Current Events
UN Human Rights Council approves proposal for limits on religious speech
Last week 23 of the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution urging member states to provide “protection against…
Current Events
Religious Persecution on the Horn of Africa (American Spectator)
Somalia continues to implode, as Islamists gain increasing control over what remains of the impoverished, conflict-ridden nation. But…
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Economics, Faith, and Politics – European Churches call on EU Parliament to adopt ‘work-free Sunday’ declaration
The Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), COMECE (the Bishops Conference of the European Community), and the Church of…
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US Says Kyrgyz Law Would Restrict Religious Freedom (VOA News)
U.S. lawmakers are urging Kyrgyzstan's president not to sign legislation they say will severely restrict religious freedom in…
Current Events
Burma launches new crackdown on religious groups
EXCERPT: Burma's military junta has begun a new round of anti-Christian campaigning, pro-democracy activists have claimed. On Jan…
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Human Rights Nightmare: Indian mafia gangs are deliberately crippling children for profit (DailyMail.co.uk)
EXCERPT: Now in hiding after being rescued from the hospital by a charity, Aamir is one of hundreds…
Civil Rights
Workplace Religious Accommodation: Man Refuses to Drive ‘No God’ Bus (BBC)
A Christian bus driver has refused to drive a bus with an atheist slogan proclaiming "There's probably no…
Current Events
Barack Obama on Religious Tolerance and Persecution
Obama: Over time, what we are doing is setting up new norms and creating a universal principle that…
Current Events
RITSEMA: Tracking Pat Robertson’s Shift to the Left
OPINION - Pat Robertson, one of those Christian spokesmen that makes Christians cringe every time he opens his…
Current Events
New law in Russia ends jury trials for ‘crimes against state’ (LA Times)
Reporting from Moscow -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paused in the last, quiet hours of a dying year…