CivilnetCivilNet speaks with Joel Veldkamp of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), who is in Armenia to participate in the National Prayer Breakfast amid a government crackdown that has imprisoned prominent clergy. Dr. Veldkamp explains CSI’s mission to visit the jailed bishops and details the nature of the charges, framing it as an attack on a crucial mediating institution in Armenian society. The conversation also covers the urgent international efforts, including the Swiss Peace Initiative, to secure a right of return for Armenians ethnically cleansed from Nagorno-Karabakh, and the apparent lack of Christian solidarity from the West.
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