CSW

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a UK-based religious-freedom advocacy NGO founded in 1979, headquartered in New Malden, Surrey, with consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council. CSW monitors restrictions on freedom of religion or belief globally, with country programmes covering Cuba, China, India, Nigeria, Eritrea and dozens of others, publishing case work on individual prisoners of conscience and engaging directly with foreign ministries and parliaments.

On Wednesday 13 May 2026 in Brussels, CSW formed part of the four-organisation Coalition that handed the Acuerdo de Liberación to EU Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren, alongside the Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos, Cuba Decide and the Alianza de Cristianos de Cuba. The Acuerdo demands EU asset freezes on named Cuban officials, restrictive measures under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, and a victims' compensation fund.

CSW's institutional standing in Brussels and its Westminster track record give the 13 May handover credibility weight that purely diaspora organisations lack on their own. CSW's prior Cuba advocacy includes case work on prisoners of conscience like Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Osorbo, whose continued detention and the 13 March 2026 prisoner-release announcement (later assessed by Amnesty International as containing zero prisoners of conscience) form part of the Acuerdo's evidentiary base.