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CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief.
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Despite government promises, ‘Total Peace’ remains elusive in Colombia today
On 4 April Maribel Silva, Isaíd Gómez and Isaíd’s uncle, Carlos Valero obeyed the summonses of an illegal armed group operating in the Calamar Muni…
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#COLOMBIA: When President Petro came to power in 2022, hopes were high that his key policy, ‘Paz Total’ (Total Peace), would bring a reduction in violence.
And yet three years on illegal armed and criminal groups continue to have significant influence.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
And yet three years on illegal armed and criminal groups continue to have significant influence.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
#Vietnam / #Thailand
Y Quynh Bdap’s extradition to Vietnam is an egregious and flagrant breach of international law. Thailand is a willing and hospitable co-conspirator in Vietnam’s transnational repression of a UNHCR-recognised refugee.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/12/01/p...
Y Quynh Bdap’s extradition to Vietnam is an egregious and flagrant breach of international law. Thailand is a willing and hospitable co-conspirator in Vietnam’s transnational repression of a UNHCR-recognised refugee.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/12/01/p...
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#Vietnam / #Thailand
Y Quynh Bdap’s extradition to Vietnam is an egregious and flagrant breach of international law. Thailand is a willing and hospitable co-conspirator in Vietnam’s transnational repression of a UNHCR-recognised refugee.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/12/01/p...
Y Quynh Bdap’s extradition to Vietnam is an egregious and flagrant breach of international law. Thailand is a willing and hospitable co-conspirator in Vietnam’s transnational repression of a UNHCR-recognised refugee.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/12/01/p...
North Korea claims victory in 'war on religion' www.dw.com/en/north-kor...
North Korea claims victory in 'war on religion' – DW – 11/28/2025
Pyongyang boasts of crushing underground churches, but defectors and rights groups say secret worship persists despite harsh crackdowns and severe punishments.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
North Korea claims victory in 'war on religion' www.dw.com/en/north-kor...
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has responded to a significant surge in armed violence and mass abductions across the country by declaring a nationwide security emergency.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/27/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/27/p...
nigeria: President declares nationwide security emergency
CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief, and as Christians we stand with all those facing injustice because of their religion or belief.
www.csw.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has responded to a significant surge in armed violence and mass abductions across the country by declaring a nationwide security emergency.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/27/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/27/p...
CSW has released a new report today which reveals the complex and repressive legal architecture underpinning escalating violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China.
Read it here: www.csw.org.uk/chinareport2...
Read it here: www.csw.org.uk/chinareport2...
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
CSW has released a new report today which reveals the complex and repressive legal architecture underpinning escalating violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China.
Read it here: www.csw.org.uk/chinareport2...
Read it here: www.csw.org.uk/chinareport2...
#SUDAN:
Two churches in the city of Port Sudan were targeted by vandals on 26 November, in what appears to be a coordinated attack.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/28/p...
Two churches in the city of Port Sudan were targeted by vandals on 26 November, in what appears to be a coordinated attack.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/28/p...
December 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#SUDAN:
Two churches in the city of Port Sudan were targeted by vandals on 26 November, in what appears to be a coordinated attack.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/28/p...
Two churches in the city of Port Sudan were targeted by vandals on 26 November, in what appears to be a coordinated attack.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/28/p...
CSW wholeheartedly disagrees with the Thai authorities’ decision to reject Y Quynh Bdap’s appeal.
We implore PM Anutin Charnvirakul not to authorise this extradition order, and we call on other governments to assist in resettling Bdap and his family.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
We implore PM Anutin Charnvirakul not to authorise this extradition order, and we call on other governments to assist in resettling Bdap and his family.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
CSW wholeheartedly disagrees with the Thai authorities’ decision to reject Y Quynh Bdap’s appeal.
We implore PM Anutin Charnvirakul not to authorise this extradition order, and we call on other governments to assist in resettling Bdap and his family.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
We implore PM Anutin Charnvirakul not to authorise this extradition order, and we call on other governments to assist in resettling Bdap and his family.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
#Nigeria: 24 schoolgirls who were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, were released on 25 November.
CSW continues to call for a decisive response to the recent surge in attacks and abduction in the country.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
CSW continues to call for a decisive response to the recent surge in attacks and abduction in the country.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
nigeria: Twenty-four schoolgirls released amid continued surge in attacks
CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief, and as Christians we stand with all those facing injustice because of their religion or belief.
www.csw.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#Nigeria: 24 schoolgirls who were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, were released on 25 November.
CSW continues to call for a decisive response to the recent surge in attacks and abduction in the country.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
CSW continues to call for a decisive response to the recent surge in attacks and abduction in the country.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/26/p...
