Turkey-Qatar Posture for Joint Afghan Role Despite Human Rights Concerns 11/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on November 12, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken announced that Qatar will act as the US diplomatic representative in Afghanistan. This announcement came one day after Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met […]
Continue reading …11/15/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, November 16, International Christian Concern (ICC) will announce its 2021 Persecutor of the Year Awards for world’s worst oppressors. A leading voice on Christian persecution since 1995, ICC will give detailed findings in a 150-page report on 24 offenders and announce the worst of the worst […]
Continue reading …Repressive Laws Remain After Insufficient Step Towards Religious Freedom 11/10/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi lifted the nation’s state of emergency on October 25, which had been in effect since April 2017. However, the lifting is insufficient to address the ongoing human rights abuses committed by the government, particularly […]
Continue reading …Turkish-Backed Azerbaijan Targets Armenian Civilians Near Captured Shushi 11/09/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that November 8, 2021, Azerbaijani troops opened gunfire on a group of Armenian utility workers repairing water pipes near the city of Shushi, which was captured during the Turkish-Azeri war last year against Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh). […]
Continue reading …New Factsheet from Congressional Commission Outlines Rising Persecution for State Department 11/09/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has published a factsheet reiterating its recommendations to the U.S. Department of State regarding countries to be designated as violators of religious […]
Continue reading …Radicals Use Extreme Violence to Make Village “Christian-Free” 11/08/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian community in India’s Chhattisgarh state was brutally attacked by a mob of radical Hindu nationalists over the weekend. The attack left nine Christians seriously injured, including three who are currently hospitalized […]
Continue reading …Turkey Flag Perpetrators Promote Christian Genocide Language During Attack 11/05/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a group of members affiliated with the Youth Union of Turkey (TGB) hooded U.S. Navy personnel in Turkey’s capital city of Istanbul. The organization’s social media accounts show that members surrounded the […]
Continue reading …2 Years After Arrest and Beating, Christian Finally Found Innocent 10/29/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 25, a court in Kenya dismissed a case against Hassan Hussein who was falsely accused of possessing and selling hard drugs. His case began on January 19, 2019 when the […]
Continue reading …Wave of Persecution Allowed to Continue by Court Delay 10/29/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Allahabad High Court, located in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, has once again delayed hearing a challenge to the constitutionality of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021. […]
Continue reading …Turkey Threatens Individuals, Countries, Who Recognize Genocide 10/26/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 26, 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh). Turkey supported Azerbaijan’s invasion of Artsakh in Fall 2020, where the two conducted genocide against Artsakh’s […]
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