Christian Solidarity International
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Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is an international, interconfessional Christian #humanrights organization campaigning for religious liberty and human dignity.
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After expelling 100,000 Armenian Christians from their homeland in #NagornoKarabakh/#Artsakh, the dictatorship of #Azerbaijan is holding dozens of Armenians hostage.
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#FreeArmenianPOWs #FreeVicken #FreeNKHostages
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#FreeArmenianPOWs #FreeVicken #FreeNKHostages
What is driving the violence in #Nigeria and why is the exodus of Christians from #Iraq continuing? - check out CSI's latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/csi-int.org/...
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What is driving the violence in #Nigeria and why is the exodus of Christians from #Iraq continuing? - check out CSI's latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/csi-int.org/...
#Nigeria: The kidnapping of 38 members of a church in Kwara State is one in a string of recent attacks across the Middle Belt, including the abduction of over 300 children from a Catholic school, as international attention focuses on the country.
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Nigeria: Kwara church members rescued as Islamist attacks intensify
Thirty-eight members of a church in Kwara who were kidnapped on November 18 are free. The incident is one in a string of recent Islamist attacks across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, including the abduction o...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#Nigeria: The kidnapping of 38 members of a church in Kwara State is one in a string of recent attacks across the Middle Belt, including the abduction of over 300 children from a Catholic school, as international attention focuses on the country.
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The health of Vicken Euljekjian, a citizen of #Armenia and #Lebanon illegally detained by #Azerbaijan for five years, is reported to be rapidly deteriorating. CSI urges President Trump to demand the release of all the Armenian Christian hostages.
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Grave concerns for health of Armenian hostage in Azerbaijan
The health of Vicken Euljekjian, a citizen of Armenia and Lebanon who has been illegally detained by Azerbaijan for five years, is rapidly deteriorating.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The health of Vicken Euljekjian, a citizen of #Armenia and #Lebanon illegally detained by #Azerbaijan for five years, is reported to be rapidly deteriorating. CSI urges President Trump to demand the release of all the Armenian Christian hostages.
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During a visit to #Armenia Christian Solidarity International's John Eibner and Joel Veldkamp met with religious leaders, human rights lawyers, and political leaders to assess mounting concerns over religious freedom and government interference in church affairs.
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CSI raises alarm over religious freedom, human rights in Armenia
CSI President Dr. John Eibner and Director of Advocacy Dr. Joel Veldkamp met with religious leaders, human rights lawyers, and political leaders in Armenia.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
During a visit to #Armenia Christian Solidarity International's John Eibner and Joel Veldkamp met with religious leaders, human rights lawyers, and political leaders to assess mounting concerns over religious freedom and government interference in church affairs.
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#Nigeria: Human rights defenders in #Plateau State have raised the alarm after receiving credible intelligence of threats to the lives of Christian activists. www.csi-int.org/news/nigeria...
Nigeria: Christian activists in Middle Belt receive death threats
Human rights defenders in Nigeria’s Plateau State have raised the alarm after receiving credible intelligence of Islamist threats to the lives of Christian activists.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#Nigeria: Human rights defenders in #Plateau State have raised the alarm after receiving credible intelligence of threats to the lives of Christian activists. www.csi-int.org/news/nigeria...
#Mozambique: The Islamic State is continuing devastating attacks in Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, beheading Christians, burning churches, and displacing thousands while international attention remains elsewhere.
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Mozambique: Tens of thousands of Christians flee Islamist attacks
The Islamic State is continuing devastating attacks in Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, beheading Christians, burning churches, and displacing thousands.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#Mozambique: The Islamic State is continuing devastating attacks in Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, beheading Christians, burning churches, and displacing thousands while international attention remains elsewhere.
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#Syria: Since government forces attacked in July, Suwayda’s people - Druze, Christian and Sunni - have suffered massacre, displacement, and a complete loss of certainty.
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Syria: In Suwayda, displacement, deprivation, and solidarity
Since government forces attacked Suwayda in July, Druze and Christians have suffered massacre, displacement, and a complete loss of certainty.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#Syria: Since government forces attacked in July, Suwayda’s people - Druze, Christian and Sunni - have suffered massacre, displacement, and a complete loss of certainty.
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On September 29, CSI held an event focused on the right of return of the Armenian Christian population of #NagornoKarabakh. And in #Syria, it is campaigning for the release of a Christian former mayor. Read our review of the month of September here:
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Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh presented at the UN
An event at the UN in Geneva focused on the right of return of Nagorno Karabakh's Armenian Christian population. And the campaign to free a Christian former mayor in Syria.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On September 29, CSI held an event focused on the right of return of the Armenian Christian population of #NagornoKarabakh. And in #Syria, it is campaigning for the release of a Christian former mayor. Read our review of the month of September here:
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Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has called on the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to consider the threats facing the traditional economies of the people of #WestPapua.
