Misi Sejahtera Church (GMS) in the Glugo area of Panggungharjo Village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was interrupted by Islamic...
Fulani Muslims Kill 8 Christians, Injure 15
Suspected Fulani gunmen attacked a Christian farming community in central Nigeria’s Plateau state on Sunday evening, killing eight Christians and inju...
Chhattisgarh: Where Faith in Christ Comes with a Price
The sutures protruding from the deep, still-fresh wound on 32-year-old Mangu’s head are the latest evidence of the persecution faced by Christians in ...
Hindu Nationalists Attack Christian Convention in India
A two-day Christian spiritual convention organized at a private hotel in Ratlam town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was disrupted by Hindu nati...
ADF Kills At Least 7 Christians in Beni
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least seven Christians during an overnight attack on May 30 in Beni, located in North Kivu Province in th...
Bishops Raise Human Rights Concerns, Invite Pope to Pakistan
This month, Catholic bishops from Pakistan visited the Vatican for their special Ad Limina visit. The group included three archbishops, four bishops, ...
How Long, O Lord? The Cry of the Martyrs Before the Throne of God
By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” As we reach the final biblical foundation of this series, t...
180 Christian Families Denied Water, Economic Rights in Chhattisgarh
More than 180 Christian families in 32 villages across Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district in India have reportedly been denied access to communal water so...
Report Highlights Rapid Erosion of Christian Freedoms in Australia
Australia’s first-ever Australian Christian Freedom Index (ACFI) was launched at the Australian Parliament in Canberra today. As reported by the Daily...
Egypt Grants Legal Status to 191 More Church Buildings
The Egyptian government released an order last week granting legal status to 191 church buildings that previously lacked official recognition. In tota...
20 Christians Still Held Hostage in Manipur
Hours after gunmen killed three pastors returning from a peace conference on May 13 in India, other armed groups started kidnapping Christians. Today,...
Myanmar Military Makes Significant Gains in War Against Ethnoreligious Minorities
On the heels of a rigged election that saw Myanmar’s military tighten its grip on power, the situation for the country’s many ethnoreligious minority ...
RSS Whitewashes Record Amid Growing Scrutiny Over Persecution in India
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu nationalist organization widely regarded as the ideological backbone of India’s ruling Bharatiya Jana...
Fulani Christians Reject Violence, Bias in Nigeria’s Conflict Zones
Fulani Christian leaders and converts in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are calling for greater recognition of peaceful Fulani communities, saying they are inc...
Full Conversion: From Christian Child to Muslim Child Bride in Pakistan
Though child marriage overall has decreased in recent decades in Pakistan, there has been a rise in the abduction of underage girls from minority fait...
Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses: Faith That Endures Suffering
By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” Throughout this series, we have seen a pattern emerge acros...
Six Christians Arrested in China
Six Christians were recently arrested in China and are being accused of fraud and “organizing the activities of minors that undermine public order.” S...
ADF Kills 17 Christians Amid Ebola Crisis
At least 17 Christians were killed in an Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attack on May 19 in Mambasa territory, Ituri Province in the Democratic Republ...
ADF Strikes Mungwere Village
For years, the North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were known as the primary victims of the ADF’s atrocities. Tod...
Justice Delayed: The 13-Year Struggle of the Peshawar Church Blast Survivors
On Sept. 22, 2013, twin suicide blasts tore through All Saints Church at Kohati Gate in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing nearly 100 people and wounding mor...
Jailed for Following Jesus
Two Christian converts in western Uganda are finally free after spending nearly two years in prison following their decision to leave Islam and embrac...
Christian Teacher Beheaded After School Attacks in Nigeria
Michael Oyedokun, a Christian math teacher in Nigeria, was killed after being abducted during coordinated attacks on schools in Oriire Local Governmen...
3 Pastors Killed Returning from Peace Conference
Three tribal church pastors from the Thadou Baptist Association (TBA) of India were killed, and four others were injured in an armed ambush on May 13 ...
