What hidden forces drive the increasing religious persecution, political instability, and ideological division in our world? This question was at the heart of Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali’s address at an event hosted by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in Zürich on April 1, 2025. Dr. Nazir-Ali, a prominent Christian leader who has served as Bishop of Rochester… Read more »
Introduction from CSI’s President: Introduction from CSI’s President: We are in the midst of “World War III fought piecemeal.” That’s what the late Pope Francis repeatedly told us since 2014. Back then, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State were perpetrating their reign of terror in Syria and Iraq, and the overthrow of the Ukrainian government set… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International (CSI), is warning that conditions for genocide continue to exist in parts of Syria controlled by Ahmed al-Sharaa’s HTS – an al Qaeda spin-off that has been designated a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council. CSI is in touch with its partners on the ground in Tartous and Latakia provinces, where… Read more »
Today, the Save Karabakh Coalition called on Ignazio Cassis, the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, to use Switzerland’s presidency of the UN Security Council to help the besieged people of Nagorno Karabakh. For over five months – since December 12 – this region, home to an ancient community of 120,000 Armenian… Read more »
Today, a group of human rights organizations issued a collective Genocide Warning for the indigenous Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh (also known as Artsakh). “All 14 risk factors for atrocity crimes identified by the UN Secretary-General’s Office on Genocide Prevention are now present,” the groups wrote. John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), commented on… Read more »
The world’s first Christian nation is under attack. Yesterday, September 13, 2022, the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale assault on the territory of the Republic of Armenia. Cities and towns deep inside Armenian territory have been bombed. So far, the Armenian government has confirmed 49 soldiers killed; the true death toll, among both soldiers and… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is grieved and deeply concerned by the rapid advance of jihadist forces across Afghanistan over the past month. The collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and the Taliban’s takeover of the country threatens to make the already grim human rights situation in Afghanistan even worse, especially for Christians, Shi’ite Muslims, and… Read more »
In open letter to President Trump, human rights group calls for U.S. to suspend military aid to Azerbaijan and Turkey ZURICH – Christian Solidarity International, a human rights NGO campaigning for religious freedom and human dignity, today condemned the joint Turkish-Azerbaijani attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, a tiny region in the Caucuses inhabited by 150,000 Christian Armenians…. Read more »
Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been forced to take extraordinary security precautions after receiving death threats and being repeatedly interrogated by national security officers. The threats come after Dr. Mailaifa publicly challenged official narratives about the widespread murder and displacement of civilians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. … Read more »
Today, Christian Solidarity International (CSI), an NGO campaigning for religious freedom, issued a Genocide Warning for Nigeria, and called on the Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council to take appropriate action to prevent genocide in Africa’s largest country. CSI issued this Genocide Warning in response to a rising tide of violence directed against Nigerian Christians and… Read more »