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CSI calls on UN to address the rights of indigenous Papuans
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples urged to consider the threats facing the traditional economies of West Papua.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has called on the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to consider the threats facing the traditional economies of the people of #WestPapua.
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#Nigeria: Church leaders are calling for prayer for Pastor Paul Musa and his wife Ruth who have been in Boko Haram captivity for over two years. Attempts to win their release by paying ransom have failed.
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Nigeria: prayers urged for pastor and wife held by Boko Haram
Pastor Paul Musa and his wife Ruth have been in Boko Haram captivity for over two years. Attempts to win their release by paying ransom have failed.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#Nigeria: Church leaders are calling for prayer for Pastor Paul Musa and his wife Ruth who have been in Boko Haram captivity for over two years. Attempts to win their release by paying ransom have failed.
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On September 29 Swiss National Council members
Erich Vontobel and Nicolas Walder will appear at a side event
at the UN Human Rights Council, organized by Christian Solidarity International, to make the case for the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh
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Erich Vontobel and Nicolas Walder will appear at a side event
at the UN Human Rights Council, organized by Christian Solidarity International, to make the case for the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh
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Swiss MPs to make case for Nagorno Karabakh peace forum at UN
The September 29 side event at the UN Human Rights Council will focus on the “Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh”
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September 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
On September 29 Swiss National Council members
Erich Vontobel and Nicolas Walder will appear at a side event
at the UN Human Rights Council, organized by Christian Solidarity International, to make the case for the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh
www.csi-int.org/news/swiss-m...
Erich Vontobel and Nicolas Walder will appear at a side event
at the UN Human Rights Council, organized by Christian Solidarity International, to make the case for the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh
www.csi-int.org/news/swiss-m...
On September 8 at the UN in Geneva, CSI urged the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Sri Lanka government to address the ongoing discrimination against religious minorities in #SriLanka.
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At UN, CSI calls on Sri Lanka to guarantee religious freedom to all
On September 8, Christian Solidarity International urged the Sri Lanka government to address ongoing discrimination against religious minorities.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
On September 8 at the UN in Geneva, CSI urged the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Sri Lanka government to address the ongoing discrimination against religious minorities in #SriLanka.
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The security crises in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are not simply random acts of violence but bear the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing, CSI has told a parliamentary inquiry into the United Kingdom’s development partnership with #Nigeria.
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Nigeria: UK parliamentary inquiry told about threat to Christians
The current security crises in Nigeria’s Middle Belt bear the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing, CSI has told a parliamentary inquiry in the United Kingdom.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The security crises in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are not simply random acts of violence but bear the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing, CSI has told a parliamentary inquiry into the United Kingdom’s development partnership with #Nigeria.
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Millions of people in #Pakistan are trapped in modern slavery.
One of CSI's partners is taking the issue to court in the first legal challenge of its kind, demanding the government enforce basic protections for brick kiln workers in bondage.
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One of CSI's partners is taking the issue to court in the first legal challenge of its kind, demanding the government enforce basic protections for brick kiln workers in bondage.
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Pakistan: CSI partner launches legal challenge against forced labor
A CSI partner is demanding Pakistan's courts enforce labor laws to protect millions of brick kiln workers trapped in debt bondage.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Millions of people in #Pakistan are trapped in modern slavery.
One of CSI's partners is taking the issue to court in the first legal challenge of its kind, demanding the government enforce basic protections for brick kiln workers in bondage.
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One of CSI's partners is taking the issue to court in the first legal challenge of its kind, demanding the government enforce basic protections for brick kiln workers in bondage.
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#Egypt: An interview with a local human rights activist reveals how discrimination of #Christians is built into the country’s laws and social fabric.
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Egypt's Christians face systemic discrimination
An interview with an Egyptian local human rights activist reveals how discrimination of Christians is built into the country's laws and social fabric.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#Egypt: An interview with a local human rights activist reveals how discrimination of #Christians is built into the country’s laws and social fabric.
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A further massacre of Druze in #Syria; the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh was presented in Washington D.C., and a local CSI partner in #Nigeria was freed from Boko Haram captivity. The month of July in review.
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July review: Druze under attack in Syria, Nagorno Karabakh peace efforts
A further massacre of Druze in Syria and the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh is presented in Washington D.C.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A further massacre of Druze in #Syria; the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh was presented in Washington D.C., and a local CSI partner in #Nigeria was freed from Boko Haram captivity. The month of July in review.
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On July 15, suspected Fulani militants carried out a massacre in a Christian village in Riyom in Nigeria’s central #Plateau State, killing 27 people. CSI is responding to the urgent needs of survivors with emergency aid.
