The international annual report provides an insight into the project and advocacy work carried out in the year under review.
CSI International annual report
Category: Press Release
Joel Veldkamp on CBN, applauding the end of Syrian Sanctions
Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications, told CBN News Trump’s pledge is welcomed by Christian Solidarity International. He also explained the sweeping impact the longstanding sanctions have had on the Syrian people. “The impact of the sanctions has been really devastating,” he said. “The U.S. and its allies imposed these sanctions on Syria in 2011… Read more »
Christians in Sudan Face Persecution and Hunger as They Flee Violence
Several groups of Christians in Sudan have been detained by government troops as they fled the civil war in Khartoum heading to the Nuba Mountains where there are close to 800,000 people displaced. Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is providing life-saving humanitarian aid in the Nuba Mountains, including food assistance, educational materials for schools, water pumps… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International calls on the United Nations to protect religious minorities in Bangladesh
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is profoundly concerned over the growing threat to religious minorities in Bangladesh following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
CSI to highlight plight of Armenian detainees in Azerbaijan at UN
A year after Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed the Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh, at least 23 ethnic Armenians are still being detained by Baku, in defiance of international calls for their release. On October 1, CSI will host a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight the case of these… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International urges United Nations to end economic sanctions currently impacting more than 800 million people
Christian Solidarity International (CSI), a Christian human rights organization, has called on United Nations (UN) member states to stop the use of economic sanctions that harm civilian populations. CSI’s Joel Veldkamp addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 15. Veldkamp pointed out that the use of economic sanctions, sometimes called “unilateral coercive… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International says the persecution of Christians worldwide continues to grow, but their faith is greater than most people in North America
John Eibner, president of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) recently spoke with a Czech Catholic newspaper about the continuing worldwide persecution of Christians. Eibner said the reasons for persecution have not changed for 2,000 years. “Christians are persecuted today for essentially the same reasons that Jesus and the first Christians were persecuted,” says Eibner. “Reflecting a… Read more »
Rights groups to Blinken: Don’t abandon Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan
A day after a limited prisoner exchange between Armenia and Azerbaijan took place, a coalition of human rights organizations is urging the United States not to abandon Azerbaijan’s remaining Armenian hostages. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Christian Solidarity International (CSI), Genocide Watch, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, the Armenian National Committee of… Read more »
UN Security Council Refuses to Prevent Genocide and Protect Victims in Nagorno Karabakh
Christian Solidarity International Protests the Biden administration’s “All Words, No Action” Policy Yesterday, the UN Security Council failed again to act to halt Azerbaijan’s aggression against the besieged Armenian Christian community of Nagorno Karabakh, at an emergency meeting held to discuss the crisis. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister, Jeyhun Bayramov, was invited to a private reception hosted by U.S…. Read more »
CSI: 120,000 Armenian Christians Trapped as Azerbaijan Attacks Nagorno Karabakh
Human rights group urges Biden to initiate air rescue of endangered civilians Today, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) can confirm, based on firsthand reports from partners on the ground, that thousands of Armenian Christians are now amassed at Nagorno Karabakh’s only airport, in the hope of being rescued by an international humanitarian airlift. Others are hiding… Read more »
