EVENT, 30 March 2026 (7PM CT): The Good City Speaker Series: Utah Governor Spencer Cox (University Park, Texas, USA) (DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 14 April 2026: Multi-faith presentation and breakfast (Des Moines, IA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, Iowa Religious Freedom Day)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 April 2026: How Society Cares for the Dead - A Matter of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Dignity (missio Aachen, Justitia et Pax, Renovabis)

EVENT, 16 April 2026 (12-4:30 PM MDT): 3rd Annual Bridging Religious Divides Symposium: Disrupting the Cycle of Genocide. Prevention in Practice (Salt Lake City, UT, USA) (Bellwether International and Utah Global Diplomacy)

EVENT, 16 April 2026: America 250: Cradle of Religious Freedom (Denver, CO, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Colorado State Capitol)

EVENT, 21-23 April 2026: Religion & Human Flourishing: Building Pathways to Peaceful Societies in South Asia (Laie, Hawaii, USA) (Religious Freedom & Human Dignity Initiative at BYU–Hawaii)

EVENT, 30 April 2026: 5th Annual Freedom of Religion Roundtable (Kennesaw, GA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Freedom of Religion Roundtable)

EVENT, 7-8 May 2026: FORB and the European Union (Leuven, Belgium) (Institute for the Study of Freedom of Religion or Belief, ETF Leuven)

EVENT, 20 May 2026: Strengthening Religious Freedom Through Civil Dialogue (Chattanooga, TN, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum, Chattanooga Faith Forum)

EVENT, 17-20 May 2026: 13th Annual Conference on Law and Religion in Africa – Theme: Law, Religion, and Youth (Kigali, Rwanda) (The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

EVENT, 16 June 2026: Religious Freedom Annual Review: The USA at 250: Life, Religious Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Provo, Utah, USA) (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Volume 24, Issue 1 (2026) (Institute for Global Engagement, Routledge)

Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in the AI age (Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Middle East

ACN helps shape new report on Religious Freedom in Iraq (Aid to the Church in Need)

UN Syria Commission releases report on July massacres and other grave violations committed in Suwayda and calls for expanded accountability measures (United Nations Human Rights Council)

1000+ Diaspora leaders call for action against ‘Jewish-extremist terror in the West Bank’ (Philissa Cramer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Yemeni government condemns Houthis’ displacement of students from a mosque in Ibb (Yemen Monitor)

Africa

Pan-African leaders convene in Geneva to advance strategies for justice and transformation (World Council of Churches)

“We will not be silent”: Catholic Bishops on “degrading security, humanitarian situation” in DR Congo (Jude Atemanke, ACI Africa)

Islamists in Sudan: are they all Muslim Brotherhood? (Ismail Sati, Sudan Horizon)

CRL advances Section 22 process despite ongoing legal challenges (Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA))

Latin America

Many Latin Americans – especially Protestants – see a role for religion in national leadership, identity and laws (Pew Research Center)

China

Chinese priests, nuns study Xi Jinping’s vision for religion (Union of Catholic Asian News)

China criticises Czech Republic over Senate resolution on Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Australia

Australia’s post-Bondi crackdown accused of targeting pro-Palestinian voices (Ali MC, Al Jazeera)

Räsänen "shocked" by Supreme Court hate speech conviction (YLE News)

The ruling against Päivi Räsänen “lowers the threshold for criminalising peaceful expression”, say European evangelicals (Evangelical Focus)

Finnish MP convicted for saying homosexuality is ‘developmental disorder’ (Miranda Bryant, The Guardian)

Mairead McGuinness appointed EU’s special envoy on religious freedom (Cormac McQuinn, Irish Times)

Will other Western economies follow Europe on religious slaughter? (Muhammad Ali Bandial, Salaam Gateway)

Europe’s FoRB envoys: Few posts, many offices (The European Times)

Jewish leaders join 700+ faith figures urging rethink on refugee family reunion curbs (Annabel Sinclair, Jewish News)

‘Policing thought’: French bill to fight antisemitism accused of silencing Israel critics (Tassa Adidi, Middle East Eye)

Report of the personal representatives of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on the country visit to France: Ambassador Evren Dağdelen Akgün, Rabbi Andrew Baker, and Professor Wolfgang Palaver (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

‘Barbaric’ – Spain’s bishops condemn the euthanasia of Noelia Castillo (Fionn Shiner, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Conscience & Liberty 2026: Toledo hosts landmark conference on religious freedom at a pivotal moment for human rights (Seventh-day Adventist Church)

Comment on Päivi Räsänen (X, U.S. Embassy Finland)

Hegseth announces reforms to Chaplain Corps (Matthew Olay, war.gov)

NYC Council approves ‘buffer zone’ legislation insulating houses of worship from protests (Grace Gilson, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Political Islamophobia is back (Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

American politicians talk about persecuted Christians abroad – but here’s what happens when those Christians migrate to the US (Candace Lukasik, The Daily Sentinel)

SCOTUS delivers major win for a Christian preacher and the Constitution (Ismail Royer, Religion Unplugged)

Survey: Support for Trump’s immigration agenda craters with all faith groups, especially mainline Protestants (Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)