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)

WEBINAR, 16 April 2026 (17:00 SA, 15:00 UTC, 16:00 NIG, 18:00 EAT): SACLARS Webinar Series: Law, Religion and Social Justice in Southern Africa (Southern Africa Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

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)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 30 April 2026: Hearing on The Impact of FoRB Violations on Children (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

CALL FOR INPUTS, deadline 1 May 2026: Country Visit to Nigeria (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

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 what makes us human in the age of AI (Center for Humane Technology)

Antisemitic attacks in 2025 caused highest number of deaths in 30 years, study finds (Melanie Lidman, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 13 April 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Asia

Jehovah's Witnesses followers sue Japanese government (Japan Times)

Korean Church Law Association urges withdrawal of "Bill to Prevent Church-State Collusion" (Kim Heeyun, The Asia Business Daily)

Lawmakers seek to perfect legal framework for online religious activities (Vietnam Plus)

Chhattisgarh governor signs freedom of religion bill, introduces strict penalties for illegal conversions (Akashvani)

Anti-conversion Regimes and the Unmaking of Secular India (Ranjan Solomon, Clarion India)

Central Tibetan Administration pays tribute to Tibetan monk Thupten Nyendak, recalls sacrifice for religious freedom (ANI, Lokmat Times)

Africa

Uganda: Alupo reaffirms government commitment to faith-based partnerships in service delivery (Muhamadi Matovu, Nile Post)

Faith, Africa, and the courage to change the narrative (JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Senegal: This Muslim nation is one of the most religiously inclusive in the world (Tamba Jean-Matthew III, Religion Unplugged)

Sisi congratulates Christians, says Egypt will remain a model of coexistence (Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)

U.S. imposes visa ban on Nigerians over religious freedom violations (Mustapha Bature Sallama, Modern Ghana)

Kimbanguism: The church shaping faith and politics in DR Congo (Africa News)

Middle East

Just war, holy war and the crisis of language: What is lost when we lose a moral framework for conflict? - opinion (Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński, ABC News Australia)

Israel is trying to change Jerusalem’s religious identity - opinion (Xavier Abu Eid, Al Jazeera)

From tolerance to hospitality: lessons in interfaith understanding from Oman (Kate Eubanks, Boniak Institute)

Pope says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump attack (Joshua McElwee, Reuters)

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating Putin’s Easter ceasefire (Derek Gatopoulos and Vasilisa Stepanenko, Religion News Service)

Attack on Israeli consulate in Istanbul reflects policies of Erdogan that enabled ISIS (Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor)

Sino-Vatican relations, the two-China question, and religious freedom: a geopolitics of religion analysis (Giovanni Pirozzi, Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internazionali)

Lafarge ex-CEO sentenced to six years in prison for funding jihadists in Syria (Le Monde)

Court strikes down Catholicos Karekin II’s travel ban (Asbarez)

Webinar: New European Bauhaus Lab – Renovation, transformation and renewal of church buildings and religious heritage in the EU (16 April 2026) (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Federal commission holds hearing on religious liberty in U.S. (C-SPAN)

AU denounces ‘Religious Liberty’ Commission’s attacks on church-state separation (Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

Kansas gov. allows bill for protections of religious assemblies to become law without her signature (Matthew Self, KSNT News)

In criticizing Leo and posting image of himself resembling Jesus, Trump sparks outcry from religious allies (Jack Jenkins and Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

Trump deletes social media post depicting him as Jesus but refuses to apologize amid tension with pope (Adam Cancryn, CNN)