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Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is an international, interconfessional Christian #humanrights organization campaigning for religious liberty and human dignity. https://www.csi-int.org/
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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Nov 21
After expelling 100,000 Armenian Christians from their homeland in #NagornoKarabakh/#Artsakh, the dictatorship of #Azerbaijan is holding dozens of Armenians hostage.
See our website for updates on their situation: csi-int.org/campaigns/ka...

#FreeArmenianPOWs #FreeVicken #FreeNKHostages
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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · 3d
#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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · 27d
#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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Sep 30
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Sep 25
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Sep 22
#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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Sep 22
The event will take place at 11 am, in Room IX of Building A at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event will also be livestreamed: www.youtube.com/live/tQ5a1BJ...
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Sep 22
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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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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Sep 9
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Aug 28
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Aug 26
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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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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Aug 25
#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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jul 31
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jul 29
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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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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jul 17
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jul 15
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jul 3
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jun 30
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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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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jun 24
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.

Watch the video here: youtu.be/gDqHu3sQo7s?...
CSI at the UN: Syrian religious minorities threatened with genocide
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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jun 12
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · Jun 2
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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · May 27
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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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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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · May 20
On May 26, the Swiss Peace Initiative for #NagornoKarabakh will be launched in Bern. CSI welcomes this move by Swiss parliamentarians in support of a peace forum to negotiate the safe return of Armenians to their homeland. www.csi-int.org/news/swiss-p...
Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh to launch in Bern
On May 26, a cross-party committee of 19 parliamentarians in support of the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh will be launched in Bern.
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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · May 14
CSI welcomes the end of broad sanctions on #Syria, says CSI President Dr. John Eibner. But maintaining individual sanctions on al-Qaeda linked leaders is needed to protect religious minorities from further attacks under the new government.

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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · May 13
The wife of #Armenian #hostage in Azerbaijan Vicken Euljekjian has confirmed that he staged a two-week hunger strike demanding the right to speak to her on the telephone. It is his second hunger strike since his detention in 2020.
#FreeArmenianHostages
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Armenian hostage goes on hunger strike in Azerbaijani jail
Vicken Euljekjian, an Armenian civilian illegally detained in Azerbaijan, has staged a hunger strike, after being denied the right to call his wife.
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Christian Solidarity International @csihumanrights.bsky.social · May 13
In #Syria's new 5-year temporary constitution, "it seems conversion may not be allowed, but free practice of one’s religion will be," a #SyrianChristian told CSI. "Ultimately, everything depends on the application of the law."

Read about the uncertain reality: www.csi-int.org/news/syria-e...