(New York)- CitizensGo and Mas Libres and co-sponsor In Defense of Christians (IDC) launched on April 28, 2016 the three-day “#WeAreN2016” conference at the United Nations (UN), featuring both human rights experts and victims genocide…
The “#WeAreN2016” Congress on ‘Defending religious freedom and other human rights: Stopping mass atrocities against Christians and other believers’ will bring together high level experts and witnesses to speak out and testify about persecution of…
Washington, D.C.- IDC joins all civilized people and all people of good will in condemning the Easter terrorist attack that targeted Christians in Lahore, Pakistan. These terrorists continue to show their cowardice, targeting women, children, and…
Washington, D.C.- In Defense of Christians applauds the courageous soldiers fighting to liberate Nineveh from ISIS. Our thoughts and prayers are with these soldiers, Muslim and Christian alike, of whom much will be asked in the…
Washington, D.C.- In Defense of Christians Executive Director Kirsten Evans made the following statement: “In Defense of Christians mourns with the global community over the needless loss and destruction of human life this morning caused…
Following Secretary Kerry’s announcement this morning that ISIS is responsible for genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and others, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) announced on the Senate floor the introduction of the Religious Persecution Relief Act of…
(Washington DC) March 17, 2016- Secretary Kerry has used the power and moral authority of his office to proclaim the truth about the crimes that national, ethnic, and religious minorities including Christians have suffered at…
On March 14, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed both H. Con. Res. 75—decrying the ISIS genocide against Christians and other religious minorities—and H. Con. Res. 121—calling for a Syrian War Crimes Tribunal at the U.N….
(Washington DC) March 16, 2016- Today the United States Department of State delayed making a decision on whether genocide is being committed against Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, missing the congressionally…
WASHINGTON, D.C., 14 March — Today the United States House of Representatives will vote on H. Con. Res. 75, designating the Islamic State’s violence against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities as genocide. The bill has…
Washington, D.C.- Today, March 14, 2016, the United States House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (unanimously) in support of House Con. Resolution 75, which names and decries ISIS violence against Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic and…
(Washington, D.C.) On March 10, 2016, IDC President Toufic Baaklini made the following statement: “This morning In Defense of Christians and the Knights of Columbus will release the most extensive report to date on the…