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Yesterday, CSW staff and supporters delivered a petition signed by over 1,000 people to Nicaraguan embassies and consulates worldwide, calling for the release of Protestant pastor Efrén Vílchez López.
Pastor Efrén has been unjustly detained for four years on false charges. His faith and his criticism of the government made him a target.

We want to make it clear that Pastor Efrén has not been forgotten, so we will keep speaking out for him, and for all those in Nicaragua who are punished for their religion or beliefs.

Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, and stood with us.
This pressure matters. And we are not done yet.

Today we mark Leah Sharibu’s birthday. She's been held captive by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) for 8 years now.

Many will know that Leah was the sole Christian in a group of 110 girls abducted from their school in February 2018. She was denied her freedom because she refused to renounce her faith, and is one of hundreds currently held in terrorist captivity in Nigeria.

Please continue to pray for Leah’s release. Ask God to comfort her mother Rebecca, her father Nathan and her brother Donald, and that next year they would celebrate Leah’s birthday together in the light of his peace and protection.

CSW is calling on the Mexican authorities to conduct an urgent investigation into the case of a Protestant Christian missionary who disappeared in Guerrero State six weeks ago.

Benito Guevara Arcos, 79, was last seen on 31 March in the town of San Vicente, Chilpancingo de los Bravos Municipality, where he had travelled from the town of Ocotito to preach and give out Bibles.

He was staying with a Protestant Christian friend, who went to look for him when he did not return at nightfall. Neighbours told the friend that armed men had forced Mr Guevara Arcos into a car after taking exception to his preaching and taken him away.

You can read more details of the case in our press release below.

Please remember Mr Guevera Arcos and his family in your prayers today.

mexico: CSW calls for investigation in case of disappeared Christian missionary 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.

This week in Parliament, we brought the realities of Sudan directly to decision-makers - calling for justice, accountability, and urgent action. We're grateful to the MPs and advocates who showed up this week for the people of Sudan.

We keep going. It's not too late to join over 2,300 others and sign our petition to the Premier League calling on them to use their platform to stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan.

If you’ve been meaning to sign but haven’t yet, today is the moment.

Go to csw.org.uk/EyesOnSudan to add your name.

Seven children from the Du Merci Centres remain in the custody of Kano State authorities, despite a meeting on 15 April that was meant to finalise their return.

A document stating that the children had been returned to their adoptive parents was signed, yet the children were taken away and not released. While in state care, they have faced mistreatment, neglect, pressure to convert, and misinformation to scare them from wanting to return to the only parents most have ever known..

In January 2026, 13 year old David Solomon Tarfa died after authorities at the orphanage where he and the other children are being held failed to provide him with urgently needed medical care. His body has still not been returned to his family.

We are calling for the children’s immediate return, the release of David’s body, and an end to the harassment and trauma.

Please pray urgently that those in authority act justly and without delay.

Arsenal vs Manchester City, or both teams vs the Sudanese people? The UAE sponsors both teams AND supports genocide in Sudan. Don’t let them use sports to distract from funding mass violence.

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Today marks three years since war broke out in Sudan – three years of devastating violence between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

These three years have plunged Sudan into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises – with over 30 million people in urgent need of assistance, over 13 million displaced, and at least 150,000 killed.

And a UN report released in February found that atrocities committed by the RSF in Darfur last October bore the ‘hallmarks of genocide’ – warning that more communities are at risk as fighting continues.

Action is long overdue.
Today, on the third anniversary of the conflict, your voice can be part of a louder call for justice, peace and hope.

Sign our petition. Every name helps strengthen that call.

Go to the csw.org.uk/EyesOnSudan to take action now.