Christian Solidarity Worldwide

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) "is a human rights organisation specialising in religious freedom. CSW works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs and promotes religious liberty for all.


 * "The organisation began in 1979 as the UK branch of the Swiss based organisation, Christian Solidarity International, which was founded following an inter-denominational march in protest at the imprisonment of Russian Baptist Pastor, Georgi Vins. In 1997, it was decided to separate from the founding body and the charity adopted the name Christian Solidarity Worldwide.


 * "Since then, a number of like-minded groups from across the world began working together as international Christian Solidarity Worldwide partners. In addition to CSW-UK, this partnership now includes CSW-Australia, CSW-Hong Kong, CSW-USA, the Norwegian Mission to the East, the All India Christian Council, the Danish European Mission, CSW Burkina Faso and Justice et Solidarité Mondiales (France). There are also currently embryo organisations in Nigeria and New Zealand."


 * Former President - Caroline Cox

Staff

 * Chief Executive - Mervyn Thomas
 * National Director - Rev Stuart Windsor
 * Advocacy Director and Deputy National Director - Tina Lambert
 * Advocacy Director - Alexa Papadouris
 * Finance Director - Adesina Adesanya

Trustees

 * President - Jonathan Aitken
 * Life Vice Presidents - David Atkinson MP; Rev John Wildrianne
 * Chairman - Franklin Evans
 * Deputy Chairman - The Right Reverend John Perry
 * Patron - The Baroness Cox of Queensbury
 * Anne Coles
 * The Reverend Fiona Gardener
 * Sir Andrew Green KCMG
 * Nigel Grinyer
 * The Right Reverend Richard Hare
 * The Reverend Chris Jones
 * Ernest Leyland
 * Hector Mackenzie
 * Anthony Peel FRCS MChir
 * Andrew Reed MP
 * David Shearman
 * David Taylor

Board of Reference
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 * Shola Ameobi
 * David Amess MP
 * Donald Anderson MP
 * Lord Ashbourne
 * The Reverend Prebendary Richard Bewes
 * The Reverend Lyndon Bowring
 * Viscount Brentford
 * Alastair Burt MP
 * The Reverend Dr Yonggi Cho
 * The Right Reverend Lord Carey of Clifton
 * Lord Clarke of Hampstead
 * Gerald Coates
 * David Coffey (Moderator of the Free Church Council)
 * The Reverend John Coles (New Wine) David Drew MP
 * Roger Forster
 * Wyn Griffiths MP
 * Andy Hawthorne
 * The Right Reverend and The Right Honourable David Hope KCVO
 * Simon Hughes MP
 * Canon J. John
 * The Right Reverend Thomas McMahon (RC Bishop of Brentwood)
 * The Reverend Mark Melluish (New Wine)
 * The Right Reverend Patrick O'Donoghue (RC Bishop of Lancaster)
 * The Earl of Powis
 * The Reverend Martin Smyth MP
 * The Right Reverend Dr John Sentamu (Bishop of York)
 * Rijk Van Dam MEP
 * Phil Wall
 * The Reverend Paul Weaver
 * Ian White
 * The Right Reverend Dom Timothy Wright OSB (Abbot of Ampleforth)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.csw.org.uk

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