Set Your Captives Free Report

SYCF Report Set Your Captives Free: A Report on Christians unjustly detained for their Faith highlights how, in many countries, people’s lives are overshadowed by authoritarian regimes and militant groups, leading to the constant threat of kidnap or arrest – simply for professing their Christian faith.

The main cases it examines are:

Pakistan

Maira Shahbaz, aged 14, living in hiding following death threats from a man who sexually abused her and forced her to covert and marry him after he kidnapped her at gunpoint.

China

Bishop James Su Zhumin, arrested by the communist authorities in 1996, having been and in and out of prison for 25 years. He has only been seen once since his arrest.

Eritrea

Patriarch Antonios, forced from office by the regime and, aged 93, is still under house arrest. No charge brought against him.

Nigeria

Teenager Leah Sharibu, one of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist group Boko Haram – but the only one not released, because she refused to renounce her Christian Faith.

Order your copy here:

Petition Consent
- I wish to add my name to the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) petition calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to grant UK asylum to Maira and her family. For more details about Maira’s case click here
- I would like regular email updates about Maira, ACN advocacy cases like hers, and other work being done by the charity
#RedWednesday Parliamentary event
- I would like to attend ACN’s online #RedWednesday Parliamentary Event on 25th November 2020 at 4.30pm BST at which we are due to hear from Maira herself. Please register here
Report Copy
- I would like to receive 1 copy of ACN’s Set Your Captives Free report – released on #RedWednesday 25th November 2020 – which tells the story of Maira and others like her: men, women, girls and boys unjustly detained for their faith.
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