In Damascus, Syrian Christians walk the same roads where they spent years longing to be free of Assad’s dictatorship, yet they watch violence against minorities under the new government and wonder if they will be attacked next. csi Christians in Syria are afraid, a Syrian church leader told CSI in an interview. Though they celebrated… Read more »
ENGLISH – scroll down for Arabic Sami Alkayial Since December 8, 2024, the day that Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took control of the Syrian capital Damascus, Western officials have been repeating the same line: “The new Syrian administration must protect Syrians of all religious and ethnic backgrounds, and establish… Read more »
Syrian government security forces heading to fight in Sahnaya on April 30, 2025. @sayed_ridha on X After a spurious audio clip purporting to show a Druze shaykh insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad went viral on social media, government-backed forces, including jihadist groups, attacked the Druze-majority towns of Jaramana and Sahnaya, on the outskirts of… Read more »
A video posted on social media shows the moment a truck rammed into the crowd. Screenshot/X In the early hours of April 21, a joyful crowd was descending a hill outside Billiri in Gombe State following an Easter Monday service. The procession to the top of the hill is a tradition that Christians in… Read more »
Aid is delivered to survivors of the attacks in Bokkos. ECCVN Addressing the media on April 8, a spokesman for the Plateau State chapter of the Coalition of Fulani Registered Organizations (COFRO) made a series of demands of the state government to restore peace to Plateau after weeks of violence. The statement, which came… Read more »
CSI provided emergency aid to victims of the Plateau State attacks in Nigeria. csi It was on the night of April 13 as Palm Sunday gave way to Holy Week that suspected Fulani militants burst into Zike community in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, opening fire on villagers. Within a few hours, at least 56 people… Read more »
Haider Ali following his acquittal, more than four years after his arrest aged 13. csi Haider Ali was just 13 years old when another Muslim falsely accused him of blasphemy in September 2020. He would spend the next three years of his life behind bars. On April 7, 2025, Haider was finally acquitted. Bail and… Read more »
Due to fears of persecution, the annual Easter vigil took place on a smaller scale this year. csi For decades, religious pluralism and tolerance characterized both state and society in Bangladesh. The secular Awami League government, which was deposed on August 5, 2024, restrained Islamist forces in the country. However, attacks and discrimination were on… Read more »
Forests in West Papua are threatened by development projects that the government of Indonesia claims will boost the economy, despite the danger this poses to local indigenous groups. csi Guest commentary by Cypri Jehan Paju Dale, Ph.D. The Indonesian delegation at the United Nations continues to deny the alarming human rights situation in West… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International’s Joel Veldkamp, Ph.D., discusses the streak of Fulani killings of Christians in Nigeria during an interview (below) for CBN News with Billy Hallowell. Watch the interview on CBN News On April 17, CSI’s director for public advocacy, Joel Veldkamp, spoke with Billy Hallowell on CBN News about the recent massacres of indigenous… Read more »
