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Christian Foundation Appeals for Safety Measures in Nigeria Schools as Abductions Resurge

Mar 13, 2024

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights foundation, is appealing to the Nigerian government to implement a “Safe Schools Initiative” to keep school-going children out of danger amid a resurgence of abductions in the West African country.

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Christian Foundation Condemns Bombing of Church Property in Sudan

Nov 13, 2023

The UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has condemned the bombing of Church buildings in which scores were injured in Khartoum, Sudan.

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Regional Implications of Sudanese War Concern for Christian Human Rights Group

Apr 28, 2023

Violence in Sudan may escalate regionally and internationally with entry of other countries supporting the country’s warring parties, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has said.

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Human Rights Group Welcomes Release of Egyptian Christians, Confirm Ransom Paid

Feb 25, 2023

The UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has welcomed the release of six Egyptian Christians who were abducted and detained in Libya earlier this month. 

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Christian Rights Entity Fears for Disruption of Nigerian Elections amid Increased Attacks

Feb 9, 2023

Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a UK-based human rights foundation, has raised alarm over heightened killings allegedly by Fulani men in Nigerian States and expressed fears that the deteriorating security in the country may disrupt the general elections slated for February 25.

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Acquittal of Egyptian Men who Assaulted Christian Woman Angers Christian Foundation

Jan 18, 2023

The human rights foundation, Christians Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has expressed disgruntlement over the acquittal of three men who were accused of attacking, beating, and stripping an elderly Christian woman in Egypt.

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Christian Human Rights Group Calling for Withdrawal of Eritrean Troops from Ethiopia

Jan 7, 2023

The UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has expressed concern about Eritrea’s “heavy” involvement in the violence in neighboring Ethiopia and called on the international community to move swiftly to ensure that Eritrean forces leave the embattled Horn of Africa country.

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“Encouraging”: Christian Entity Lauds Legalization of Churches in Egypt

Dec 3, 2022

The leadership of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights foundation, has described as “encouraging” the legalization of dozens of churches in Egypt. 

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Christian Body among Entities Decrying “misreporting” of Protests by Eritreans in London

Sep 7, 2022

The Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and the Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) have expressed concern about the “misreporting” of the protests, which asylum seekers and refugees from Eritrea participated in outside the Eritrean Embassy in London, the United Kingdom on Sunday, September 4.

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Christian Entity Concerned about Criminal Prosecution of Sudanese Converts to Christianity

Aug 21, 2022

The criminal prosecution of four Sudanese men who converted from Islam to Christianity is an issue of concern to the leadership of the UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).

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Christian Entity Urges Egypt to Enact “policies to counter sectarianism, hate speech”

Aug 1, 2022

The leadership of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling on the government of Egypt to ratify policies that counter sectarianism and hate speech in the country.

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Christian Entity Lauds Legalization of Hundreds of Churches in Egypt

Apr 28, 2022

The Egyptian government had granted legal status to 239 churches and other places of worship in the country, a move that Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) terms as a great improvement on the situation of Egypt’s Christian community.

Sudanese Church of Christ after apparent razing and looting in Um Bartumbu, South Kordofan. Credit: Eyes and Ears Nuba

Human Rights Agency Condemns Closing Down of Catholic-owned Building in Sudan

Mar 7, 2022

UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has condemned the closing down of a building owned by the Catholic Church in Sudan where worshippers from different religions in the Northeastern African country meet for social activities and prayers.  

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Christian Entity Concerned about Severity of Kidnapping in Nigeria’s Kaduna State

Feb 13, 2022

The recent kidnapping and release of a Catholic Priest and the abduction of an intermediary who was delivering ransom payment in Nigeria’s Kaduna State indicate the severity of kidnappings in Nigeria, officials of the UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), have said.

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Christian Charity Calls for Support in Strategizing against Militias in Nigeria

Feb 7, 2022

Terrorists in Nigeria have scaled up their activities, killing large numbers of innocent civilians using high-end military equipment especially in Southern Kaduna communities, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has observed, and called for global cooperation in stemming violence in communities that are most affected in the West African country.  

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Christian Human Rights Entity “pleased” after Court Orders Release of Nigerian Journalist

Jan 30, 2022

The leadership of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is delighted following the release of a Nigerian journalist who had been arrested in November last year for criticizing the government. 

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Christian Entity Urges UN Agency to Illegitimize Rights Abuses by Sudan’s Military

Jan 28, 2022

UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has joined over 50 organizations that are pushing the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to illegitimize the actions of the Sudanese military who seized power in a coup on 25 October 2021 amid reported human rights abuses.

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Christian Entity Decries Lengthy Detention of Nigerian Journalist Critical of Government

Jan 26, 2022

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights foundation, has described the adjourning of the hearing of Luka Binniyat, a journalist who was arrested in Nigeria’s Kaduna State for criticizing the government’s inadequate response to a past attack in the State as “punitive adjournment.”

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Freedom of Religion Restrictions in Sudan Cause for Concern for Christian Rights Entity

Jan 22, 2022

The leadership of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has expressed concern about the undermining of freedom of worship and belief in Sudan.

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Christian Rights Body Decries “unwarranted delays” in Nigerian Journalist’s Court Hearing

Jan 15, 2022

The leadership of the UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has denounced delays in the court process of a Nigerian journalist who has been detained since November last year for allegedly criticizing Kaduna State government's laxed approach to insecurity.