Christian Solidarity International
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| Abbreviation | CSI-USA |
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| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Human rights of Christians |
| Headquarters | Westlake Village, California |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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CEO
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John Eibner |
| Website | csi-usa.org |
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is a Christian human rights NGO that is "committed to defending religious liberty, helping victims of religious repression, victimized children, and victims of disaster." It is based in Switzerland, with affiliates in the United States, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, South Korea, and the Netherlands.
In 1995, Steve Snyder, former president of the USA Division of Christian Solidarity International, founded International Christian Concern, a non-denominational Christian human rights non-governmental organization watchdog group.
In 2009 the Washington, D.C. based group published a study of the abduction and forced marriage of young Christian Coptic girls by Muslim families. CSI is known for its campaign to liberate Sudanese slaves seized during Sudan’s second civil war. They have also been active in Egypt, Iraq, the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Latin America, and other countries and regions.
South Sudan
CSI runs several programs in South Sudan to aid victims of the second Sudanese civil war (1983–2005). In particular, CSI works to free southerners who were enslaved by northern Arab raiders during the war. CSI partners with a network of local Arab and southern Sudanese tribal leaders who work to retrieve enslaved southerners from the north. CSI provides funding and logistical support for these retrievals, and documents the name and story of each returning slave. CSI also provides returning slaves with survival kits containing food, cooking utensils, mosquito nets and other supplies. CSI claims that some 80,000 enslaved southerners have returned to their homes through this network. CSI is the only NGO working to free southern Sudanese slaves held in the north.
CSI also operates a clinic and employs a full-time South Sudanese physician in Wanjok, South Sudan, to provide medical care for returning slaves and other locals. CSI regularly leads expeditions to South Sudan for journalists and lawmakers, to highlight the persistence of slavery in Sudan and the need for greater international engagement.
Iraq
CSI supplies Iraqi Christians displaced by anti-Christian violence with material aid, including food, kerosene heaters and medical aid. CSI has also been active in documenting acts of violence against Iraqi Christians and in lobbying the U.S. government and Iraqi government to do more to protect Iraq’s Christian minority.
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