This week marks nine years since the Colombian government ratified a peace argreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
However, as we wrote earlier this month, the current government's efforts to pursue 'Total Peace' are floundering.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
However, as we wrote earlier this month, the current government's efforts to pursue 'Total Peace' are floundering.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
Despite government promises, ‘Total Peace’ remains elusive in Colombia today
On 4 April Maribel Silva, Isaíd Gómez and Isaíd’s uncle, Carlos Valero obeyed the summonses of an illegal armed group operating in the Calamar Muni…
forbinfull.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This week marks nine years since the Colombian government ratified a peace argreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
However, as we wrote earlier this month, the current government's efforts to pursue 'Total Peace' are floundering.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
However, as we wrote earlier this month, the current government's efforts to pursue 'Total Peace' are floundering.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
#URGENT: The legal team of UNHCR-recognised refugee & human rights defender #YQuynhBdap have been informed that a Thai court may approve his extradition tomorrow.
If returned to Vietnam, he faces torture & prolonged detention. Thailand must uphold #HumanRights & #NonRefoulement.
If returned to Vietnam, he faces torture & prolonged detention. Thailand must uphold #HumanRights & #NonRefoulement.
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#URGENT: The legal team of UNHCR-recognised refugee & human rights defender #YQuynhBdap have been informed that a Thai court may approve his extradition tomorrow.
If returned to Vietnam, he faces torture & prolonged detention. Thailand must uphold #HumanRights & #NonRefoulement.
If returned to Vietnam, he faces torture & prolonged detention. Thailand must uphold #HumanRights & #NonRefoulement.
#Nigeria: 38 members of the Christ Apostolic Church in the Eruku community in Kwara State, whose abduction by Fulani militia was caught on video, were released on 23 November amid an unprecedented rise in insecurity in the country.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/25/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/25/p...
nigeria: Abducted church members released amid continuing insecurity
CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief, and as Christians we stand with all those facing injustice because of their religion or belief.
www.csw.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#Nigeria: 38 members of the Christ Apostolic Church in the Eruku community in Kwara State, whose abduction by Fulani militia was caught on video, were released on 23 November amid an unprecedented rise in insecurity in the country.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/25/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/25/p...
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Deaths of child recruits will not halt bombing of illegal armed groups, Colombia says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Colombia #FARC #PedroSanchez
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Deaths of child recruits will not halt bombing of illegal armed groups, Colombia says - Sight Magazine
Colombia's military will continue carrying out bombing operations to curb the expansion of illegal armed groups, Pedro Sanchez said.
sightmagazine.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Deaths of child recruits will not halt bombing of illegal armed groups, Colombia says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Colombia #FARC #PedroSanchez
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Aid chief says UN pressing to enter Sudan's al-Fashir after reports of atrocities reut.rs/447DMmA
Aid chief says UN pressing to enter Sudan's al-Fashir after reports of atrocities
The United Nations is pushing to gain access to al-Fashir, the famine-stricken city in Darfur where witnesses have reported mass reprisals since a takeover by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces last month, U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Aid chief says UN pressing to enter Sudan's al-Fashir after reports of atrocities reut.rs/447DMmA
#Nigeria: CSW joins the GCFRN in calling on the governmentt to urgently address violations of #FoRB across the country.
Recent attacks in Borno, Kaduna, Kebbi and Kwara States underscore the severity of the security situation and must be responded to decisively.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
Recent attacks in Borno, Kaduna, Kebbi and Kwara States underscore the severity of the security situation and must be responded to decisively.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
nigeria: Open letter calls on government to address violations amid spike in terror-related violence
CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief, and as Christians we stand with all those facing injustice because of their religion or belief.
www.csw.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#Nigeria: CSW joins the GCFRN in calling on the governmentt to urgently address violations of #FoRB across the country.
Recent attacks in Borno, Kaduna, Kebbi and Kwara States underscore the severity of the security situation and must be responded to decisively.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
Recent attacks in Borno, Kaduna, Kebbi and Kwara States underscore the severity of the security situation and must be responded to decisively.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
#China: CSW condemns the formal arrest Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and 17 other leaders from Zion Church, all of whom have been targeted solely for the peaceful exercise of their religious beliefs.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p... #ZionChurch
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p... #ZionChurch
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#China: CSW condemns the formal arrest Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and 17 other leaders from Zion Church, all of whom have been targeted solely for the peaceful exercise of their religious beliefs.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p... #ZionChurch
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p... #ZionChurch
#India: The family of a Christian man from Chhattisgarh State who passed away on 5 November was denied the right to bury him in his ancestral village.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
india: Christian family denied right to bury their relative in ancestral village
CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief, and as Christians we stand with all those facing injustice because of their religion or belief.
www.csw.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#India: The family of a Christian man from Chhattisgarh State who passed away on 5 November was denied the right to bury him in his ancestral village.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/20/p...
Authorities in #Vietnam sentenced ethnic Khmer Krom monk Venerable Kim Som Rinh and activists Thach Nga and Thach Xuan Dong to three and a half years in prison on charges of ‘abusing democratic freedoms’ on 18 November.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/19/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/19/p...
