VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 May 2026 (9AM EDT): 12th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Bassed Organizations in International Affairs (New York, NY, USA) (International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation)

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

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

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, 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, 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)

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)

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)

Syria says Australia won’t repatriate families from camp for those with alleged ties to IS militants (Abby Sewell, Associated Press)

Africa

Germany raises concern over blasphemy laws, rights violations in Nigeria (Jonathan Nda-Isaiah, Leadership)

Catholic Church congratulates President El- Sisi on Labor Day (Egypt State Information Service)

Asia

An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist (Rob Schmitz, Henry Larson, Adam Raney, Greg Dixon, NPR)

Kashmir seminary declared unlawful under Indian law, sparks outcry (Al Jazeera)

North Korea: New report finds evidence of escalation of executions, including for religious activities (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Costa Rica

Costa Rica president-elect reaffirms role of faith in meeting with Evangelical Alliance (Javier Bolaños, Christian Daily)

UCCRO calls on U.S. Congress to pass "Countering Russia’s War on Faith Act" (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Russia: Anti-war Moscow Buddhist leader convicted again in re-trial (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Hungary needs to ensure religious liberty (Aaron Rhodes and Peter Zoehrer, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Czech court hands 7-year prison term to man over attempted synagogue arson attack (Associated Press)

Misinterpreting court decisions: The Madrid ruling against the Jehovah's Witnesses (Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Council of Europe body underreports anti-Christian attacks, ECLJ says (Chris Eyte, Christian Daily)

Turkish president urges unity, faith amid suffering in Muslim world (Middle East Monitor)

Case dropped against woman charged over anti-abortion protest (BBC)

Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and the abortion debate: R v Skinner (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

2 Jewish men stabbed in London, in attack British PM Keir Starmer calls ‘utterly appalling’ (Philissa Cramer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Answering the call: BYUH students building bridges of peace at 2026 RFHD Conference (Laine Pukahi, BYU–Hawaii News)

King Charles invokes faith, ‘shared values’ as he calls for peace in address to Congress (Kate Scanlon, OSV News)

Unanimous Supreme Court protects religious ministries from state investigations (Becket)

Sikhs celebrate Sacramento law allowing religious blade in City Hall (Sacramento Bee)

The upcoming U.S.-China summit cannot ignore victims of China’s religious freedom repression (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Kentucky attorney general asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow Catholic church to build shrine (McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern)