VIRTUAL EVENT, 1 May 2024 (10AM ET): 2024 Annual Report: Key Findings and Recommendations - 25 Years of IRFA (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

ONLINE COURSE, application deadline 30 April 2024: Religion & Conflict Transformation (swisspeace)

EVENT, 27 April 2024 (9AM - 6PM BST): New Perspectives on Revival & Renewal of the Muslim Civilization (Birkbeck, UK) (Islamic Courses)

WEBINAR, 26 April 2024 (4PM CEST): Strengthening Families: A Cornerstone of Sustainable Societies. Episode 3: Families and Freedom of Religion or Belief (David Dollahite, Marcela Szymanski, William Duncan, Alessandro Calcagno, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sutherland Institute)

HYBRID EVENT, 26 April 2024 (8AM CT): Christian Nationalism and Public Policy in the US (Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy)

EVENT, 23-25 April 2024: Oceania Perspectives on Human Dignity (Laie, Hawaii, USA) (Brigham Young University – Hawaii, The Human Dignity Initiative)

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church (Mark Baker and Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Australia: Is Australian multiculturalism at a crossroads? How terror attacks on faith communities tear the social fabric (Josh Roose, ABC News Australia)

India: Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at an Indian election rally (Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)

Vietnam: CSW joins calls for clear and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of Evangelical Christian (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Peru: Psychologist becomes first person in Peru to die by euthanasia after fighting in court for years (Franklin Briceño, Associated Press)

Launch of Shivdham Kailash Mansarovar Tibet Freedom Association marks global initiative for religious freedom (Fox Story India)

Mozambique: Islamic terrorists increasingly targeting Christians and churches In Mozambique (Cyril Zenda, Religion Unplugged)

Dominica High Court overturns ban on same-sex relations (Alys Davies, BBC)

Mexico asks Church’s help to mediate diplomatic crisis with Ecuador (Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

West Bank tensions – Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman, hundreds storm Al-Aqsa (Palestine Chronicle)

Egypt: Christians attacked following rumours of planned church construction (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Uganda: Pastors, govt clash over proposed religious policy (Mike Sebalu, Monitor)

Brazil's bishops alarmed over growing number of land disputes (Eduardo Campos Lima, OSV News)

Brazil: Exhibition invites the public to reflect on intolerance and religious freedom (Portuguese) (Folha Vitoria)

Brazil: Brazil regulates the slaughter and processing of animals for religious markets (Portuguese) (Agência Brasil, Canal Rural)

Brazil: Religious freedom and everyday life (Portuguese) (Felipe Lemos, Notícias Adventistas)

Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay (Associated Press)

A Russian Orthodox priest who took part in services for Navalny is suspended by the patriarch (Associated Press)

Russia and FECRIS: When a picture is worth a thousand words (Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

After Rwanda: Statement from church leaders (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Religious freedom is back on the agenda (Miles Windsor, The Critic)

Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion Bill backed by Foreign Secretary (Heather Preston, Premier Christian News)

Italy passes contested plan to 'support motherhood' in abortion clinics (Reuters)

The Head of the UGCC: With a heavy heart, we acknowledge the degradation of ecclesiastical life in Russia (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Georgian Muslim Relations and Others v. Georgia – A bleeding pig’s head and other expressions of religious hatred with no police intervention (Cathérine Van de Graaf, Strasbourg Observers)

Dialogue and religious freedom in Portugal (Portuguese) (RTP)

A video of this month’s panel on Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

The Church of the Eagle and the Condor reaches a settlement with federal agencies affirming the religious right to use ayahuasca (Sam Reisman, The Church of the Eagle and the Condor)

Colorado lawmakers pass bill allowing for regalia of cultural and religious significance at graduation (Paolo Zialcita and Tom Hesse, Colorado Public Radio)

Police tangle with students in Texas and California as wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows (Nick Perry and Karen Matthews, Associated Press)

We have come into His house: The Black church, Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E., and the fight to teach Black history (Part I) (Timothy Welbeck, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

FBI’s probe of Catholics: Unfinished business – OpEd (William Donohue, Eurasia Review)

Religious freedom prevails after Christian orgs challenge Virginia 'Values' Act (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Attorney argues religious freedom laws protect Tucson Raytheon protestors from prosecution (Paul Ingram, Tucson Sentinel)

Scott, Huffman, Raskin applaud Biden’s faith-based regulations and champion religious liberty (Bobby Scott, U.S. House of Representatives)