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WEBINARIO, 12 de julio de 2022 (UTC-6) - Libertad religiosa en el caso Pavez vs. Chile; enseñanzas y desafíos (Religious Freedom in the case Pavez vs. Chile: Teachings and challenges)
(Juan Navarro Floria, Gary Doxey, Soledad Bertelsen, Tomás Henríquez, Consorcio Latinoamericano de Libertad Religiosa)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 6 July 2022 (2PM in London): State Responsibility for the Yazidi Genocide
(The Yazidi Justice Committee)
EVENT, 5-6 July 2022: International Ministerial Conference 2022
(UK FoRB Forum)
EVENT, 5 July 2022 (11:30AM in London): Freedom to Worship for All Algerians
(Jubilee Campaign)
EVENT, 3-6 July 2022: 2022 International Ministerial Fringe Conferences on Preventing Violence, Promoting Freedom of Belief
SEMINAR, 1-4 July 2022: Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar: United Kingdom
(RFI's Center for Religious Freedom Education, Cumberland Lodge, and the Religious Liberty Initiative of Notre Dame University Law School)
EVENT, 28-30 June 2022: IRF Summit 2022 (Washington, DC)
(IRF Summit)
WEBINAR, 29 June 2022 (2:30PM ET): The Impact of War on Religious Freedom
(Bruderhof)
International Headlines
Qatar: USCIRF releases new report on Qatar
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Canada: 2-year Uighur resettlement plan must include releasing prisoners of conscience
(Justice For All Canada)
Canadian Hindu leader says he supports killings of Muslims, Sikhs in India
(The New Arab)
Pakistan: Death sentence upheld for two Christians in Pakistan
(International Christian Concern)
Pakistan: Religious Freedom & Business films make headlines in Pakistan
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Vatican to start monthly newspaper by and with the poor
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 27 June 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mexico: Explainer: What led to priests being killed in Mexico?
(Mark Stevenson, Associated Press)
Cameroon: Archbishop says peace a prerequisite for justice in Cameroon
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indonesia criminal code update risks backsliding on freedoms
(Eva Kusuma Sundari, The Diplomat)
Indonesia's Islamic school helping people with psychological disorders and addiction
(Andreas Pamungkas and Yusuf Pamuncak, Deutsche Welle)
Restricting public worship during covid: The response of courts across the globe
(Mark Movsesian, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Saudi religious soft power diplomacy eyes Washington and Jerusalem first and foremost – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
UN, world leaders condemn US Supreme Court ruling on abortion
(Al Jazeera)
India: Christians condemn article defaming India's first layman saint
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s resolution about the alleged mistreatment of minorities in India
(Priyali Prakash, The Hindu)
Asian Catholics urged to tackle deforestation before it's too late
(Fabian Antony, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks call for new constitution
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Bangladesh Church kept away from drafting education policy
(Stephan Uttom Rozario, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Dahmash Mosque faces Judaisation risk
(Middle East Monitor)
Risks of Muslim genocide: MEMO in conversation with Dr Gregory Stanton
(Middle East Monitor)
Nigeria: Church plan to mobilize voter registration ahead of 2023 election
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
African faiths launch climate change justice network
(World Council of Churches)
Countries with bad record on persecution request to attend UK religious freedom summit
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier Christian News)
Australia: ACT discrimination law reforms narrow religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Europe Headlines
Oslo shooting: Norway attack being treated as Islamist terrorism, police say
(BBC News)
Ukraine: Four churches in areas now under Russian control harassed by officials
(Eric Foley, Do the World)
Ukrainian govt refuses to cancel lease with Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Church of England: territorial integrity of Ukraine is indisputable
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian Council of Churches: the Istanbul Convention was ratified in a rush without the public discussion promised
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Overheard: Russian ambassador talks Ukraine war and ‘Jewish guys’ at Cafe Milano
(Daniel Lippman, Politico)
CEC Summer School focuses on security, artificial Intelligence and human rights
(Conference of European Churches)
CEC Annual Report 2021: Churches Together for Hope
(Conference of European Churches)
Italian nun slain in Haiti is hailed by pope as martyr
(Associated Press)
Portugal: Porto Jewish community calls Portugal’s criminal probe into its actions ‘Holocaust against families’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
July Synod: plans for “net zero carbon” by 2030
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Flags and flagpoles: consistory court considerations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 26th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Kosher food in Belfast ‘limited’ but no one is ‘starving’, says community leader
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
