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International Headlines
USCIRF releases 2024 Annual Report with new recommendations for U.S. policy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UN Special Rapporteur advises law graduates to keep the pursuit of justice at the center of their lives
(Eleanor Lambert, The Daily Universe - BYU)
Australia: Christian schools in Australia are under attack
(Stephen McAlpine, Premier Christianity)
Australia: March on religious freedom
(Kojo Akomeah, Adventist Record)
Australia: Church liability for clergy abuse
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Religion & Global Affairs Newsletter - 29 April 2024
(Knox Thames)
Afghanistan: A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
(Associated Press)
Democratic Republic of Congo: After his comments deemed "seditious": Cardinal Ambongo targeted by a prosecutor's investigation
(Dido Nsapu, Digital Congo)
Climate change and small island developing states
(Arthur Lyon Dahl, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
South Africa: Bishops decry state of targeted killings of clergy as another priest is gunned down in Pretoria
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
China: Uyghur spy turns to religion and lands in Xinjiang prison
(Shohret Hoshur, Radio Free Asia)
Canada: Leave to appeal filed at the Supreme Court of Canada on Bill 21 case
(Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
Mexican Baptists in Hidalgo forced from homes
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)
Indian court ensures tribal Christian gets proper burial
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Kenya: Amid ongoing government probe, a Christian university fights for its identity
(Tom Osanjo, Religion Unplugged)
Brazil: Cleric highlights Islam's commitment to human rights protection
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Indonesia: Ministry of Religion says isbat session is needed to determine Islamic calendar deliberately
(VOI)
Europe Headlines
Cap lifted on faith school places in England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – April
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK's Prevent strategy linked to rights abuses in Indonesia
(Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye)
Navigating housing rights, education and religious freedom: Ghaoui
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tories want Zelensky to protect religious freedom in Ukraine
(David Williamson, Express)
Ukraine: Two new conscientious objector jail terms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
France, the new law to fight against “sectarian abuses” in the field of health, subject to the control of the Constitutional Council
(The European Times)
Is European democracy too immature to address freedom of religion or belief?
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Backwards steps on the enjoyment of rights – a matter of state intervention or of interference? Retrogressive measures before the European Court of Human Rights.
(Marion Sandner, Strasbourg Observers)
Azerbaijan named among religious freedom violators by religious liberty watchdog
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Warsaw synagogue attacked at night with 3 firebombs, no injuries reported
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest April 16-30
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: A court sentenced the candidate for membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir
(SOVA, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
United States Headlines
House passes antisemitism bill with broad bipartisan support amid campus arrests
(Summer Concepcion, Megan Lebowitz and Rebecca Kaplan, NBC News)
An Ohio pastor says he’s facing new pressure to end his 24-hour homelessness ministry
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
At ‘Seder in the Streets,’ protesters in Brooklyn denounce US support to Israel
(Fiona André, Religion News Service)
South Asian groups work to break cultural, religious stigmas around domestic violence
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
Arizona pro-Palestinian protesters sue, argue authorities violated their religious freedom
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
After USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus
(Jacob Gurvis, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
CAIR calls on U.S. House to reject ‘one-sided, dishonest’ antisemitism proposals, stop ignoring anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Biden Administration rule threatens religious liberty for thousands of students
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)
75 Christian leaders urge president, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Accommodating teacher's anti-transgender beliefs created undue hardship for school under Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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