Mar 31, 2017
Iranian Christians request prayer for three ongoing cases involving Christians in which there have been recent developments. EBRAHIM FIROUZI: Ebrahim Firouzi’s mother has undergone surgery for cancer and is weak and unable to care for herself. She is having...
Mar 24, 2017
Middle East Concern (MEC) was established in 1991 to defend the religious freedom of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa. Since that time MEC has published Annual Reports only for MEC member organisations and member individuals. However, for the first time...
Mar 8, 2017
On 20th February two Christian converts were arrested in Urmia (pictured), the capital of West Azerbaijan province in Iran. The home of Anousheh Reza-bakhsh (known as Veronika) and her son Soheil Zagarzadeh Sani (known as Augustine) was raided by Revolutionary Guard...
Feb 28, 2017
On 20th February Middle East Concern requested prayer after four Christians were killed in the North Sinai town of al-Arish in three weeks. Unfortunately three more Christians were killed in the following days. Saeed al-Hakim and his son Medhat were killed on 23rd...
Feb 27, 2017
Petr Jasek, one of the Christians who received lengthy prison sentences in Sudan on 29th January, has been given a presidential pardon and left Sudan on 26th February. The court had sentenced Mr Jasek to life in prison for espionage, to six months in prison for...
