Father Alphonsus Afina is a trusted local partner in Nigeria. csi Media Release Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is calling on the Nigerian government to take urgent action to secure the release of a Catholic priest, Daniel Alphonsus Afina, who has been abducted by Boko Haram. Afina, aged 41, serves as a trusted CSI partner in… Read more »
Swiss National Councillor Erich Vontobel addresses an audience at the U.S. Capitol. Media Release WASHINGTON DC – “Does the U.S. believe that a favorable and lasting peace in the South Caucasus – a region of growing geopolitical and economic significance – can be built on the basis of ethno-religious cleansing?” Dr. John Eibner, the president… Read more »
The UK House of Commons. Support for the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh is growing in the UK. On June 18, the Chair and Vice Chair of the UK’s parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief (APPG FoRB) issued a statement in support of the Swiss Peace Initiative, an… Read more »
On July 8, Christian Solidarity International’s President Dr. John Eibner will join two Swiss members of parliament and ex-Armenian Foreign Minister in Washington DC to present the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh. The delegation will be presented on Capitol Hill, from 3:00-4:00 pm in Room 2044 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Nagorno Karabakh… Read more »
Erich Vontobel stands with the flag of Artsakh in front of the Swiss parliament on March 18, 2025. The Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh is a parliamentary-backed diplomatic effort to facilitate dialogue between Azerbaijan and representatives of the displaced Armenian population. It seeks to convene an international peace forum under Swiss mediation to… Read more »
CSI made a statement on the displaced ethnic Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. un web tv Media Release GENEVA – In the nearly 22 months since Azerbaijan expelled 120,000 ethnic Armenians from their homeland in Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan has exhibited “flagrant disregard” for international law and the Convention… Read more »
The Swiss Peace Initiative will be presented on July 8 in Washington DC. Architect of the Capitol, Wikimedia Media Release Next week, CSI’s President John Eibner will join two Swiss members of parliament – Erich Vontobel and Lukas Reimann – and ex-Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in Washington DC to present the Swiss Peace Initiative… Read more »
At the UN, Professor Fabrice Balanche speaks about the massacres of Alawite Muslims in Syria in March 2025. csi Watch the full event here: GENEVA – “Despite some happy words at the beginning of this new interim constitution, it in fact establishes an authoritarian presidential system,” said Joshua Landis, a leading scholar on Syria, at… Read more »
Suleiman Khalil in 2017. csi. Media Release GENEVA – The daughter of Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of Sadad in Syria, has written to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, asking him to intervene on behalf of her imprisoned father. Natalie Khalil, the eldest daughter of the imprisoned former mayor, also made… Read more »
French President Macron expressed support for Armenian Premier Pashinyan. www.primeminister.am CSI statement CSI calls for release of imprisoned archbishops and respect for separation of church and state On June 29 French President Emmanuel Macron assured Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of his “solidarity” as he intensifies a wave of arrests and other coercive measures against the… Read more »
