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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pastor Maikel Pupo Velázquez was arbitrarily detained by State Security agents in Camagüey, Cuba, on 26 September. He was charged with ‘disobedience’ in retaliation for attempting to organise a public prayer event. www.csw.org.uk/press/protes...
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Protestant pastor arbitrarily detained – CSW
Pastor Maikel Pupo Velázquez is currently being held in La Cerámica Roja Prison on the outskirts of Camagüey City.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#China: Reports indicate that Pastor Wang Yi of Early Rain Covenant Church has been diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer. He is suspected to have been denied adequate healthcare and treatment throughout his prison sentence. www.csw.org.uk/press/health...
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Health concerns for Pastor Wang Yi amid renewed crackdown on Early Rain Church – CSW
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A proxy militia operating under the direct supervision of the Myanmar military conducted a military graduation ceremony inside the worship sanctuary of Nant Mun Baptist Church in Nanmun Town, Mohnyin Township, in Myanmar’s Kachin State on 23 September. www.csw.org.uk/press/militi...
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Militia holds military ceremony inside Kachin Baptist church – CSW
The ceremony took place inside the worship sanctuary of Nant Mun Baptist Church in Nanmun Town, Mohnyin Township.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A large number of Muslims attacked the majority Christian town of Suqaylabiyah near Hama, Syria on 3 October. www.csw.org.uk/press/renewe...
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Renewed sectarian violence in majority Christian town, Alawites killed in separate incidents – CSW
A large number of Muslims attacked the majority Christian town of Suqaylabiyah on 3 October.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When preaching makes you a target: Why are religious leaders not afforded the same protections as other vulnerable groups in Colombia? www.csw.org.uk/blog/when-pr...
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When preaching makes you a target: Why are religious leaders not afforded the same protections as other vulnerable groups in Colombia? - CSW
The question raised by the case of Preacher Ortiz Joya and leaders like him is not merely who killed him and why.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CSW strongly condemns airstrikes by the Myanmar military on Kyauktaw market and bridge in Rakhine State, which killed at least 50 civilians and wounded nearly 60 others, on 28 September. www.csw.org.uk/press/airstr...
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Airstrikes kill 50 civilians in Rakhine State – CSW
The attack saw a junta fighter jet drop two 500lb bombs on a crowded public market and bridge in Kyauktaw Township.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sectarian tension broke out in the city of Al-Qusayr in Syria’s Homs Governorate after a Muslim man was arrested on 28 September. Muslims reportedly roamed the streets intimidating local Christians and forcing shop owners to shut their shops and stay at home. www.csw.org.uk/press/sectar...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Cuba: Christian influencer Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente and her mother Caridad Silvente Laffita were declared guilty of violating ‘the personal and family privacy’ of a government official after recording a State Security agent serve a summons at their home in March. www.csw.org.uk/press/christ...
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Christian influencer and her mother found guilty – CSW
Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente and Caridad Silvente Laffita were declared guilty of violating ‘the personal and family privacy’ of a government official.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam has confirmed that two Vietnamese-born Catholic activists who had been reported missing by family members while visiting Cambodia have been arrested and charged in Vietnam. www.csw.org.uk/press/two-ca...
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Two Catholic activists abducted and charged by government – CSW
Both men work on a range of democracy and human rights issues, including on the right to freedom of religion or belief.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Four of the largest registered Protestant denominations in Cuba published separate statements on 30 September expressing solidarity with a social media content creator and her mother whose trial is scheduled for 1 October 2026. www.csw.org.uk/press/christ...
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Christian denominations express support for influencer and her mother – CSW
Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente and her mother Caridad Silvente Laffita are facing criminal charges and possible imprisonment.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
CSW is calling on the Cuban government to immediately release Henry Constantín, a journalist who was arrested on 16 September. He is currently being held in in the Kilo 7 Maximum Security Prison in Camagüey Province. www.csw.org.uk/press/csw-ca...
