A Hindu nationalist from Nepal at a protest against the use of the term ‘secularism’ in the country’s constitution. csi archive image Nepal has a new government after a relatively new party secured a near supermajority in the March 2026 elections, held after a Gen Z-led uprising brought down the previous administration. The new… Read more »
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Քրիստոնեական համերաշխության միջազգային կազմակերպությունը հարգում է հայ մտավորական Զորի Բալայանի հիշատակը
Ջոն Այբները English version Զորի Բալայանին առաջին անգամ հանդիպեցի 1991 թվականին՝ Երեւանում։ Քաղաքականապես լարված, քաոսային ժամանակներ էին։ Խորհրդային Միությունը հոգեվարքի մեջ էր։ CSI-ը մարդու իրավունքների իրավիճակը գնահատելու համար առաջին փաստահավաք այցն էր իրականացնում Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ։ Այդ շրջանում ԼՂ-ն ԽՍՀՄ-ադրբեջանական խստաշունչ շրջափակման մեջ էր։ Այցելեցի Ղարաբաղ, երբ ԽՍՀՄ-ի եւ Ադրբեջանի ուժերի կողմից տխրահռչակ «Օղակ» գործողության… Read more »
Nigerian theologian contributes to CSI essay series on “Persecution and the unity of believers”
Deborah Yakubu, a Nigerian Christian, was lynched by Muslim fellow students in 2022 Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has released a new contribution by Professor Yusufu Turaki, a renowned Nigerian theologian, to its ongoing essay series, “Persecution and the unity of believers.” The essay series, initiated by CSI’s President Dr. John Eibner, brings together reflections… Read more »
CSI Remembers Armenian Luminary Zori Balayan
ZURICH — I first encountered Zori Balayan in Yerevan in 1991. The times were politically charged and chaotic. The Soviet Union was in its death throes. CSI was then undertaking its first of many human rights fact-finding visits to Nagorno Karabakh, at a time when it was under a strict Soviet-Azeri blockade. I had been… Read more »
Sri Lanka: Christian survivors await answers on 7th anniversary of Easter bombings
Forty people were killed at St. Anthony’s Shrine. By AntanO – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57615768 Churches across Sri Lanka held memorial services on Easter Sunday to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2019 Easter bombings that killed at least 269 people and injured more than 500. Meanwhile, Christian survivors and families of… Read more »
March review: Middle East Christians at risk, and defending the displaced peoples of Nagorno Karabakh and West Papua
CSI made several interventions at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March. csi Since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, the war has continued to spread, involving ever more countries in the Middle East and claiming the lives of civilians across the region. On March 2, Iran’s ally… Read more »
من داخل الأمم المتحدة، منظمة التضامن المسيحي الدولي تُدين استمرار اعتقال سليمان خليل
سلّطت منظمة التضامن المسيحي الدولي الضوءَ على استمرار احتجاز رئيس بلدية صدد السابق سليمان خليل، وذلك من خلال مداخلة رسمية أمام مجلس حقوق الإنسان في جنيف. لا يزال سليمان خليل محتجزًا لدى الحكومة السورية الانتقالية دون توجيه أي اتهامات إليه، ودون السماح له بالحق في الحصول على محامٍ، وذلك منذ الثامن من فبراير 2025 أي… Read more »
Afghan Christians under Taliban rule – life or ordeal?
Afghanistan’s Koh-i-Baba mountain area is inhabited mostly by ethnic Hazara people. By Danial – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43262398 Afghanistan’s small Christian community remains almost entirely invisible in international media reporting, despite the global concern that has arisen after the Taliban’s introduction of new laws permitting domestic violence and recognizing forms of enslavement. An… Read more »
Half of Indians live under repressive anti-conversion laws
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly meets at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. Government of Maharashtra, Attribution via Wikimedia Commons More than half of India’s population is on course to live under controversial anti-conversion laws as states continue to expand statutes effectively restricting religious conversion. The latest measure, passed in the western state of Maharashtra, pushes… Read more »
At UN, CSI voices great concern over threat to indigenous peoples of West Papua
A polluted river in West Papua seen from the air, November 2025. csi MEDIA RELEASE Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has expressed great concern over the threat to the indigenous Christian peoples of West Papua posed by Indonesia’s ongoing military operations and development programs. In an oral statement at the Human Rights Council in Geneva… Read more »