West Yorkshire Combined Authority adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Russian diplomats continue to help Moscow Patriarchate get backing of ancient but small Orthodox Patriarchates
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Patriarch Kirill urges not to doubt the correctness of Russian way
(Interfax-Religion)
Auschwitz Museum says it’s a target of Russian propaganda
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
France in Focus (on laicite)
(Al Jazeera)
Belgium: State and religion in Belgium: the slap of the European Court
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
WCC shares greetings with World Student Christian Federation General Assembly
(World Council of Churches)
FoRB Conference will help champions of religious freedom to build a coalition
(Lianne Kolirin, Religion Media Centre)
Turkey: Arrests in Istanbul as LGBTQ marchers try to defy Pride ban
(Associated Press)
Turkey: Islam and Friday prayers in Turkish prisons: Abdullah Yalçın
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
United States Headlines
Opinion: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (PDF)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
‘A revolutionary ruling – and not just for abortion’: A Supreme Court scholar explains the impact of Dobbs
(Morgan Marietta, The Conversation)
Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision
(Linda C. McClain and Nicole Huberfeld, The Conversation)
America’s religious communities are divided over the issue of abortion: 5 essential reads
(Kalpana Jain, The Conversation)
Supreme Court overturns Roe, upends 50 years of abortion rights: 5 essential reads on what happens next
(Matt Williams, The Conversation)
For the religious right, a victory 50 years in the making
(Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Flash panel: Understanding Dobbs: Imagining a post-Roe world
(YouTube Video, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture)
After Roe’s demise, clergy lead faithful in praise, laments
(Holly Meyer and David Crary, Associated Press)
Roe v. Wade ends: Latter-day Saint leaders urge members ‘to protect life and to preserve religious liberty’
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
The End of Roe: A test for American democracy
(Commonweal)
Pondering the temptation to power in wake of historic Roe v. Wade ruling
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Abortion bans trample on the religious freedom of Muslims, too
(Asifa Quraishi-Landes, San Francisco Chronicle)
What 6 American religious subgroups think about abortion
(Myrian Garcia, Religion Unplugged)
With charity and firmness: On the overturning of Roe
(R.J. Snell, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Black churches have mixed reactions as the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
What comes after Roe
(Gerard V. Bradley, First Things)
Court packing threats intensify in the wake of recent Supreme Court decisions
(t, First Liberty)
Churches can lead the way in teaching and example as Roe reversed in Dobbs
(Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
How to talk to your church about the Dobbs Supreme Court decision
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Humanists condemn anti-abortion Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
(American Humanist Association)
Supreme Court overturns abortion rights; Americans United readying religious freedom litigation
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
From Rabbi Michael Simon (Temple Beth Kodesh) on abortion, Judaism, and religious exemptions
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
USCCB statement on U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
They cite the same Bible and evoke the same Jesus. But these two Christians are on opposite sides of the abortion debate
(John Blake, CNN)
Around the web - 27 June 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Supreme Court ruling proves once again that religion and education are inseparable
(Auguste Meyrat, The Federalist)
Split appeals court advances transfer of sacred Apache site to copper miners
(Barbara Grzincic, Reuters)
Federal appeals court greenlights destruction of native sacred land
(Becket)
Gen Z and trends in religious faith and practice: Looking at 2021 and beyond
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)
Religious schools may face another hurdle to state tuition
(David Sharp, Associated Press)
Another challenge to school district's vaccine mandate fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Department of Interior report includes role of religious institutions in Indian Boarding School policies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th Circuit denies preliminary injunction to doctor fired for refusing vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Employees' religious objections to apron logo may support Title VII claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Perspective: The Carson v. Makin decision won’t increase religious strife. It will reduce it
(Ilya Somin, Deseret News)
Why were these churches raided by the FBI?
(Collin Leonard, Deseret News)
Protecting religious freedom within medicine
(Eric Patterson, World)
Power imbalances and abuse dynamics in Christian conciliation
(Daniel Teater, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Barr: Public schools are now so hostile to Christians, they’re unconstitutional
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
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