Thousands of people, both Christian and Muslim, have been terrorized by Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. Sarfraz A., 40, a Muslim, was arrested after being accused of blasphemy by a local cleric. For weeks after his arrest, his family did not know what had happened to him. Sarfraz spent almost a year and a half in jail…. Read more »
The Nuba Christians in the state of South Kordofan in the south of Sudan are under attack from the Islamist-dominatedgovernment in Khartoum. They also have to contend with food shortages caused by flooding. CSI project manager Franco Majok visited the area in February and spoke with members of the community. Mary Albasha Koko has experienced… Read more »
Today, the Save Karabakh Coalition called on Ignazio Cassis, the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, to use Switzerland’s presidency of the UN Security Council to help the besieged people of Nagorno Karabakh. For over five months – since December 12 – this region, home to an ancient community of 120,000 Armenian… Read more »
A Christian cleaner, Mussarat Bibi, is in custody in Pakistan along with her Muslim colleague, Muhammad Sarmad, after being accused of deliberately setting fire to pages of the Koran. Bibi and Sarmad, workers at a girls’ school in Arifwala, Punjab, are unable to read and write. Bibi is widowed and has three daughters. Her job… Read more »
Today, in the wake of earthquakes that killed tens of thousands and left millions homeless, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) wrote to U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him once again to lift the economic sanctions imposed on Syria by the U.S. In a joint action, Baroness Caroline Cox, a member of the UK House of Lords… Read more »
CSI-USA is asking for your earnest prayers and support for the recent tragedy in Turkey and Syria. As of this morning, more than 11,000 people have been killed and more than forty thousand injured according to officials, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, February, 7th. The quake, one of the… Read more »
Today, John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International, and the Baroness Cox of Queensbury, a member of the UK’s House of Lords, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to seek a resolution at the United Nations Security Council to end Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region home to 120,000 Armenian Christians. If Azerbaijan… Read more »
Today, a group of human rights organizations issued a collective Genocide Warning for the indigenous Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh (also known as Artsakh). “All 14 risk factors for atrocity crimes identified by the UN Secretary-General’s Office on Genocide Prevention are now present,” the groups wrote. John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), commented on… Read more »
Today, a large coalition of religious freedom and human rights organizations, experts and practitioners released an open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, asking him to intervene on behalf of Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, a Nigerian Christian woman imprisoned while waiting trial for blasphemy. “We respectfully urge you to intervene with the Nigerian authorities at… Read more »
For months, Christian Solidarity International has been urging the United Nations to fulfill its mandate to prevent genocide in Nigeria. In the past month, another 150 Christians have been killed in separate attacks across the Benue State, according to youth leader Daniel Adakole. Adakole says the “piecemeal” attacks occurring on an almost daily basis have displaced… Read more »