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CSW calls for release of journalist detained for two weeks – CSW
Henry Constantín was arrested on 16 September and is currently being held in in the Kilo 7 Maximum Security Prison in Camagüey.
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The Dial @thedialmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Myanmar’s military regime is canceling and rejecting passports for people it deems a national threat. Andrew Nachemson reports on how the new law is affecting dissidents abroad. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
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Passport Control — The Dial
How Myanmar’s military regime tracks down dissidents abroad.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CSW is calling on the Nicaraguan govt to ensure that the serious medical needs of imprisoned pastor Efrén Antonio Vílchez López are met as a matter of urgency, after receiving reports that officials are withholding medicine brought to him by his family. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/21/p...
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nicaragua: Protestant pastor denied urgent medical attention in prison
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#BLOG: Nigeria’s religious minorities don’t need new laws. They need the old ones enforced. Read more: forbinfull.org/2026/09/21/n...
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Nigeria’s religious minorities don’t need new laws. They need the old ones enforced.
In the two weeks before this piece was written, Premium Times reported gunmen killing eight Christian residents and four mobile police officers in Ayilamo, Benue State; separate attacks killed civi…
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CSW is calling on the Chinese government to permit Pastor John Cao, who holds permanent residency in the United States and who has been diagnosed with stage four cancer, to leave China so that he might be reunited with his family. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/21/p...
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china: CSW calls on government to allow Pastor John Cao to leave China
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CSW has joined a network of Christian organisations in calling on US President Donald Trump to raise concerns about religious persecution in China with President Xi Jinping during their upcoming summit in Washington, DC. www.caapnetwork.org/copy-of-advo...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CSW has learned of a terrorist attack which took place on 9 September and targeted indigenous Christians from the Ungwan Mato community in Arewa Local Government Area (LGA), Kebbi State, Nigeria. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/17/p...
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nigeria: Terrorists give ultimatum to indigenous Christians in Kebbi State
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.
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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Essay: What will it take for the government of Nigeria to stop the scourge of mass abduction? @sightmagazine.bsky.social #CSW #Nigeria #Nigeriakidnappings #Fulani #BokoHaram #IS #AlQaeda #Nigeriaschoolattacks sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Myanmar’s military junta has arbitrarily ordered the immediate sealing of temporary prayer halls within the Miba Zay Mosque compound in Mandalay, alongside sweeping restrictions prohibiting collective worship, religious sermons and access to the site. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/16/p...
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burma/myanmar: Junta seals mosque compound and bans religious gatherings in Mandalay
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pastor Alexis Padrón Lorenzo was released under ‘precautionary measures’ after spending over three months in detention in Havana, Cuba on 11 September. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/15/p...
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cuba: Pastor released after three months of incommunicado detention
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘A moment of optimal leverage’: How the EU can use incoming GSP regulation to bring real change in Pakistan and Sri Lanka forbinfull.org/2026/09/14/a...
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‘A moment of optimal leverage’: How the EU can use incoming GSP regulation to bring real change in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Some people wonder how impactful the EU is in terms of encouraging human rights improvements in third countries. Being an economic superpower, trade policy is certainly one of the more powerful too…
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bishop Carlos Javier Goff Amador of the Renewed Moravian Evangelical Church has been detained incommunicado in Managua, Nicaragua for almost two weeks. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/14/p...
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nicaragua: Moravian bishop detained incommunicado
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CSW joins calls for Pastor John Cao, a permanent resident in the US who has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, to be permitted to leave China to be reunited with wife and his two sons in the US. revelationmedia.com/bringcaohome
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Muslim worshippers in the city of Ibri in Sudan’s Northern State assaulted an imam and desecrated and burned the mosque to the ground following Friday prayers on 4 September. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/08/p...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
CSW's latest blog explores how the government of India's efforts to force all students to sing a 'harmless' song reveal the quiet mechanics of their majoritarian nation-building. Read it here: forbinfull.org/2026/09/07/h...
