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Events Headlines
EVENT, 23-25 April 2024: Oceania Perspectives on Human Dignity (Laie, Hawaii, USA)
(Brigham Young University – Hawaii, The Human Dignity Initiative)
ONLINE COURSE, 25 April - 16 May 2024: Religions, Beliefs, and Human Rights: A Faith for Rights Approach (Instructor-Led)
(The United States Institute of Peace)
EVENT, 18 April 2024 (1PM - 6PM PDT): Finding Common Ground: Protecting Freedom of Religion and Human Dignity (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
(Las Vegas Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)
EVENT, 18 April 2024 (6PM EDT): 3rd Annual Freedom of Religion Roundtable (Kennesaw, GA, USA)
(Paul Murray, Hannah Clayson Smith, Barry Loudermilk, David Wilkerson, Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, Kemal Korucu, John H. Vaughn)
EVENT, 12 April 2024 (12PM PDT): 20th Annual Orange County Religion and the Law Symposium (Orange, CA, USA)
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
EVENT, 10 April 2024 (7:30AM - 5PM CDT): 11th Annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day: What Good is Religion in the 21st Century? (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
EVENT, 8 April 2024 (8:30AM - 4:30PM MDT): War, Diplomacy, and the Human Rights Dialogue: New Approaches for Latter-day Saint Professionals (Provo, UT, USA)
(Camille M Johnson, Paul Perrin, Brett Scharffs, Bill and April Bollard, Michael Frandsen, Lyn Burningham, Rachel Miner, Elizabeta Kitanovic, Medlir Mema, Shadman Bashir, Eric Jensen, James Patton, BYU Kennedy Center)
International Headlines
Sri Lanka beefs up security at churches ahead of Good Friday
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
As Easter approaches, Christian persecution is on the rise
(Anthony D. Andreassi, Newsweek)
The Language Games of Canon Law: Strategic Ambiguity Between Law and Religion
(Judith Hahn, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
UN called to respond to sharia violence against women
(Raymond Ibrahim, Coptic Solidarity)
Iran: Christian convert baptised in Malaysia given prison sentence on return to Iran
(Article 18)
Malaysian convenience store owners charged over ‘Allah’ socks that angered Muslims
(Associated Press)
Kyrgyzstan: two Muslim men jailed for mosque closure protest
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Togo: Catholic bishops in Togo urge nation's president to postpone new Constitution
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Indonesia: Communion of Churches in Indonesia condemns torture of civilians in Papua
(World Council of Churches)
Sudan: SAF-affiliated Islamist militia detonates explosives inside mosque
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Australia: Faith groups warn Albanese a deal with Greens on religious discrimination would be a 'betrayal'
(Stephanie Borys, ABC News Australia)
Gambia: Religious intolerance: Recipe for instability
(D M. Badjie, The Point)
Religious freedom or animal welfare (Spanish)
(Peter Singer, Clarín)
Legal Journal Number 5 (19): January (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Brazil: Law that requires Bibles in municipal libraries in Sorocaba is unconstitutional, decides OE (Portuguese)
(TJ-SP)
Brazil: The impact of the PEC [Bill] of Churches will be “billions” of reais, says Crivella (Portuguese)
(Fabricio Julião, Poder 360)
Europe Headlines
Russia, Jehovah’s Witness Tatyana Piskareva, 67, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of forced labor
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)
Russian forces close more Catholic churches in Ukraine
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Russia: Islamic State: From religiously motivated hatred of ‘infidels’ to terrorism
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russian militants sealed UGCC churches in Donetsk
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
The regional government of Catalonia imposes a heavy fine for criticism of Islam
(Counting Stars)
Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway
(Associated Press)
Germany player Rüdiger takes legal steps after Ramadan greeting prompts accusation of terror support
(Associated Press)
President held a joint iftar with representatives of the Muslim community of Ukraine and awarded Ukrainian Muslim warriors
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
CEC contributes reflections on war in Ukraine
(Conference of European Churches)
Italian school closes to ‘celebrate’ Ramadan, while another prevents Easter blessing
(Catholic Herald)
Wa Baile v Switzerland: An implicit acknowledgment of racial profiling as structural discrimination
(Nozizwe Dube, Strasbourg Observers)
Christians: Persecution (Volume 837: debated on Monday 25 March 2024)
(UK Parliament)
Catholic group calls on UK’s COVID-19 inquiry to look at impact on faith groups
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A new hate-crime law in Scotland causes widespread concern
(The Economist)
Family Mediators and Family Mediation: When Norms Collide
(Samia Bano and Lisa Webley, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Criminal damage and conscience: AG’s Reference No.1
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
United States Headlines
Justice Department seeks court order to stop California Department of Corrections from requiring correctional officers to violate religious beliefs
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Woman who set fire to Montgomery church gets 8 years in prison
(Associated Press)
Nebraska governor signs bill protecting religious freedom, donor privacy
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Idaho governor signs bill to protect faith-based adoption, foster care
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
California's removal of personal belief exemption from school immunization requirement is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dispute over Satanic club in Tenn. school goes to court
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Interference with contractual relationship created by Jewish marriage contract is not actionable
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Denial of religious exemption from vaccine mandate did not violate Title VII or Constitution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Denial of church's property tax exemption did not violate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Letter to Congress in support of resolution recognizing religious freedom as a fundamental human right, March 22, 2024
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
U.S. funding bill mixed bag on pro-life, biblical gender, religious liberty
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
When parties agree to religious arbitration, arbitrator's religious decision is enforceable
(Eugene Volokh, Reason)
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