Luka Binniyat, a Nigerian Christian journalist and human rights activist who was imprisoned for reporting on massacres of Christians in his native Kaduna State, is free at last. Binniyat had been held for 91 days in appalling conditions, and his family had serious concerns about his health. Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has been campaigning for the journalist’s… Read more »
Research by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has found that, in the first three weeks of 2022 alone, hundreds of Nigerians have been killed and abducted by Fulani militants, and thousands displaced as a result of the extreme violence affecting communities in Nigeria. From 1 to 21 January, at least 615 people were reported murdered by… Read more »
Amiir Akok Akok, now 24 years old, was enslaved with her mother in Sudan when she was one year old and later forcibly separated from her. After her liberation and return home to South Sudan, Amiir has been joyfully reunited with her mother again. The story of the reunion of the two women after 16… Read more »
Clutching her baby against her breast, panic-stricken Akon Nguet gathered her other children and rushed out of their hut at dawn to hide in the bush. Within minutes, her home was ablaze. Arab Islamist militiamen on horseback and three-wheel motorbikes had launched an attack against her predominately Christian Black African village in South Sudan. On… Read more »
In the final slave liberation action organized by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in 2021, 300 South Sudanese returned home after years spent in bondage in Sudan. Of the 300 slaves freed in the operation led by CSI project manager Franco Majok, 150 returned to their home villages in Aweil North County and 150 went back… Read more »
Urmila, 12, was forced to work in a brothel when her parents had no money to provide for the family. Thanks to a project sponsored by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in India, Urmila is now free and living in a shelter for trafficked girls where she is being prepared for a better future. Millions of… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International today called on President Joe Biden to intervene in the case of Luka Binniyat, a Nigerian Christian journalist who has been imprisoned for nearly a month for his reporting on massacres of Christians in his native Kaduna state. In a letter sent to the president on Wednesday, CSI’s international president, Dr. John Eibner, asked Biden to use… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) notes with grave concern the U.S. State Department’s decision to remove the Federal Republic of Nigeria from the U.S.’ list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC) with regards to religious freedom. States qualify for inclusion on the Religious Freedom Watchlist when they “engage in or tolerate particularly severe violations of religious… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has written to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of his visit to Nigeria on 18 November 2021, to highlight the imminent risk of genocide in the African country and urge him to engage with victims of human rights abuses there. In his letter dated 17 November 2021, CSI International… Read more »
Patience Bitrus, who lost her husband, her home and her business when her village in central Nigeria was attacked by Islamist militants, has thanked Christian Solidarity International (CSI) for helping her rebuild her life. With funds from CSI, Patience, a professional tailor, was able to open a sewing business a year after the attack that… Read more »
