David Ishkhanyan, speaker of the Artsakh parliament at the time of his capture by Azeri forces in September 2023, is among 20 known Armenian hostages in Baku. Photo: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh YEREVAN — Azerbaijani officials told Armenian prisoners in Baku that they would remain in captivity so long as the Armenian… Read more »
Where would you turn if tragedy forced you to flee your home? A friend or relative might help, but what if they were driven out too? This nightmarish reality is one Intazar knows too well. Her country — Sudan — is at war. You can help families like hers with your gift today! [Give Now]… Read more »
The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Artsakh located at 17/2 Nairi Zaryan street in Yerevan YEREVAN — The leadership of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), whose people were exiled from their historic homeland by Azerbaijani offensives between 2020 and 2023, is challenging a new order by a judge in Yerevan to vacate the building… Read more »
Protesters at the rally on April 13, 2026, held posters reading “Religious violence is the murder of democracy! We will not be silent!” csi Tens of thousands of Christians marched through Jagdalpur in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on April 13, 2026, to protest an amendment to the state’s anti-conversion law that had… Read more »
Ermagan, a journalist in Germany, has made it her mission to report on the worldwide persecution of Christians. Ninve Ermagan/Facebook My family are Assyrians, members of a Christian minority in the Middle East. Even this simple statement trips many people up. “Oh, so you’re Syrian, wonderful! I have many Syrian friends!” The first time,… Read more »
Armenian children displaced from their homeland of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) participate in an identity-preservation program at the Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum in Yerevan, Armenia. Guest contribution from Siranush Sargsyan YEREVAN – The idea for the “Fairy Tales and Identity Preservation” initiative began with a question posed inside the Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum in Yerevan: what could be… Read more »
Batoul Alloush, a 21-year-old Alawite student abducted from her medical studies and presented to the public as a convert to Islam, has emerged as a symbol of the ongoing persecution of the Alawite community in Syria. “I am addressing you from the broken heart of a mother … My daughter was kidnapped from the middle of the university. God gave me patience and strength to defend my daughter and bring… Read more »
MEDIA RELEASE ZURICH / YEREVAN — A pre-election split has opened between Armenia’s incumbent government and a growing cross-section of opposition parties over the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh, an initiative by the Swiss parliament to convene a peace forum between Azerbaijan and representatives of the 150,000 forcibly displaced Armenian Christians of Nagorno Karabakh…. Read more »
A group of newly arrived displaced people in Nabire. csi Fighting between the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) and the Indonesian armed forces intensified in April impacting many indigenous Christian communities. Between April 12 and 15, Indonesian army military operations were reportedly carried out in Pogoma and Kemburu in the Papua Highlands of… Read more »
Marine One prepares to land on the South Lawn of the White House. PHC C.M. Fitzpatrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons STATEMENT BY CSI PRESIDENT DR. JOHN EIBNER The new White House Counterterrorism Strategy for 2026 reiterates President Trump’s pledge “to protect Christians.” “We will not permit terrorist groups operating on the [African] continent… Read more »
