The current surge of warfare ravaging the Middle East brings fresh threats to the existence of the region’s Christian communities and compounds the suffering of human beings regardless of their religious identity. It has already expanded beyond Iran to claim the lives of civilians in Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Yemen, the Gulf States… Read more »
The National Security Service building in Yerevan, Armenia, where Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is being held. csi At the start of February a delegation from Christian Solidarity International (CSI) undertook a fact-finding mission to Yerevan related to the Armenian government’s crackdown on the Armenian Apostolic Church. It came as religious freedom experts and NGOs gathered… Read more »
MEDIA RELEASE “The use of the coercive powers of the state to interfere in the internal affairs of churches and other faith communities is abhorrent to the American tradition of religious freedom,” Dr. John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), told a well-attended briefing on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “CSI asks the Trump… Read more »
Commentary by Joel Veldkamp A version of this article originally appeared in German in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. On January 7, as Christians across Egypt gathered to celebrate Christmas on the Orthodox Calendar, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appeared at the Nativity of Christ Cathedral to present his holiday greetings to the worshippers there…. Read more »
Screenshot of Dr. Sasa in conversation with CSI in 2025. Commentary by Dr. Sasa Since the military coup in 2021, junta forces have unjustly arrested 30,000 plus civilian and political prisoners. More than 22,700, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint, remain detained. The junta has also banned more than… Read more »
Bangladesh’s new prime minister, Tarique Rahman, greets supporters on his return from exile in December 2025. Source: x.com Bangladesh’s first new elected government after a nationwide uprising overthrew the previous administration in 2024 has now taken office. Elections held this month brought the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to power, prompting cautious hope among Christian… Read more »
The findings, released by a trusted contact of CSI, suggest that displacement is conditional rather than permanent, with governance conditions, not geography or ethnicity, determining whether Myanmar’s displaced see a future in their homeland. The survey, called True Choice Myanmar, comes amid Myanmar’s ongoing crisis, driven by popular resistance following the 2021 military takeover… Read more »
Criminal charges have been brought against the Catholicos. Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin YEREVAN – Armenia’s state prosecutor over the weekend ordered a travel ban against the Catholicos of All Armenians, preventing the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church from presiding over a worldwide summit of bishops on February 16-19 in St. Pölten, Austria…. Read more »
The Supreme Court of India will hear a challenge against the country’s anti-conversion laws. India’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the country’s controversial anti-conversion laws after more than 400 Christians were arrested in 2025. Over 125 remain jailed on false charges. The court will hear a constitutional challenge that argues the laws have… Read more »
Kaduna Governor Uba Sani receives Christians freed from abduction in Kurmin Wali. @ubisanius/X The abduction of 168 Christians during church worship in Kurmin Wali, Southern Kaduna, on January 18—now all reportedly freed—continues to raise deep concerns about the persistent persecution of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. This is despite repeated claims by the… Read more »
