Abi McDougal reads out a CSI statement on Syria at the UN Human Rights Council. Video screenshot: csi On the evening of June 22, two assailants stormed the Mar Elias Orthodox church in Damascus’s old city district, opening fire with an automatic weapon and detonating a bomb. Close to 30 worshipers were killed, including… Read more »
Swiss parliamentarians express support for Nagorno Karabakh during Azerbaijan’s blockade, February 27, 2023. csi Erich Vontobel and Stefan Müller-Altermatt In this piece, first published in the Tages Anzeiger, Swiss MPs Erich Vontobel and Stefan Müller-Altermatt react to the Swiss Federal Council’s claim that it cannot fulfill its obligation to hold a peace forum for… Read more »
One of the victims of a Hindu nationalist attack on a Christian prayer service in Odisha state, India, on June 21. Photo: Bishop Pallab Lima More than 30 Christians who had gathered for a prayer meeting were injured in an attack by a large mob in eastern India’s Odisha state on the morning of… Read more »
The Christian Solidarity Podcast: Understanding the conflict in the Caucasus In this pilot episode of the Christian Solidarity Podcast, host Abi McDougal talks with CSI’s director of advocacy, Dr. Joel Veldkamp, about Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Armenian Christians from Nagorno Karabakh. They explore the historical context of the conflict, the implications of the Swiss… Read more »
A suicide bomber killed nearly 30 people at worship at Mar Elias Orthodox Church in Damascus on June 22, 2025. Photo: Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. The devastating suicide bombing at Damascus’s Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church on June 22, 2025, which claimed nearly 30 innocent lives during Sunday Divine Liturgy, has shattered any… Read more »
Professor Fabrice Balanche (left) and Professor Joshua Landis (right) will speak about the threat to religious minorities in the “new Syria.” The event will be held in Room XXV of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, at 10 am CEDT. It will be livestreamed here. The recording of the event will be available to… Read more »
CSI made a statement on Syria at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. file photo: csi The day after a suicide bomber massacred 27 Christians at worship in Damascus, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) made a statement at the UN Human Rights Council warning of the threat of genocide to religious minorities in Syria…. Read more »
The aftermath of the suicide attack on St. Elias church in Damascus. Yesterday, June 22, in the heavily-Christian neighborhood of Duweila, just a short walk from the Old City of Damascus, explosions ripped through St. Elias Orthodox Church, where worshipers had gathered for evening mass. The attacks left nearly 30 Christians dead and around… Read more »
In Nigeria, seven-year-old Nenche Stephen attends a follow-up visit at the hospital after Fulani fighters struck a critical machete wound to his neck on Palm Sunday. csi Two months after losing her husband, two young children, and seven other family members in a brutal attack on their village, Alice Steven is slowly beginning to… Read more »
Many people from the lowest social groups in Nepal face discrimination, including in housing, and are drawn to Christianity in search of dignity and equality. Kathmandu, 2022. csi What the Hindu nationalist groups call Ghar Wapsi—a “return home” to the Hindu fold—is increasingly playing out in Nepal’s towns and villages. The issue has ceased to be… Read more »
