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Confronting Religious Persecution at the IRF Summit

Feb. 10Stories That Demand Action:

Last week I spoke on a panel at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C.—a global gathering that brings together advocates, policymakers, and legal experts from around the world who are on the front lines of defending religious freedom. The Summit provides a rare forum to share firsthand experiences, expose ongoing...More

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has once again become the site of unspeakable violence , with Christian communities being targeted by terrorists and militant forces. On February 15, over 70 Christians – primarily women, children, and the elderly – were added to the list of victims when they were abducted...More

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Nigerian Christians

Last year, 80% of Christian deaths worldwide occurred in Nigeria, which means no other place in the world is deadlier for Christians. The ACLJ recognizes this sobering truth and fights to save our Nigerian Christian brothers and sisters in constant peril. We have detailed the mass atrocities being carried out against innocent Nigerian Christians to the U.N. Human Rights Council 22 times, yet nothing is being done.

Who is responsible for this massive death toll in Nigeria? Christians in Nigeria continue to face unrelenting death and destruction at the hands of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. Just between February and mid-March of this year, Islamic extremists killed 280 people in Christian communities in Nigeria. Even just last week, Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in a nighttime attack.

The ACLJ is committed to shedding light on this significant human rights violation and urges immediate action to protect innocent lives. This is why we appeared last week before the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) through our European affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), to deliver a critical oral intervention defending persecuted Christians in Nigeria.

As we stated in our oral intervention:

Islamic extremists such as Boko Haram and the Fulani herdsmen pose an existential threat to Christians living in Nigeria. These extremists kill, destroy homes and churches, and even abduct Christians. In the first 10 months of 2022, more than 4,000 Christians were killed, and another 2,300 were abducted.

In fact, in January of this year, Fulani herdsmen attacked a Christian community and proceeded to kill five Christians and kidnap five others. In another Christian community, Fulani herdsmen killed 12 Christians, including four children. Additionally, that same month, a Catholic priest was burned alive when extremists set fire to his home. 

Unfortunately, these are just a few of the countless stories of death and destruction being carried out against Christians on a daily basis. Every day, Christians in Nigeria wake up with the knowledge that, at any minute, they could be killed or abducted simply because of their faith.

Nigeria and the international community are clearly failing the people of Nigeria. If immediate and meaningful action is not taken now, Christians will not have a future in Nigeria. Every second we wait will only result in more death and destruction.

We urged the U.N. to intervene because its explicit purpose is “[t]o maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression . . . .” Unquestionably, the U.N. has failed to live up to its responsibility for Christians in Nigeria

Reports of Christians being killed, abducted, or their homes and churches being destroyed continue to mount daily. If the leaders of Nigeria and the international community don’t do something quickly, Christians will be extinct in Nigeria.

The ACLJ will never stop defending persecuted Christians in Nigeria and worldwide. Stand with us as we continue to shed light on the global persecution of Christians.

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Jordan Sekulow  //

Dec 29, 2025

On Christmas Day, President Trump ordered U.S. military strikes against the Islamic State-linked terrorist camps in northwest Nigeria, targeting extremists responsible for mass killings and terror attacks –

Keith Mauck  //

Dec 22, 2025

The video is stark – rows of dead bodies laid out on the ground; grief etched onto every mourner’s face. Then a pastor breaks the silence with words no minister should ever have to say : “I am tired of burying...

Jordan Sekulow  //

Nov 07, 2025

After years of sounding the alarm here at the ACLJ , there is real momentum in Washington, D.C., to stop the murder of Christians in Nigeria. Just days ago, President Donald Trump issued a powerful Truth...