Venezuela begins crackdown: bans protests, Hot Air asks ‘Where is Sean Penn’
Human rights, like food and medicine, are growing scarce in Venezuela. With a vote scheduled Sunday to move forward on socialist President Maduro’s plan to rewrite the country’s constitution, the government More...
Correctional Officer, Quintail Credit pleads guilty for conspiracy to cover up physical assault
The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Quintail Credit, a former officer at the Richwood Correctional Center, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in a conspiracy More...
Ethiopia Police Officer Arrested and Dismissed for Talking about His Faith
(International Christian Concern) –A Christian police officer in Ethiopia was recently arrested, dismissed, and told to move to another part of the country after he was discovered talking about his faith in uniform. More...
TRANSCRIPT: President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address
President Donald Trump’s second formal State of the Union address on Tuesday night used a theme of “Choosing Greatness.” Trump: Thank you very much madam speaker, vice president, members of Congress, More...
Pakistani Senate committee passes draft bill increasing minimum marriage age to 18
The Upper House of Pakistan’s Parliament has approved a draft bill raising the minimum marriage age to 18 years. The meeting of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights unanimously approved the Child Marriage More...
Turkey rejects inquiry into 2007 murder of Hrant Dink
(International Christian Concern) –According to the Turkish Minute, a parliamentary motion to investigate the 2007 murder of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist, has been rejected. Dink was assassinated More...
New data shows nearly 200 Christians in Pakistan face blasphemy charges
(International Christian Concern) –New research by the Catholic Church in Pakistan has found that almost 200 Christians face charges under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws. Those accused face punishments More...
Iran’s persecution of Christians detailed in new report
(International Christian Concern) –A new report details how last year brought continued violation of religious freedom for Iranian Christians, cumulating in an unprecedented wave of raids targeting the underground More...
Iran judges tell Christians Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhteri to renounce their faith
(International Christian Concern) –Iranian judges Hassan Babaee and Ahmad Zargar presided over the January 15th final appeal hearing for Christians Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhteri. These two judges asked the More...
Peter Max honors and remembers Martin Luther King Jr with three new colorful and powerful portraits
Martin Luther King Jr. has been honored and remembered and artist Peter Max has painted portraits of the great civil rights leader for over 20 years. Below you’ll find the latest of his beautiful and impactful More...
Egypt: President al-Sisi extends state of emergency, noting the Christmas Eve attack on a Nasr City church
(International Christian Concern) –Egypt has extended its nationwide state of emergency for yet another three months, marking the 7th time that the government has made such a decision. President al-Sisi first More...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte drops profane attack on Catholic bishops during homophobic rant
(International Christian Concern) –President Rodrigo Duterte seems to be quite upset about the Catholic Church, as yesterday he renews his attacks on the church that has criticized him over his bloody war on drugs More...
Syria: President Bashar Assad says state will rebuild Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir Ezzor
(International Christian Concern) –The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir Ezzor will be rebuilt with state funds, according to a pledge given by Syrian President Bashar Assad. The announcement was made More...
Germany: Home-school family Petra and Dirk Wunderlich will continue fight after officials took their children
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that German authorities did not violate a family’s fundamental rights when they forcibly removed the children from the family’s home because they were being More...
EU court to hear Tom Mortier case: Mother euthanized by doctor without telling family
The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to consider the case of Tom Mortier, whose mother received a lethal injection from a doctor who euthanized her for being depressed and did not inform her family. The More...
Human Rights Day: Pakistan should challenge the blasphemy laws, not entrench them
The Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS-UK) is calling upon the Pakistani Government to take steps to end the misuse of the Blasphemy Laws. The Pakistani Government should use Human Rights Day More...
US Commission on International Religious Freedom condemns persecution of Baha’is in Yemen
Tenzin Dorjee, Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), expressed increasing concern over the mounting persecution of Baha’is in Yemen by the Houthi-controlled government. “I More...
Iran’s restricted legal access to prisoners called into question by civil rights activists
(International Christian Concern) –Earlier this year, Iran’s judiciary decided to force defendants held on political charges to pick their lawyer from a pre-approved list. Meanwhile, human rights attorneys continue More...
China’s Communist Party target members ‘who have religious faith’
(International Christian Concern) – In an effort to strengthen party ideology and better control its members, the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has published newly revised regulations More...
New UK Report: Child trafficking more than doubled in just one year
A shocking new report indicates that child trafficking case in the United Kingdom have increased by 66 percent from 2016 to 2017. According to the report, by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, 2,118 minors More...
