Human Rights News
Germany: Hamburg candlelight vigil for persecuted Christians
The ISHR Hamburg working group is once again hosting its annual “Chain of Lights for Persecuted Christians.”
Germany: At the Congress on the Persecution of Christians, ISHR presents persecuted persons from Belarus
The ISHR will be represented with an information booth at the eighth ecumenical congress “Persecution of Christians Today: Worldwide Religious Freedom – Growing Churches” in Schwäbisch Gmünd from November 9 to 12, 2025.
Vietnam: Long prison sentence for allegedly endangering national unity
The ISHR and the Evangelical News Agency have named Rlan Thih, a Protestant Christian from Vietnam, the “Prisoner of the Month for November 2025.”
Ukraine/Russia: Documentary about the Persecution of Christians in Occupied Territories
This year, a documentary film about the persecution of Christians under Russian occupation in Ukraine was released.
Syria: Reaching out to disadvantaged minorities
Seventeen-year-old Syrian student Aaliya is regaining hope: After fleeing and enduring bitter poverty during the civil war, she now feels doubly at home in Aleppo.
Iran: Regime brutally targets non-believers
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“True security lies in protecting all Syrians”
ISHR leaders met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, to discuss the challenges facing Syria’s Christian communities following the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime.
ISHR Leaders Engage with Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch Amid Historic Post-Assad Elections
In a timely show of international solidarity, Archbishop Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Böhning met with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II.
“Put a stop to the enemies of freedom of religion and belief!”
The yearbooks on Religious Freedom 2025 and on Persecution and Discrimination of Christians 2025 were presented in Berlin today.