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)

Preserving religious cultural heritage: Invoking perspectives on human dignity and the virtues of religious freedom (Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Articles of interest - 30 March 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Middle East

Israeli police say new framework aims to ‘enable freedom of worship’ in Jerusalem (Melanie Lidman, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis (Sarah Ben-Nun, The Jerusalem Post)

Church leaders decry closing of Church of the Holy Sepulchre as “a grave precedent” (World Council of Churches)

Deport then depend on them: Israel’s Ethiopian non-Jewish migrants contradiction (Shmuel Legesse, Times of Israel)

Asia

Despite growing crackdown, independent religious groups defy China’s Communist Party (Daria Impiombato, The Diplomat)

The last lifeline: Christian NGOs bridge gap in India’s post-USAID crisis (Rishabh Jain, Religion Unplugged)

The Americas

Ecumenical delegation to visit Cuba as humanitarian crisis deepens (World Council of Churches)

No Respite: Another Year of Increasing Repression in Nicaragua (English and Spanish) (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Toronto police escort protest past Jewish institutions as Demonstrators Chant ‘All Zionists Are Terrorists’ (Combat Antisemitism Movement)

Canadian House of Commons passes 'hate speech' bill that would remove religious protections (Ryan Foley, Christian Post)

Prime Minister's comment on Holy Sites in Jerusalem (X, Mark Carney)

From ‘The only Jew in the room’ to leading Europe’s Jewish students: Hanna Veiler on identity, antisemitism, and the fight for Jewish visibility (Combat Antisemitism Movement)

Occupied Ukraine: Born in Krasnodon 66 years ago, now ordered expelled (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

European Parliament vote on return policies raises serious concerns about the EU’s commitment to its fundamental values (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Building on Strasbourg: The ECtHR’s gender identity case-law in the CJEU’s Shipova judgment (Türkan Ertuna Lagrand, Strasbourg Observers)

Turkey arrests 17 in latest crackdown on alleged Gülen members (Stockholm Center for Freedom)

Geopolitics at Home: Conflict, Civic Trust, and the Dynamics of Minority Religious Expression in Europe (Tahir Abbas, May Tamimova, Paul Wabnitz & Irene Trebeschi, The Review of Faith and International Affairs)

Czech Parliament reaffirms commitment to the Tibetan cause with re-establishment of Tibet Support Group (Central Tibetan Administration)

Europe slams Israel over death penalty bill and freedom of religion (Ferdinand Knapp, Politico)

France: Six-month suspended sentence for an abbot on charges of ‘psychological subjection’ (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

CEC congratulates EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (Conference of European Churches)

Charedi challenge to the scope of the Universal Infant Free School Meals Scheme: CKS (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Zelensky: Ukraine is ready for Easter ceasefire (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Spanish bishops and government sign deal for compensation of church sexual abuse victims (Suman Naishadham, Associated Press)

Entity of Particular Concern - report (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Nonstate violators of religious freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

U.S. leaders should take note: Miami pays the cost of Cuba’s religious repression (Teo Babun, Miami Herald)

Invoking faith in wartime, Pete Hegseth breaks norms and worries critics (Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)