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How a ‘harmless’ song reveals the quiet mechanics of India’s majoritarian nation-building
When I was in school, yoga was becoming popular as an exercise everywhere. My school decided to bring it into PE class, as pure fitness. I did it like everyone else, no questions asked. When I went…
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Mirza Safdar Mahmood, a 65-year-old member of the Ahmadi community was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city of Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab Province, Pakistan on 2 September. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/04/p...
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pakistan: Ahmadi killed in suspected religiously motivated attack in Punjab Province
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
‘Make the difference there’: Why we have to keep eyes on Sudan forbinfull.org/2026/09/02/m...
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‘Make the difference there’: Why we have to keep eyes on Sudan
‘Sorry guys, horrible stat incoming.’ I was on a call with two of my colleagues to discuss potential poster designs that would catch people’s attention at a Christian festival, and encourage them t…
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#Pakistan: A Hindu woman from Sindh’s Sanghar district, allegedly lured into a relationship and conversion to Islam by a man from Gujranwala, was handed back to her family after a judicial magistrate on Monday rejected a police request to shift her to a shelter home. www.dawn.com/news/2026503...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#Pakistan: Lahore High court declares minor girl’s marriage illegal www.dawn.com/news/2026492...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A human rights activist has confirmed to CSW that Bishop Dr. Jylman Red Jurado Farfán was released from Rodeo III Prison in Miranda State, Venezuela, on 14 August after over five years in prison. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/09/02/p...
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venezuela: Bishop released after more than five years in prison
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#India: CSW is concerned at the continued imprisonment of 76-year-old Christian leader and activist Arun Pannalal, after a court rejected his bail application on 24 August, despite his initial judicial custody having been expected to end on 21 August. www.csw.org.uk/2026/08/26/p...
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india: Christian activist denied bail over unverified social media comment
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
An airstrike by the Myanmar military on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing Region killed at least 14 civilians and wounded 20 others as they gathered for a meditation retreat on 21 August. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/08/26/p...
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burma/myanmar: Airstrike on Buddhist monastery kills 14 civilians
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nigeria's president orders rescue after mass kidnapping exposes security failings www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Nigeria's president orders rescue after mass kidnapping exposes security failings
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and ​other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after scores of people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central ‌Ni...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 25/08/2026
Myanmar human rights conditions hit new low, UN says reut.rs/3UD7vlr
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Myanmar human rights conditions hit new low, UN says
Human rights conditions in Myanmar have sunk to a ​new low, with widespread abuses against the Rohingya minority and a booming illicit economy driven ‌partly by illegal rare-earth mining deepening civilian suffering, the U.N. said on Tuesday.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
‘I knew I had no choice’: An interview with Nicaraguan exile Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera forbinfull.org/2026/08/18/i...
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‘I knew I had no choice’: An interview with Nicaraguan exile Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera
‘The guards told us not to pray. We did it in silence because God heard us.’ Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera was born in San Sebastián de Yalí, Jinotega, Nicaragua on 9 January 1969. He was born with a…
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
‘Sabía que no tenía opción’: Una entrevista con un exiliado nicaragüense, Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera. forbinfull.org/2026/08/18/s...
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‘Sabía que no tenía opción’:  Una entrevista con un exiliado nicaragüense, Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera.
‘Los guardias nos dijeron que no rezáramos. Lo hicimos en silencio, porque Dios nos escuchaba.’ Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera nació en San Sebastián de Yalí, Jinotega, Nicaragua, el 9 de …
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yoruba faith in Cuba | Afro‑Cuban religion and freedom of religion or belief www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjzR...
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Yoruba faith in Cuba | Afro‑Cuban religion and freedom of religion or belief
YouTube video by CSW UK
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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Essay: Recent violence in the Nuba Mountains highlights that nowhere is safe in Sudan anymore. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Sudan #attacksonclergy #Sudanconflict #NubaMountains #RevAdilIdrisJangoul #FrYouhannaAlAminNyaroum #CSW #religiousfreedom sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay...
