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

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

VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 May 2026: Rising Anti-Muslim Hatred: FoRB Violations Against Muslims Abroad (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 7 May 2026: Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in India (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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, 12 May 2026: Brussels Family Policy Exchange & 2026 European Family Values Award (European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sutherland Institute)

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)

New Events

EVENT, 30 April 2026: JRCLS-OC 2026 Annual Religion & the Law Symposium (Orange County, CA, USA) (J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

HYBRID EVENT, 29 May 2026: 12th Annual Law and Religious Freedom Conference (Kansas City, MO, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)

Education and freedom of religion or belief: An essential relationship (James D. Holt, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Integrity in Motion: Regrounding UDHR’s Article 18 through Malik’s ‘Freedom of Becoming’ (Pedro Pallares-Yabur, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Asia

Is Indonesia’s blasphemy law for religious protection or political purpose? (South China Morning Post)

Cambodia protests Thai religious activities at Ta Krabey Temple (Khmer Times)

Vietnam passes revised law on belief and religion (Tran Thuong, Vietnam Net Global)

Calls mount for Laos to end Christian repression (Terry Friel, Union of Catholic Asian News)

UN experts concerned by forced conversion through marriage in Pakistan (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Africa

Algeria’s ongoing barriers to religious freedom (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Religious council rejects sovereignty bill, warns of threats to rights and civic space (Ramson Muhairwe, Nile Post)

ISIS affiliate threatens religious freedom in Mozambique (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The Americas

Threatening email to UCalgary Muslim students sparks safety concerns (Henna Saeed, CityNews)

Claims of freedom of religion or belief in Nicaragua are greatly exaggerated (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Middle East

The urgent imperative for peace in the Middle East and Iran: A multireligious statement (Religions for Peace)

The OIC Participates in the Ninth Meeting of the International Coalition for a Two-State Solution in Brussels (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

Brett G. Scharffs on the evolution of his thinking about Refah Partisi v. Turkey (Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Assisted dying: Proper scrutiny was ‘moral necessity’, says bishop as bill falls (The Church of England)

Evil of antisemitism must be confronted - bishops (The Church of England)

Russia: Anti-war Orthodox journalist's 8-year jail term in absentia (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Lavrov’s latest round of religious attacks underscores Russia’s unchanging military objectives — ISW (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

‘Slander’: Remarks by leader of Spanish far-right party criticised by bishop (Fionn Shiner, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

"We must fight for democracy." (German) (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)

NYC won’t codify a new definition of antisemitism, Mamdani’s antisemitism czar says (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Ecclesial Prison “God Pods”: Inmate Field Ministry and the Abandonment of Religious Neutrality (Michael Hallett, Cambridge University Press)

Balancing Communitarianism and Liberalism: European Court of Human Rights’ Jurisprudence on Religious Conflicts (Maria Moulin-Stozek, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Pope Leo condemns capital punishment amid US execution push (Reuters)

Advancing FoRB through targeted programming (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Suozzi unveils bipartisan SACRED Act to protect houses of worship (Tom Suozzi, U.S. House of Representatives)

Wilson leads bipartisan, bicameral legislation to combat Russia’s attack on religious freedom (Joe Wilson, U.S. House of Representatives)

Apache Stronghold returns to court to halt destruction of Oak Flat (Becket)