by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Sep 2026 | News
A Canadian couple who “couldn’t sleep” after reading about the plight of an Iranian Christian convert deported from the United States to Panama have helped to sponsor her resettlement to Canada. According to the New York Times, Ian and Naomi Elliot, who are in their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jan 2025 | Analysis
By Fred Petrossian The UN Committee Against Torture has four times found Sweden guilty of violation its convention for its decisions to deport Christian converts, underscoring persistent concerns about the country’s immigration practices. Such decisions, widely...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Mar 2024 | News
EU countries have been told they cannot automatically reject asylum claims based on professed conversions to Christianity, even if the conversion took place after the individual left their country of origin. The new ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ),...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Jan 2024 | News
Iranian Christians in Turkey are no longer eligible for resettlement to the US as part of the refugee sponsorship programme launched last year, despite Iran being re-designated last week as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) by the US Secretary of State for “having...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Nov 2023 | Features
The daughter of an Iranian Christian couple who fled Iran to claim asylum in Turkey has written a poem highlighting some of the difficulties refugees face as they await resettlement. Elina Shirani, whose parents’ Witness Statement was published by Article18 today, was...
