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Mervyn Thomas CMG

@mervthomas

Founder President at CSW & Chair of UK FoRB Forum:
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CSW has today published a new report which finds that the situation of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and related human rights in Nicaragua has continued to deteriorate. csw.org.uk/nicaraguarepor…

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Given that the government remains unresponsive to communications from the Organization of American States and the UN, members of the international community must seek creative ways to support and strengthen independent Nicaraguan voices both inside the country and in exile...

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We thank all those who continue to bravely stand up for human rights and freedom of religion or belief in Nicaragua, and reiterate our continued solidarity with all those working for justice, freedom and democracy in the country.’

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•The families of Roman Catholic lay leaders Lesbia del Socorro Gutiérrez Poveda and Carmen María Sáenz Martínez 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…

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•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…

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•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…

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Pastor Efrén Antonio Vílchez López 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…

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#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-…

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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…

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•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

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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

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Throughout his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis was vocal advocate for the fundamental right to #FoRB, from Iraq to Myanmar to Gaza to Nicaragua. CSW's latest blog celebrates his legacy, and urges his successor to build on it. forbinfull.org/2025/04/28/pop…

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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

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This Saturday marks 30 years since the Chinese Communist Party abducted six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, aka the 11th Panchen Lama, and his family. He has not been seen in public since: forbinfull.org/2025/05/15/thi…

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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…

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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…

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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

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CSW's latest blog is an interview with Ng Shui-Meng, the wife of disappeared human rights activist Sombath Somphone, who was abducted from a police checkpoint in Vientiane, #Laos, in December 2012. Read it here: forbinfull.org/2025/06/10/sor…

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CSW's latest blog examines striking parallels in recent cases of repression in #Cuba and #ElSalvador, two countries whose governments could not appear more different ideologically, but who exhibit the same reflexes when confronted with peaceful dissent. forbinfull.org/2025/06/18/sta…