Dr. Rowan Williams is a former Archbishop of Canterbury. National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons MEDIA RELEASE Christian Solidarity International (CSI) released today a new essay by Dr. Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, as part of its ongoing international series, “Persecution and the unity of believers.” Responding to… Read more »
Suleiman Khalil’s daughter, Natalie, with a CSI delegation in Washington D.C. csi On November 1, President Donald Trump placed Nigeria back on the U.S. list of countries of particular concern (CPC) for religious freedom. In his announcement of the CPC designation, Trump stated that Christianity was “facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” where thousands of… Read more »
The attack on the church in Kwara was captured on a video livestream. screenshot of video On November 18, a Fulani Islamist militia group abducted 38 members of Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, from an evening worship service. At least two people were killed in the storming of the church. All 38… Read more »
The Christian Solidarity Podcast examines the imprisonment of Suleiman Khalil, a Christian in Syria. csi The Christian Solidarity Podcast: A “state-led abduction” On this episode of the Christian Solidarity Podcast, host Abi McDougal talks with CSI’s Director of Advocacy Joel Veldkamp about the story of Suleiman Khalil. As mayor of the town of Sadad, Khalil… Read more »
Some Kuki-Zo families displaced by violence in Manipur, India, built new homes with CSI’s support. csi The unrest began after a directive by the Manipur High Court suggested that the Meitei community, the mostly-Hindu majority group in the state, could be granted Scheduled Tribe status: official legal recognition as indigenous peoples, with corresponding rights… Read more »
Natalie Khalil with Congressman Pete Aguilar (second from left) and CSI staff. csi Media Release Last week, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) brought Natalie Khalil, the daughter of Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of Sadad in Syria, to Washington DC to advocate for her father’s release. Natalie and the CSI team met with Congressman Pete Aguilar… Read more »
“Armenia is witnessing a systematic state-led campaign to undermine, divide, and persecute Armenia’s national church,” CSI’s Joel Veldkamp warned on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “The arrests of Armenian clergy and their supporters must be seen in the context of the prime minister’s demand that the Catholicos of All Armenians resign from his post — a… Read more »
Rev. Bobbo Paschal was abducted by Fulani Islamists on November 17, 2025 Bobbo Paschal, parish priest of St. Stephen, Kushe, Gudu in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, was abducted by Fulani Islamists in the early hours of November 17, 2025, according to a statement by the chancellor of the… Read more »
Vicken Euljekjian has served five years of a 20-year sentence. Libertas MEDIA RELEASE Vicken Euljekjian, a citizen of Armenia and Lebanon who has been illegally detained by Azerbaijan for five years, is in dramatically deteriorating health, his family and supporters have revealed. Euljekjian is one of at least 23 Armenian Christian hostages being held by… Read more »
John Eibner (left) and Joel Veldkamp (right) of CSI at the press conference in Yerevan. csi MEDIA RELEASE Message to fellow faith leaders, particularly Evangelicals and Catholics: ‘Silence is not an option’ Christian Solidarity International (CSI), an interconfessional Christian human rights organization, visited Armenia from November 13-17. During their visit, CSI International President Dr…. Read more »