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#standinsolidarity
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Nigeria: 27 killed in Plateau massacre, CSI provides emergency aid
On July 15, Fulani militants carried out a massacre in a Christian village in Riyom in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, killing 27 people.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On July 15, suspected Fulani militants carried out a massacre in a Christian village in Riyom in Nigeria’s central #Plateau State, killing 27 people. CSI is responding to the urgent needs of survivors with emergency aid.
#standinsolidarity
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#standinsolidarity
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A civil rights group in #Nigeria is demanding that all references to Islam be removed from the 1999 constitution, saying that the country’s identity as a secular state is at risk.
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Nigeria civil rights group demands constitutional change
A petition demands the constitution of Nigeria be changed, saying that the country's identity as a secular state is at risk.
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July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A civil rights group in #Nigeria is demanding that all references to Islam be removed from the 1999 constitution, saying that the country’s identity as a secular state is at risk.
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A court in #Pakistan has ruled that a convert to Christianity, Tabish N., should be issued a new ID card stating that she is a Christian. It follows a 17-year legal battle to have her new religion recognized.
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Pakistan Christian convert wins right to change religion officially
In a historic ruling, a court in Pakistan authorizes a convert to Christianity to receive a new ID card stating that she is a Christian.
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July 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A court in #Pakistan has ruled that a convert to Christianity, Tabish N., should be issued a new ID card stating that she is a Christian. It follows a 17-year legal battle to have her new religion recognized.
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On July 8, CSI President John Eibner will join Swiss members of parliament Erich Vontobel and Lukas Reimann plus former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in Washington DC to present the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh.
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Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh to be presented in DC
CSI, Swiss parliamentarians and ex-Armenian foreign minister present peace initiative to Congress
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July 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On July 8, CSI President John Eibner will join Swiss members of parliament Erich Vontobel and Lukas Reimann plus former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in Washington DC to present the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh.
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A church is bombed in Damascus, Syria, and the Swiss government backpedals on a commitment to host a peace forum for Nagorno Karabakh. The month of June in review.
#Syria #NagornoKarabakh
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#Syria #NagornoKarabakh
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Christians massacred in Syria; resistance to the Nagorno Karabakh peace forum
June review: The new Syrian government fails to protect the Christian minority and Switzerland backpedals on a Nagorno Karabakh peace forum.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A church is bombed in Damascus, Syria, and the Swiss government backpedals on a commitment to host a peace forum for Nagorno Karabakh. The month of June in review.
#Syria #NagornoKarabakh
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#Syria #NagornoKarabakh
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The day after a suicide bomber massacred 27 #Christians at worship in #Damascus, Christian Solidarity International made a statement at the UN Human Rights Council #UNHRC warning of the threat of #genocide to religious minorities in #Syria.
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CSI at the UN: Syrian religious minorities threatened with genocide
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June 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The day after a suicide bomber massacred 27 #Christians at worship in #Damascus, Christian Solidarity International made a statement at the UN Human Rights Council #UNHRC warning of the threat of #genocide to religious minorities in #Syria.
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Chand Shamaun, a Christian from #Pakistan has been acquitted of #blasphemy. Falsely accused of desecrating a Quran he spent more than three months in prison. Pakistan: Young Christian man acquitted of blasphemy charges
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Pakistan: Young Christian man acquitted of blasphemy charges
A young Christian man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has been acquitted of "baseless" charges, his lawyer says.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Chand Shamaun, a Christian from #Pakistan has been acquitted of #blasphemy. Falsely accused of desecrating a Quran he spent more than three months in prison. Pakistan: Young Christian man acquitted of blasphemy charges
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As #Switzerland drives efforts to end the #NagornoKarabakh conflict, the #UnitedStates announces it will lift the #sanctions that have crippled the economy of #Syria for 14 years. The month of May in review.
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Exploring peace in Nagorno Karabakh; ending sanctions on Syria
May 2025 review: Switzerland seeks to end the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, and the U.S. announces it will lift sanctions on Syria.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As #Switzerland drives efforts to end the #NagornoKarabakh conflict, the #UnitedStates announces it will lift the #sanctions that have crippled the economy of #Syria for 14 years. The month of May in review.
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On May 26, a cross-party Swiss parliamentary committee launched the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh. The initiative supports the hosting in #Switzerland of a peace forum aimed at negotiating the Karabakh Armenians' right of return.
#swisspeacekarabakh
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#swisspeacekarabakh
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Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh launched in Bern
On May 26, a cross-party Swiss parliamentary committee launched the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh in the Swiss capital, Bern.
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May 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
On May 26, a cross-party Swiss parliamentary committee launched the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh. The initiative supports the hosting in #Switzerland of a peace forum aimed at negotiating the Karabakh Armenians' right of return.
#swisspeacekarabakh
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#swisspeacekarabakh
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