Washington — Advocates from In Defense of Christians (IDC) were on Capitol Hill Thursday seeking support for a genocide resolution, meeting with over 250 Congressional offices in a single day. “For the first time since…
Washington — Advocates for Christians in the Middle East began their three-day convention with calls for recognizing the atrocities against Christians, Yazidis, and others in Iraq and Syria as genocide. A panel discussion held by…
Gathering this week will organize and mobilize the America’s ecumenical Diaspora leaders to support the Christians of the Middle East Washington, D.C. — In Defense of Christians (IDC) today announced its upcoming inaugural “National…
On August 6, 2015 in Washington DC, In Defense of Christians (IDC) President Toufic Baaklini made the following statement: “IDC remembers the Simele Massacre of August 7, 1933, in which as many as 3,000 Christians were murdered…
Left to right: IDC Executive Director Kirsten Evans, Genocide Watch President Dr. Gregory Stanton, Tele Lumiere CEO Jack Kallassy, American University Professor Dr. Edmund Ghareeb, Bishop Francis Kalabat of the St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Diocese,…
On June 26, 2015 in Washington DC, In Defense of Christians (IDC) Executive Director Kirsten Evans made the following statement: “With deepest sympathy IDC unites itself to the Armenian Catholic Church as it mourns the loss…
Washington, D.C. – In Defense of Christians (IDC) President Toufic Baaklini today issued the following statement applauding the co-chairs of the Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and Congresswoman Anna…
Washington, D.C. — In Defense of Christians (IDC) Executive Director Kirsten Evans today issued the following statement: “Today, April 24th, is the hundredth year anniversary of the events referred to as the ‘Armenian Genocide.’ Last…
Washington, D.C. – In Defense of Christians President Toufic Baaklini issued the following statement in response to the disruption at IDC’s Inaugural Summit Gala Dinner last evening: “In 1915, a German army officer named Armin Wegner……
Caucus Co-Founder Rep. Anna Eshoo Makes Bipartisan Appointment Washington — Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) named Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) as Co-Chair of the Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus, a bipartisan group of Members…