Bomb Explodes in Churchyard Following Worship Service
Around 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, an explosion shattered the silence following Mass at St. Paulus Nabuni Mbamogo Station Church, Saint Michael Bilo...
Azerbaijan Demolishes Christian Places of Worship in Seized Enclave
Armenian Christian leaders and global religious freedom advocates are condemning Azerbaijan after satellite imagery confirmed the demolition of two Ar...
DRC Christians Face Religious Extremism, Ebola
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ADF attacks have claimed countless lives and forced many Christians to flee, a new Ebola outbreak...
President Trump Advocates for Religious Prisoners During Beijing Trip
In the weeks leading up to President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Beijing, a broad array of lawmakers and human rights advocates pressed him to push ...
Church Construction Rejected for 22 Years
The construction process for the Indonesian Pentecostal Church (GPI) in Tanjung Senang Village, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, has once again reached a de...
Räsänen Appeals Finnish Supreme Court's Decision
On May 7, Finnish member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen announced that she is appealing the Finnish Supreme Court’s decision against her. In 2022, Räsäne...
Christian Publishers Endure Harsh Conditions in Prison
Chang Yuchun and his wife, Li Chenhui, remain in brutal conditions in separate prisons in Xi’an City, Shaanxi province, China. The couple was involved...
Learning to Suffer Like Peter: Rejoicing When You Share in Christ’s Sufferings
By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” If Paul teaches us that suffering is often the mark of auth...
State Department Delay Sends the Wrong Message on Religious Freedom
Religious freedom conditions remain troubled in much of the world, including in some of the most populous nations. These conditions can mean the diffe...
U.S. Administration Strives to Protect the Persecuted Church
Note: ICC is an apolitical entity and does not support political causes or parties. ICC’s focus is to ease the suffering of Christians in hostile plac...
More Christians Slaughtered in Biakato, DRC
On May 13, ADF rebels attacked Christians in Biakato, Mambassa Territory, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), slaughtering 21 people a...
ADF Strikes Makumo, Days after Biakato Massacre
Three days after more than 20 civilians were massacred at Biakato, another ADF attack in Makumo, Ituri Province, DRC, on May 10 created fear among the...
Washington Condemns ‘Brutal’ ADF Attacks in Eastern DRC
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels continue to spread death and devastation in the Christian-majority region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Cong...
Stolen Innocence: The Abduction and Forced Marriage of Christian Girls in Pakistan
Each year in Pakistan, roughly 1,000 young girls — many of whom are Christians — are kidnapped from their homes. These girls are often found months la...
Persecution in China Continues as Trump Lands in Beijing
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarked in Beijing just after 8 p.m. local time on Wednesday, accompanied by an entourage of top American business lea...
Politics and the Power of the Persecuted Church in Iran
By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow The global spotlight shines brightly on the Strait of Hormuz as the world watches powerful actors vying for success, w...
Fulani Militias Kill 19 Christians in Plateau Attacks
At least 19 Christians were killed in separate attacks across Plateau state within 24 hours, including several residents from Ngbra-Zongo village in B...
People’s Tribunal Claims Odisha Government Complicit in Christian Persecution
A people’s tribunal, led by prominent civil rights activists in India, submitted a letter last week to the Odisha government accusing the state admini...
Christian Man Dies Doing Forced Labor in Pakistan
Around 5 a.m. on May 7, Shabbir Masih, a 33-year-old Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan, died after inhaling toxic gases while doing a dangerous ...
Growing Up Christian in the Churchless Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Attacks on churches are a harsh reality in many countries. But Saudi Arabia is not one of them. The birthplace of both Islam and Wahhabi radicalism, t...
Paul: The Marks of a True Apostle — When Suffering Becomes the Proof of Authentic Ministry
By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” Few figures in the history of the church embodied the cost ...