Introducing MEC
Recent News:
Iran: Prison sentences upheld on appeal
Prayer is requested for Morteza (Calvin) Faghanpour Sasi, Abolfazl (Benjamin) Ahmadzadeh Khajani, Hesamuddin (Yahya) Mohammad Jenidi, and two other Christian converts whose sentences were upheld by Branch 36 of the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal on 17 September....
Syria: Christians fear for their lives
Syria has witnessed three major violent events targeting religious and ethnic minorities in 2025; violence against Alawites on the coast in March, a suicide attack on St. Elias church in Damascus in June, and recent violent clashes between the Druze and the Sunni...
Sudan: Church demolished and Christians harassed
At noon on 8 July 2025, witnesses reported seeing vehicles belonging to police and Sudanese Armed Forces surrounding the Pentecostal Church in East Nile, Khartoum as civilians demolished the strutcure without any prior warning. The building, built in 1990, included a...
Recent Reports:
Iran: Annual Report on Rights Violations Released
Middle East Concern, in collaboration with Open Doors International, Article 18 and CSW has released the 2018 report on violations of the rights of Christians in Iran. During 2018, the Iranian Christian community, along with other religious minorities, continued to...