Your stories: Tackling injustice together

Crisis after crisis has unfolded before us over the last couple of years: grave injustices and atrocity crimes have been committed on a horrifying scale. But you didn’t stay silent.

Your support has brought hope, encouragement and strength in the face of adversity. And we want to say thank you!

The last two years have seen urgent global challenges and crises abound: from coups and crackdowns to violent attacks and atrocity crimes, many vulnerable religious and belief communities have experienced suffering on a desperate scale.

Our teams have moved quickly to implement advocacy interventions in the face of urgent global challenges, while maintaining persistent advocacy for those whose plight often goes unnoticed.

But in the midst of it all there has been hope.

In Pakistan we equipped activists to raise awareness about forced conversion: with local partner, the Cecil & Iris Chaudhry Foundation (CICF), we trained senior activists in raising awareness among the Christian and Hindu communities on the existing laws and safeguards for women and girls with respect to the issues of abductions, forced conversions and forced marriages.

Our cases and issues of concern were covered in over 245 media outlets, in 23 languages and 41 countries during the last year.

At the United Nations we’ve advocated tirelessly in response to military coups and urgent human rights crises over the past year, conducting emergency advocacy and emergency briefings for country delegations and issuing oral and written statements on Myanmar/Burma, Sudan and Ethiopia, among others, during Human Rights Council sessions.

Through God’s grace and your unwavering support, we have been able to shine a spotlight on suffering which would otherwise go unheard. The work we do would not be possible without you. Thank you.

You can read more about the impact of our work and download our Annual Report and Accounts at csw.org.uk/impact

Bike pilgrimage success!

Thank you so much to Robert de Berry for undertaking an epic cycling challenge. In April and May, Robert and a team of bike pilgrims cycled for over 900 miles and visited over 40 churches to raise awareness of and funds for CSW and Release International. Some bike pilgrims joined Robert for a day, and others – Paul and Karien Downes, Simon Beber and Robert Spink – for all or most of the cycle ride. The bike pilgrims have raised over £10,000 so far. Thank you to everyone who took part or made a donation!

Please continue to support CSW’s work, if you can, by making a donation at csw.org.uk/donate

Your giving makes a difference!