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Pakistan: Teenage blasphemy victim Haider Ali acquitted

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 »

Bangladesh sees mass arrests of Christians amid rising persecution

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 »

Veldkamp: Fulani Muslim attacks gain land in Nigeria’s Middle Belt

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 »

Nigeria: more than 120 Christians killed in Plateau attacks

Naomi Ezekiel Gana of Furti village, Bokkos, was widowed in the April 2, 2025 attack. csi As the Easter holiday approaches, Christians in the Middle Belt of Nigeria are facing a renewed wave of violence. At around midnight on Palm Sunday suspected Fulani militants attacked villages in Zike community, Bassa local government area (LGA), killing… Read more »

CSI condemns Holy Week massacre of Christians in Nigeria

On April 13, Palm Sunday, Fulani militias massacred 56 people in a Christian village in Plateau State in Nigeria, CSI has learned from its staff on the ground. CSI’s Nigeria project manager arrived in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on April 12. “Since I arrived, there has been an attack on Christian villages every… Read more »

INTERVIEW: After earthquake, violence further ravages Myanmar

Dr. Sasa discussed the earthquake, persecution of Christians, the Rohingya crisis, and ongoing violent military attacks in Myanmar with CSI by Zoom on April 10, 2025. csi The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 4,000 people in Myanmar on March 28 brought “unspeakable loss, pain, and suffering,” Dr. Sasa told Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in… Read more »