
Mervyn Thomas CMG
@mervthomas
Founder President at CSW & Chair of UK FoRB Forum:
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http://www.csw.org.uk 02-06-2009 08:11:03
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•The families of Roman Catholic lay leaders Lesbia del Socorro GutiĂ©rrez Poveda and Carmen MarĂa Sáenz MartĂnez have not heard from them since they were detained in #Nicaragua over six months ago. CSW Advocacy's latest blog calls for their release. forbinfull.org/2025/03/04/whe…

•The #EU must play an active role in the resolution of the humanitarian crisis that is currently taking place in #Sudan. CSW Advocacy's latest blog outlines two actions it should immediately consider: forbinfull.org/2025/03/06/the…

•Fascinating interview with CSW Advocacy's #India Researcher about her work and the urgent challenges to freedom of religion or belief facing the country today. forbinfull.org/2025/03/10/hop…

Chaired Hearing House of Lords with Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe for Aid to the Church in Need UK-described Jihadist killings,atrocities,abductions & displacements in Benue State. He said ”to remain silent is to die twice” Philip Mounstephen David Smith MP 🌹 rt hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP Mervyn Thomas CMG Andrew Watson


Pastor EfrĂ©n Antonio VĂlchez LĂłpez is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in #Nicaragua for a horrific crime he didn't commit, and his is just one of hundreds of independent voices the Nicaraguan government is desperate to silence. Read more: forbinfull.org/2025/03/26/pas…

#Nicaragua has announced its withdrawal from the #HRC in light of continued and justified criticisms of its deteriorating human rights record. But this won't make its abuses disappear. Read more from CSW Advocacy: forbinfull.org/2025/04/08/no-…

Control of Khartoum may have changed hands, but Sudan’s nightmare is far from over' - read more in CSW Advocacy's new blog, published today to mark two years of conflict in #Sudan: forbinfull.org/2025/04/15/con…

•CSW's latest blog breaks down #China's complex and sprawling legal system, and the manner in which the Chinese Communist Party exploits this to trap the innocent. Read it here: forbinfull.org/2025/04/22/in-… via CSW Advocacy

Tomorrow marks one year since over 170 Protestant Christians were displaced from their homes in Rancho Nuevo and Coamila in Mexico's Hidalgo State. CSW Advocacy's latest blog tells some of their story, and calls on the authorities to protect them. forbinfull.org/2025/04/25/a-y… #Mexico


Today is Leah Sharibu's birthday, the eighth that she has marked as a prisoner of ISWAP terrorists. For CSW Advocacy I have written a blog calling on the intl community to hold the Nigerian govt to account for its failure to secure her release: forbinfull.org/2025/05/14/the… #FreeLeah


The killing of three Ahmadi Muslims within the space of a month highlights the urgent need to hold the government of #Pakistan to account for its failure to end the violent persecution of this community. Read more from CSW Advocacy: forbinfull.org/2025/05/29/pak…

Last week CSW released its latest annual report on #FoRB in #Cuba. Our Director of Advocacy Anna Lee Stangl writes about how the Cuban regime will not tolerate any action or expression - including prayer and outreach - that exposes its precarious position. forbinfull.org/2025/06/02/pra…

In the wake of the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, #Kashmir in April, India's Muslim community has once again become the target of widespread religious intolerance and suspicion. Read more in the latest from CSW Advocacy: forbinfull.org/2025/06/05/for… #India #Pakistan

