Dr. Sasa discussed the earthquake, persecution of Christians, the Rohingya crisis, and ongoing violent military attacks in Myanmar with CSI by Zoom on April 10, 2025. csi The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 4,000 people in Myanmar on March 28 brought “unspeakable loss, pain, and suffering,” Dr. Sasa told Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in… Read more »
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UN event highlights Christian persecution in India
The March 19 side event was organized by the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and co-sponsored by CSI The March 19 side event, organized by the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and co-sponsored by Christian Solidarity International (CSI), shed light on how anti-conversion laws are being weaponized against religious minorities,… Read more »
Two Christians in India face prison over false charges of eating beef

On November 26, two Christians in eastern India framed by Hindu nationalists as allegedly having eaten beef must testify in court. The crime of killing a cow is punishable with a sentence of at least one year in prison. Two Christians in India from the state of Jharkhand are on trial over false accusations that… 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 »
CSI calls for humanitarian airlift for Christian region under siege

Today, John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International, and the Baroness Cox of Queensbury, a member of the UK’s House of Lords, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to seek a resolution at the United Nations Security Council to end Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region home to 120,000 Armenian Christians. If Azerbaijan… Read more »
Nigerian pastor captured by terrorists freed after eight months

A Nigerian pastor kidnapped by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militant group,Polycarp Zongo, has regained his freedom after almost eight months in captivity, members ofhis church have announced. ISWAP, which terrorizes northeastern Nigeria, is notorious for abducting and killing Christiansand members of the Christian clergy. Rev Zongo, a pastor with Church of Christ in Nations… Read more »
CSI Joins Broad-Based, International Appeal to President Biden to End Collective Punishment of Syria’s Civilians

Today, over 90 senior leadership figures worldwide called on U.S. President Joe Biden to lift those economic sanctions that kill, displace, impoverish and otherwise harm the civilian population of Syria, as called for by the UN Special Rapporteur for Unilateral Coercive Measures, Prof. Alena Douhan. Sign the petition to end the suffering This is collective… Read more »
No peace at Christmas as Islamist violence continues

At the start of 2021, Nigeria is looking back on another year of religious conflict that cost an estimated 2,400 Christians their life. In the last two weeks of the year alone, around 200 Christians died at the hands of Islamists. The security forces had warned of likely violence over Christmas and sadly, they were… Read more »
Abducted and forcibly married at age 13

Arzoo, a 13-year-old Christian girl, was abducted and forcibly married by a Muslim man over 30 years her senior. Thankfully, following a court ruling, she is now safe in a government-run shelter for women. CSI’s partner in Pakistan is engaged in a legal battle to protect the rights of underage girls like Arzoo and ensure… Read more »
Thank you Mark Girguis

Today the Free for 1000 campaign crossed the finish line in its goal of being able to free 1000 slaves in Sudan. Mark Girguis has worked tirelessly to achieve this goal. Without his work 100s of people would still be in bondage yearning to be free. Mark’s campaign was able to free slaves such as… Read more »