Former Syrian mayor Suleiman Khalil has been detained for one year. csi MEDIA RELEASE Today, the human rights groups In Defense of Christians (IDC) and Christian Solidarity International (CSI) issued a joint statement calling for the immediate release of Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of the Christian-majority town of Sadad in Syria. “Sunday, February 8,… Read more »
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CSI նախագահ Այբները փոխանցել է Բագրատ Սրբազանի նամակը
Երեքշաբթի՝ փետրվարի 3-ին, Երեւանում կայացավ Քրիստոնեական համերաշխության միջազգային կազմակերպության (CSI) նախագահ Դոկտոր Ջոն Այբների եւ Գերմանիայում կազմակերպության ներկայացուցիչ, կաթոլիկ քահանա Հայր Փիթեր Ֆուքսի մամուլի ասուլիսը։ Համատեղ ասուլիսին մասնակցում էին նաեւ Քաղաքական իրավունքների հայկական կենտրոնի (ՔԻՀԿ) նախագահ Ռաֆայել Իշխանյանը եւ Շվեյցարիայի խորհրդարանի ստորին պալատի պատգամավոր Էրիխ Ֆոնտոբելը։ CSI-ը փաստահավաք առաքելությամբ Հայաստանում է՝ դիտարկելու համար, պետություն-Եկեղեցի ճգնաժամի… Read more »
CSI Visits Imprisoned Archbishop in Armenia
Video of the press conference in Yerevan. MEDIA RELEASE “I am incarcerated today for a simple reason,” Armenia’s Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan told the International Religious Freedom Summit in a letter from prison published today. “My offense is to speak an unwelcome truth – that the Christian Armenian nation faces an existential threat.” Dr. John Eibner,… Read more »
CSI to visit Armenia during International Religious Freedom Summit
CSI held a press conference at the end of a fact-finding visit to Armenia in November 2025. csi MEDIA RELEASE A delegation from Christian Solidarity International (CSI) will visit Armenia in the first week of February in order to carry out a fact-finding mission regarding the Armenian government’s crackdown on the Armenian Apostolic Church. The… Read more »
January review: four Armenian hostages freed; sustained violence against Christians in Nigeria
Vicken Euljekjian was reunited with his wife Linda after more than five years; screenshot from video. x.com The news was announced by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on January 14. “Gevorg Sujyan, Davit Davtyan, Vicken Euljekjian, and Vagif Khachatryan were handed over by the representatives of the relevant bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan… Read more »
Armenia’s Tough Love Archbishop, Mikael Ajapahyan
Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan is serving a two-year prison sentence in Armenia. Photo credit: Narek Aleksanyan YEREVAN – Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, one of Armenia’s most venerated clergymen, is known for his dedication to his flock in the eastern Shirak Diocese as much as his blunt indictments of society and elites. Born in Armenia’s second city of… Read more »
As Bangladesh heads to polls, Christians see rising threats and no allies
Christians in Bangladesh take part in a human chain for justice and security in October 2025. csi Bangladesh will vote on February 12 in its first general elections since the 2024 uprising over corruption and authoritarian rule ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and brought an interim administration to power. As preparations intensify amid political… Read more »
Sudanese Christians killed in Christmas procession
A drone strike on a Christian community on Christmas Day killed 12 people and injured at least 18 others, CSI’s partners in the Nuba Mountains report. On December 25, 2025, the worshipers had gathered to walk together to a Christmas celebration at their church when a bomb hit the group. “The church [building] was… Read more »
2025 marked fifth consecutive year of record violence against Christians in India
One of the victims of a June 2025 Hindu nationalist attack on Christians in Odisha state. catholicconnect.in In 2025, local monitoring groups recorded nearly 900 cases of physical assaults, disruptions to church services and threats against worshipers across multiple states in India, according to local sources of Christian Solidarity International (CSI). Attacks surge over… Read more »
Podcast: Is violence in Nigeria driven by resources or religion? (Part 2)
Background image: In Plateau State, Nigeria, Hassan John talks with the family of Rose Matthew after her husband was targeted and killed by Fulani militants in 2020. photo provided to csi The Christian Solidarity Podcast: “Only the gospel can bring both spiritual and physical deliverance” If Muslims are killed as well as Christians in Nigeria,… Read more »