Exploring why the world's first Christian nation is jailing its own bishops

CivilNet 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.