Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world.
Read More »HSC Executive Director comments on situation of Christians, Kurds and Yazidis
“For the first time in 1600 years, no Christmas and Easter masses were celebrated in Mosul.”
Read More »The forgotten plight of Muslims and Christians in Russian controlled Ukraine
The European Union and United States have a responsibility to raise their voices and actively confront the Russian Federation with respect to minority rights and freedom of expression in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.
Read More »Aliens in Our Own Land: Persecution of Christians and Western Indifference
The fear of ‘appearing sectarian’ or ‘showing favouritism’ is the poorest, the weakest and the most appalling excuse for not speaking up for a persecuted group in a distant land that happen to share your beliefs.
Read More »HSC Executive Director speaks to Channel 4 News about the Yezidi crisis
On 13th August, 2014, the Human Security Centre’s Executive Director, Julie Lenarz, was invited by Channel 4 News to discuss the Yezidi situation in Iraq and the way forward.
Read More »HSC’s Letter to the Prime Minister: Call for urgent response to recent events in Iraq
Download as PDF . The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London WC2H 9JQ 13 August 2014 Dear Prime Minister, Sub: Request to recall Parliament On behalf of the Human Security Centre, and the ...
Read More »Dwayne Menezes Cited in the Telegraph
In Kate Maltby’s recent piece for Telegraph, HSC Deputy Director Dwayne Menezes was referenced as an expert on the treatment of Christians in Iraq. Link to the Article “Nineveh city was a city of sin. The jazzin’ and a-jivin’ made ...
Read More »Misplaced Caution in the Central African Republic
Since late 2012 the Central African Republic (CAR) has been plagued by sectarian violence between Muslim and Christian extremist groups. This has led to ongoing ethnic cleansing, the initial stages of genocide, and created a large-scale humanitarian crisis.
Read More »Under threat: We must stand up for Syria’s Christians
The Arab Spring has turned into an Orwellian Winter for the ancient Christian communities of the Middle East. Persecution has reached unprecedented levels and throughout the region Christians are being killed, displaced, tortured, kidnapped, enslaved, and forced to convert.
Read More »The Forgotten Conflict in the Central African Republic
The ongoing fighting has largely escaped attention from western media up until recently, but the scale of devastation is staggering and cannot continue to be ignored.
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