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Essay: Recent violence in the Nuba Mountains highlights that nowhere is safe in Sudan anymore - Sight Magazine
ELLIS HEASLEY says some attacks on clergy in Sudan appear ethnically motivated while in others the motivation has been overtly religious.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Montagnard Protestant Pastor Y Nuen Ayun was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on the charge of ‘undermining the national unity policy’ by the People's Court of Đắk Lắk Province, Vietnam on 5 August. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/08/10/p...
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vietnam: Montagnard pastor sentenced to seven and a half years in prison
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/08/2026
Insight: As Pakistan's army chief turns on hardline Islamist groups, blasphemy cases plummet reut.rs/45HJ7RT
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Insight: As Pakistan's army chief turns on hardline Islamist groups, blasphemy cases plummet
When blasphemy allegations against a Christian family prompted a mob of hundreds to assemble in Pakistan's teeming metropolis Karachi last month, officers knew they might only have minutes to save the four women and one child who were targeted.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Pastor Nihad Hassan, a Kurdish Baptist pastor from a Muslim background was arrested whilst visiting his family in Afrin, Syria. He was detained without charge from 20 July until 3 August, and asked to return to Lebanon upon his release. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/08/06/p...
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syria: Baptist pastor released after two weeks in detention
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.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 31/07/2026
Rare accounts from former child soldiers shed light on the use of children and the role of Colombian mercenaries in Sudan’s civil war. The children tell the AP they were chained to anti-aircraft guns and beaten when they refused orders.
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AP Exclusive: Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan’s war and presence of Colombian mercenaries
Teenagers conscripted by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces to battle the army in the country's war say they were trained by Colombian mercenaries.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Reverend Adil Idris Jangoul of the Sudanese Episcopal Church in Heban, in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, was executed extrajudicially along with six other people from the Otoro ethnic group by the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North on 23 July. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/08/04/p...
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sudan: Reverend executed after arrest in Nuba Mountains
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Youmna Hallaq, a 41-year-old Alawite woman, was killed and her 13-year-old son Zayn Ibrahim was badly wounded in an attack by an unknown armed gunman in Homs, Syria on 26 July. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/07/30/p...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The government of India re-introduced the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on 20 July. The bill has prompted concern among religious organisations regarding its potential impact on freedom of religion or belief if it becomes law. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/07/28/p...
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india: Re-introduction of FCRA amendment bill prompts concern for religious organisations
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.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
CSW is calling for urgent intervention by Nigeria’s state and federal authorities to secure the release of villagers abducted for ransom in April from the Kachia Local Government Area (LGA) of southern Kaduna State. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/07/28/p...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In a break with recent practice, the EU has issued a unilateral statement after its latest human rights dialogue with Vietnam, expressing ‘serious concerns’ regarding political prisoners and reports of transnational repression. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/07/27/p...
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 21/07/2026
The Knicks and Brunson have been the good news story of the sports world this year. Imagine the good news and hope the team could bring to the suffering people of Sudan if the team cut its connection to such horrific violence.
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A Question I'd Ask Jalen Brunson About the Patch on His Jersey
If I had the good fortune of meeting Jalen Brunson, I would urge him to learn about what the UAE is doing in Sudan, to educate others about it, and to ask the Knicks owner, James Dolan, to end the UAE deal.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Amna Qaeer, her daughter Lujayn Khansa, and her son Issa Khansa - all Alawites - were on the balcony of their family home in the Al-Sabeel neighbourhood of Homs, Syria when masked men on a motorbike opened fire and fled the scene. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/07/21/p...
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Vietnamese authorities announced that 119 Christians in Gia Lai Province were subject to enforcement measures during the first six months of 2026 for alleged involvement with organisations advocating for religious and ethnic minority self-determination. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/07/20/p...
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