EVENT, 30 August 2026: Festival of Faiths (Indianapolis, IN, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 18 September 2026: Idaho Religious Freedom Summit (Boise, Idaho, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 14 October 2026: Fourth Annual Interfaith Symposium: Faith, Doubt, and the Next Generation (Chicago, IL, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Interfaith Chicago)

EVENT, 15 October 2026: The US Constitution: Where Separation and Unity Meet (Ames, IA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Iowa Religious Freedom Day)

EVENT, 22 October 2026: 9th Annual Summit for Religious Freedom (Dallas, TX, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 1-3 September 2026: 8th ICLARS Biennial Conference: State Neutrality and Cooperation with Religion: Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief without Discrimination (Palermo, Italy) (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

New Zealand and Australia

Religious Diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand: Statement on Religious Diversity (Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission)

Australian MPs condemn China’s Ethnic Unity Law, urge government to put Tibetan survival before China relations (Central Tibetan Administration)

Asia

Filipino interfaith group seeks impartial justice amid Marcos-Duterte rift (Paterno R. Esmaquel II, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Indian state scraps madrasa board, to oversee all minority institutions (Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Self-immolation of Tibetan man outside UN highlights long-standing Chinese repression (Amnesty International)

China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 16-30 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Canada

NCCM condemns "Great Canadian BBQ" (X, National Council of Canadian Muslims)

Kenya

Kenya’s marriage paradox: Polygamy accepted, divorce rejected (Joseph Maina, Religion Unplugged)

Iran

Christians’ sentences of over 70 years upheld by appeals court (Article 18)

Church of England welcomes Government consultation on Religious Education in the National Curriculum (The Church of England)

Patriarch Kirill to Lukashenko: We hope that cooperation between Church and state will continue (Orthodox Times)

Ukraine: The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in the crosshairs of the State (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

COMECE publishes contribution to the future European Security Strategy (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Intestacy, the Forfeiture Act and the right to determine funeral arrangements: Bains (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ukraine: Will delayed promised Law introduce alternative civilian service in wartime? (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Head of DESS meets with UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The dual underpinnings of religious freedom in America’s founding: Our inalienable rights from God and our unparalleled duty to God (David K. Trimble, Religious Freedom Institute)

Why Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission wants to rethink ‘separation of church and state’ (Emma Pitts, Deseret News)

Religious exemption from reproductive health care insurance mandate can't be limited to groups "whose purpose is the inculcation of religious values" (Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Religious liberty in America at 250 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

‘God commands us not to kill’: Faith leaders protest 50 years of executions (Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Chloe Landen, Religion News Service)