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Events Headlines
EVENT, 14 June 2026: Flag Day Fireside: Discussion on the Blessings of Religious Liberty (Nashua, New Hampshire, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)
EVENT, 15 June 2026: RFAC Dinner (Provo, Utah, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)
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)
EVENT, 30 August 2026: Festival of Faiths (Indianapolis, IN, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)
International Headlines
WCC, Caritas, World Vision issue open letter against hunger
(World Council of Churches)
Africa
Nigerian court sentences 4 men to death for killing worshippers in 2022 Catholic church attack
(Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press)
How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin
(Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press)
Asia
Bangladesh church bombing: 25 years on, Catholic victims still await justice
(Stephan Uttom Rozario, EWTN News)
18 Beijing church leaders detained without trial in China
(Gao Zhensai, Religion Unplugged)
Selangor clarifies review of worship guidelines not meant to restrict religions
(New Straits Times)
A grave new threat to religious freedom in India
(Michael Nazir-Ali, Catholic Herald)
The Americas
Canada’s new council to tackle antisemitism divides Jewish groups
(Shira Li Bartov, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
State of religious freedom in Nicaragua: An analysis of the violent incidents database
(Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Faith-based groups submit OECD complaint concerning HSBC financing linked to Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
(World Council of Churches)
Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen submits testimony before Canadian Senate Human Rights Committee on C-9 “Hate Speech” Bill
(ADF International)
Middle East
The status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque is deteriorating
(Daoud Kuttab, Religion News Service)
Iran: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest May 2026
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Europe Headlines
Austria: Hate speech, state bias, and the power of registration
(Peter Zoehrer, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
COMECE contributes to EU public consultation on the revision of the Audiovisual media services directive
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Russia: Literature confiscation, destruction, fines for lack of full official name
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
As Europe’s populist right rises, so do clashes with Catholic bishops
(Fionn Shiner, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholics hope Pope Leo’s visit to Europe’s migration hot spots will ease political tensions
(Giovanna Dell'Orto and Renata Brito, Associated Press)
Dutch court allows rapper Ye concerts in the Netherlands
(Molly Quell, Associated Press)
European Court says Serbia's ban on pro-Falun Gong demonstrations violated right to peaceably assemble
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikh MPs say Nowak murder was not about their religion
(Joshua Nevett, BBC)
Lord Mann review of antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS and healthcare regulatory system
(Department of Health & Social Care, GOV.UK)
Law Commission final report on new funerary methods
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
United States Headlines
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