Kelsey Zorzi
DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR GLOBAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Kelsey Zorzi serves as Director of Advocacy for Global Religious Freedom with ADF International. She leads efforts to address and counter global persecution against Christians and other religious minorities.
Kelsey Zorzi serves as Director of Advocacy for Global Religious Freedom with ADF International. She leads efforts to address and counter global persecution against Christians and other religious minorities. Based in Washington, D.C., Zorzi engages with a multinational network of attorneys, government officials, and international bodies to coordinate efforts aimed at challenging legal barriers to religious freedom and reasserting religious freedom as foundational to the international human rights framework. In 2018, she was elected president of the United Nations’ NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Zorzi earned her J.D. at the George Washington University Law School, where she participated in the GW-Oxford International Human Rights Law Program. Her work has appeared in several publications, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and Real Clear Politics.
She is admitted to the state bars in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Christian convert and pastor Youssef Ourahmane shared the story of his arrest, conviction, and court appeals for “illegal worship” this week in Washington, DC, and
Egyptian Christian who has been denied an ID card that correctly stated his religious affiliation for over 10 years wins case allowing him to engage in Christian activities.
Authorities in Türkiye ignored several requests from the Diyarbakir Protestant Church Foundation to use new land for a worship center; Foundation then brought legal challenge, which was struck down by court.
Court in Türkiye issues decision supporting the government on cases banning foreign Christian workers from the country under “N-82” codes designating them “risks to national security”
Two Christian Egyptian men arrested, held without trial for over two years, for answering theological questions on Facebook.
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Nigerian Sufi musician, is challenging blasphemy laws, under which he was previously sentenced to death, at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