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Authorities in #Vietnam sentenced ethnic Khmer Krom monk Venerable Kim Som Rinh and activists Thach Nga and Thach Xuan Dong to three and a half years in prison on charges of ‘abusing democratic freedoms’ on 18 November.
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/19/p...
Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/19/p...
Atrocities in al-Fashir have brought Sudan back into the spotlight. The international community must act decisively sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay...
Essay: Atrocities in al-Fashir have brought Sudan back into the spotlight. The international community must act decisively - Sight Magazine
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, explains why we should not stop talking about the crisis in Sudan...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Atrocities in al-Fashir have brought Sudan back into the spotlight. The international community must act decisively sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay...
Sheikh Hasina Verdict | Bangladesh Court Finds Ex-PM Guilty In Crimes Against Humanity Case www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sheikh Hasina Verdict | Bangladesh Court Finds Ex-PM Guilty In Crimes Against Humanity Case www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...
#COLOMBIA: When President Petro came to power in 2022, hopes were high that his key policy, ‘Paz Total’ (Total Peace), would bring a reduction in violence.
And yet three years on illegal armed and criminal groups continue to have significant influence.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
And yet three years on illegal armed and criminal groups continue to have significant influence.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
Despite government promises, ‘Total Peace’ remains elusive in Colombia today
On 4 April Maribel Silva, Isaíd Gómez and Isaíd’s uncle, Carlos Valero obeyed the summonses of an illegal armed group operating in the Calamar Muni…
forbinfull.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#COLOMBIA: When President Petro came to power in 2022, hopes were high that his key policy, ‘Paz Total’ (Total Peace), would bring a reduction in violence.
And yet three years on illegal armed and criminal groups continue to have significant influence.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
And yet three years on illegal armed and criminal groups continue to have significant influence.
Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/d...
#COLOMBIA: Cuando el presidente Petro asumió el poder en 2022, había grandes esperanzas de que su política clave, «Paz Total», redujera la violencia.
Sin embargo, tres años después, los grupos armados ilegales y criminales siguen teniendo una influencia significativo: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/a...
Sin embargo, tres años después, los grupos armados ilegales y criminales siguen teniendo una influencia significativo: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/a...
A pesar de las promesas del Gobierno, la «Paz Total» sigue siendo una utopía en Colombia
El 4 de abril, Maribel Silva, Isaíd Gómez y el tío de este, Carlos Valero, se dirigieron a acudir a una reunioón solicitada por un grupo armado ilegal que opera en el Municipio de Calamar, Departam…
forbinfull.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#COLOMBIA: Cuando el presidente Petro asumió el poder en 2022, había grandes esperanzas de que su política clave, «Paz Total», redujera la violencia.
Sin embargo, tres años después, los grupos armados ilegales y criminales siguen teniendo una influencia significativo: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/a...
Sin embargo, tres años después, los grupos armados ilegales y criminales siguen teniendo una influencia significativo: forbinfull.org/2025/11/11/a...
#Syria: CSW is saddened by news of the death of the Syrian Druze community leader Dr Hamza Shaheen, who was abducted from his family home in Deir Ali near Damascus on 27 October.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/10/p...
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#Syria: CSW is saddened by news of the death of the Syrian Druze community leader Dr Hamza Shaheen, who was abducted from his family home in Deir Ali near Damascus on 27 October.
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/10/p...
www.csw.org.uk/2025/11/10/p...
Police to reopen investigation into Pastor Koh’s disappearance, says Saifuddin www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/...
Police to reopen investigation into Pastor Koh’s disappearance, says Saifuddin
PUTRAJAYA: The police will reopen investigations into the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh, following a recent High Court ruling that directed the authorities to do so.
www.thestar.com.my
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Police to reopen investigation into Pastor Koh’s disappearance, says Saifuddin www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/...
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Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
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November 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My beautiful laundrette
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Cathedral and church targeted in overnight bomb attack thecatholicherald.com/article/cath...
Cathedral and church targeted in overnight bomb attack
A cathedral and a school were attacked overnight in what seems to be an outbreak of violence directed against Catholics
thecatholicherald.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Cathedral and church targeted in overnight bomb attack thecatholicherald.com/article/cath...
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'Fifty or sixty people in a single street': Witnesses describe civilian killings in Sudan's al-Fashir reut.rs/47I8Pq3
'Fifty or sixty people in a single street': Witnesses describe civilian killings in Sudan's al-Fashir
Civilians in al-Fashir were shot in the streets, targeted in drone strikes and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the RSF's takeover described to Reuters, providing a glimpse into the violent capture of one of Sudan's largest cities.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
'Fifty or sixty people in a single street': Witnesses describe civilian killings in Sudan's al-Fashir reut.rs/47I8Pq3