3 March 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | Jubilee Campaign raises concern with the use of torture against religious prisoner of conscience often in combination with harsh penalties for apostasy, blasphemy or other exercises of freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief during interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture at the UN Human […]
20 JUNE 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C | Last week, Jubilee Campaign was privileged to co-host the congressional briefing, “Gendered Persecution: Targets of Forced Conversion” alongside our partners, Coptic Solidarity and Canadian Yazidi Association. This relevant and timely event emphasized the plight of faith minority women and girls in Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, and the MENA region,
[FULL TEXT] WASHINGTON, DC, 25 August 2023 | Jubilee Campaign expresses great concern and condemns in the strongest terms the targeted violent attacks upon Christian institutions in Jaranwala, Faisalabad, Pakistan, following reported blasphemy allegations leveled against Christian citizens. Videos circulating online have depicted angry mobs comprising thousands of civilians setting fire to, vandalizing, and desecrating
GENEVA, Switzerland- “Today, we are going to hear and be a witness to the persecution of Christians in two of the most difficult countries- Pakistan and Nigeria,” Dr. Grégor Puppinck, former OSCE religious freedom panel expert and ECLJ Director begins. Photo courtesy of ECLJ, used with permission. Dr. Puppinck shares how anti-blasphemy laws are used not
UPDATE 13 June 2023 | Several newsworthy events have transpired since the original drafting of the Religious Liberty Partnership and Refugee Highway Partnership Statement on the Current Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan. On 7 June, Voice of America reported that dozens of Sudanese women have been subjected to sexual violence and rape, often while attempting to
UPDATE 18 May 2023 | It has been reported that the two suspects involved in Deborah’s murder and who faced grossly inadequate charges of “criminal conspiracy and inciting public disturbance” – Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunchi – were released from custody on 30 January 2023. [Photo of Deborah Emmanuel via Facebook (fair use), with art
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[FULL TEXT] WASHINGTON, DC, 15 May 2023 | Yesterday, on 14 May 2023, Jubilee Campaign marked the 20th birthday – and sixth birthday spent in militant captivity – of Leah Sharibu, a young Nigerian Christian woman. Having originally been abducted from Government Girls Science and Technical School in Dapchi, Yobe State at the age of
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[FULL TEXT] WASHINGTON, DC, 8 May 2023 | Jubilee Campaign condemns in the strongest terms the Iranian government’s unlawful and disturbing execution of two men, Yousef Mehrdad and Seyyed Sadrollah Fazeli-Zare, on Monday, 8 May 2023. Originally detained in their own homes in May 2020, Mehrdad and Fazeli-Zare were charged with establishing and participating in
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Author Rev. Canice | Text sent as a multi-faith letter to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom in June 2022 [Photo: AI generated] Blasphemy law is one of the most threatening tools against human life and dignity across the globe. It has been continuously used to destroy lives and perpetuate dehumanizing acts against peoples
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