Armenians commemorate the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan Dr. Elyse Semerdjian is the award-winning author of the 2023 book, ‘Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide’ and the Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. She spoke to CSI on the… Read more »
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Sudan: solidarity amid suffering in the Nuba Mountains
CSI is providing support to IDPs in Eri camp. csi Since the outbreak of war in April 2023, millions of Sudanese people have fled their homes and sought refuge in safer areas, including the Nuba Mountains. This southern region, with a large Christian minority, is now home to around two million internally displaced persons… Read more »
Conflicts of interest mar UN decision on Azerbaijan’s Armenian hostages
Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian leader from Nagorno Karabakh, is being held hostage by Azerbaijan. CSI has joined a coalition of human rights groups in a complaint to UN bodies about a conflict of interest on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention – a conflict of interest that may have led the Working Group… Read more »
Hussain and Khalda: eager to return home
Khalda was pregnant when the family had to flee. csi The couple and their six children arrived in the camp after a dangerous journey that lasted nearly five days. At the time of their escape, Khalda was pregnant. Fighting had become constant, with gunfire erupting every day; civilians were frequently caught in the crossfire…. Read more »
Intazar: injured as she fled the fighting
Intazar fled to Eri camp with her children. csi “My name is Intazar. I am forty-five years old, and I am a mother of five children. I came here in November after fleeing from Khartoum Province because of the war. My husband is no longer alive. I lost him during the conflict, and since… Read more »
Will Nepal’s Christians gain protection under new Gen Z-backed government?
A Hindu nationalist from Nepal at a protest against the use of the term ‘secularism’ in the country’s constitution. csi archive image Nepal has a new government after a relatively new party secured a near supermajority in the March 2026 elections, held after a Gen Z-led uprising brought down the previous administration. The new… Read more »
Քրիստոնեական համերաշխության միջազգային կազմակերպությունը հարգում է հայ մտավորական Զորի Բալայանի հիշատակը
Ջոն Այբները English version Զորի Բալայանին առաջին անգամ հանդիպեցի 1991 թվականին՝ Երեւանում։ Քաղաքականապես լարված, քաոսային ժամանակներ էին։ Խորհրդային Միությունը հոգեվարքի մեջ էր։ CSI-ը մարդու իրավունքների իրավիճակը գնահատելու համար առաջին փաստահավաք այցն էր իրականացնում Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ։ Այդ շրջանում ԼՂ-ն ԽՍՀՄ-ադրբեջանական խստաշունչ շրջափակման մեջ էր։ Այցելեցի Ղարաբաղ, երբ ԽՍՀՄ-ի եւ Ադրբեջանի ուժերի կողմից տխրահռչակ «Օղակ» գործողության… Read more »
Nigerian theologian contributes to CSI essay series on “Persecution and the unity of believers”
Deborah Yakubu, a Nigerian Christian, was lynched by Muslim fellow students in 2022 Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has released a new contribution by Professor Yusufu Turaki, a renowned Nigerian theologian, to its ongoing essay series, “Persecution and the unity of believers.” The essay series, initiated by CSI’s President Dr. John Eibner, brings together reflections… Read more »
CSI Remembers Armenian Luminary Zori Balayan
ZURICH — I first encountered Zori Balayan in Yerevan in 1991. The times were politically charged and chaotic. The Soviet Union was in its death throes. CSI was then undertaking its first of many human rights fact-finding visits to Nagorno Karabakh, at a time when it was under a strict Soviet-Azeri blockade. I had been… Read more »
Sri Lanka: Christian survivors await answers on 7th anniversary of Easter bombings
Forty people were killed at St. Anthony’s Shrine. By AntanO – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57615768 Churches across Sri Lanka held memorial services on Easter Sunday to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2019 Easter bombings that killed at least 269 people and injured more than 500. Meanwhile, Christian survivors and families of… Read more »