Arif Salam was violently assaulted because of his faith. csi Salam, 55, earns his livelihood as a bicycle mechanic. Whenever opportunities arise, he openly shares his Christian faith with others. His commitment to spreading the Christian message has made him a respected witness among local believers. But not everyone is happy about Salam’s evangelism…. Read more »
Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis addresses parliament on the Nagorno Karabakh question on 15 June 2026. Source: parlament.ch Last Wednesday, Erich Vontobel, a member of the Swiss parliament, deposited a formal question to Switzerland’s Federal Council. Fifteen months ago, the parliament mandated the Council to organize a peace forum between the Armenians of Nagorno… Read more »
When Nancy, 37, was playfully struck in the abdomen by her son, no one imagined that an affectionate gesture would uncover such a harsh truth. “I felt an unbearable pain,” she recalls, her voice still trembling. Her husband rushed her to the hospital. An MRI showed a suspicious pelvic mass, and doctors called in a… Read more »
June 9 – Two and a half months after her disappearance, a Pakistani Christian woman named Neha Faqir enters the Lahore High Court wearing Islamic garb. When bonded laborers Faqir Masih and Rasoola Bibi enrolled their 18-year-old daughter Neha in a sewing course, they believed they were giving her an opportunity for a better… Read more »
Bagrat Galstanyan. X YEREVAN – On June 4, 2026, Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals replaced the pretrial detention of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan with house arrest, following nearly one year of incarceration for the country’s most outspoken clergyman. Galstanyan is the leader of the “Holy Struggle” movement, born from protests in 2024 in the northeastern province… Read more »
Map showing location of Antagarh, Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. Google Maps Indigenous Christian communities in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh are facing denial of water, employment, and forest access in what local advocacy groups say is an organized campaign to force “reconversion” to Hinduism. It comes amid a push by New Delhi to strip… Read more »
Screenshot/Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme Di Zaman Kita The West Papua film’s viral reach is a direct result of official attempts to stop it, drawing renewed international attention to conditions in a region that Indonesia has largely closed to independent observers, foreign journalists and international human rights bodies. The documentary “Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme Di Zaman Kita,”… Read more »
Yaqub’s family waited two years for justice. csi The verdict is a rare outcome for a religious minority family in a country where Christians and other non-Muslim communities routinely face obstacles in obtaining legal redress, particularly when the perpetrators belong to the Muslim majority. Additional Sessions Judge Syed Shazad Muzaffar Hamdani of Lahore delivered… Read more »
Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. On Sunday, Armenian voters will choose their next government. csi. As Armenian voters prepare to choose their next government on June 7, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is calling on the country’s next prime minister to make the protection of Armenia’s Christian identity, institutions and people a defining priority. “The… Read more »
Christians take part in worship in a church in South Kordofan. csi The Sudanese people have always been religious. Besides traditional African religions, the people of present-day Sudan practiced a form of Judaism during the Nubian kingdom of Kush. In the book of Acts, chapter 8, we read of the conversion of the eunuch,… Read more »
