Criminal charges have been brought against the Catholicos. Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin YEREVAN – Armenia’s state prosecutor over the weekend ordered a travel ban against the Catholicos of All Armenians, preventing the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church from presiding over a worldwide summit of bishops on February 16-19 in St. Pölten, Austria…. Read more »
The Supreme Court of India will hear a challenge against the country’s anti-conversion laws. India’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the country’s controversial anti-conversion laws after more than 400 Christians were arrested in 2025. Over 125 remain jailed on false charges. The court will hear a constitutional challenge that argues the laws have… Read more »
Kaduna Governor Uba Sani receives Christians freed from abduction in Kurmin Wali. @ubisanius/X The abduction of 168 Christians during church worship in Kurmin Wali, Southern Kaduna, on January 18—now all reportedly freed—continues to raise deep concerns about the persistent persecution of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. This is despite repeated claims by the… Read more »
سلّطت نادين ماينزا، الخبيرة البارزة في مجال الحرية الدينية، الضوء على قضية سليمان خليل في شهادتها أمام لجنة الشؤون الخارجية في مجلس النواب الأمريكي. وفي معرض تناولها لأوضاع المسيحيين في سوريا بعد سقوط نظام الأسد الاستبدادي، صرّحت ماينزا في شهادتها المكتوبة بأن “الاعتقال التعسفي والاختطاف لا يزالان مستمرَّين، بما في ذلك قضية سليمان خليل الذي… Read more »
The 13th-century Katoghike Holy Mother of God Church in Yerevan. The church was nearly demolished by the Bolsheviks in 1936, but was preserved after local protests. Guest Commentary by John Eibner This commentary originally appeared as a post on X. In the 1920s, Moscow-backed Bolsheviks created a “Free Church” movement to undermine Armenia’s Apostolic Church—the… Read more »
Acting President of Artsakh Ashot Danielyan (left) presents an official letter to Swiss MPs and co-chairs of the Swiss Peace Initiative Stefan Müller-Altermatt (center) and Erich Vontobel (right) at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Artsakh in Yerevan, Armenia on February 4, 2026. csi MEDIA RELEASE Nearly one year after the Swiss parliament adopted… Read more »
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan embraces human rights lawyer Ruben Melikyan during his trial in a Yerevan court. Narek Aleksanyan MEDIA RELEASE As the Armenian government seeks to focus discussions with Vice President JD Vance on strengthening bilateral ties, one of Armenia’s most high-profile political prisoners, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, has called on the conservative U.S. leader to… Read more »
Former Syrian mayor Suleiman Khalil has been detained for one year. csi MEDIA RELEASE Today, the human rights groups In Defense of Christians (IDC) and Christian Solidarity International (CSI) issued a joint statement calling for the immediate release of Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of the Christian-majority town of Sadad in Syria. “Sunday, February 8,… Read more »
Երեքշաբթի՝ փետրվարի 3-ին, Երեւանում կայացավ Քրիստոնեական համերաշխության միջազգային կազմակերպության (CSI) նախագահ Դոկտոր Ջոն Այբների եւ Գերմանիայում կազմակերպության ներկայացուցիչ, կաթոլիկ քահանա Հայր Փիթեր Ֆուքսի մամուլի ասուլիսը։ Համատեղ ասուլիսին մասնակցում էին նաեւ Քաղաքական իրավունքների հայկական կենտրոնի (ՔԻՀԿ) նախագահ Ռաֆայել Իշխանյանը եւ Շվեյցարիայի խորհրդարանի ստորին պալատի պատգամավոր Էրիխ Ֆոնտոբելը։ CSI-ը փաստահավաք առաքելությամբ Հայաստանում է՝ դիտարկելու համար, պետություն-Եկեղեցի ճգնաժամի… Read more »
Video of the press conference in Yerevan. MEDIA RELEASE “I am incarcerated today for a simple reason,” Armenia’s Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan told the International Religious Freedom Summit in a letter from prison published today. “My offense is to speak an unwelcome truth – that the Christian Armenian nation faces an existential threat.” Dr. John Eibner,… Read more »
