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Wednesday, 21 December 2022

Vietnam: HCM City leader congratulates local Catholics
(Vietnam Plus)

Holocaust survivors share message of hope during Hanukkah
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)

Far-right coalition in Israel sparks furor over education and values
(Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor)

Who’s who in Israel’s new far-right government, and why it matters
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

At the lighting of the Christmas tree at Jaffa Square, prayers lifted up for hope and reconciliation
(World Council of Churches)

Signs invited Jews to visit the Temple Mount. Why Israel’s chief rabbi forbade them.
(Avi Shafran, Religion News Service)

Russia: Refusing to "carry out orders aimed at destruction and utter defeat of living people"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Syria Yazidi cemetery vandalised on religious festival
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

CEC and WCC denounce blockade of ethnic Armenian region
(Conference of European Churches)

How faith actors are preventing food loss in Rwanda
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Christians from Myanmar celebrate passage of US BURMA Act
(Isabella Meibauer, Religion Unplugged)

‘My heart is bleeding’: Afghan women devastated by university ban
(Ruchi Kumar, Al Jazeera)

Indian tribal Christians protest social boycott, violence
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Dalai Lama says India respects all religions, asks youths to maintain secular tradition
(Deccan Herald)

Indian Church against rollback of scholarships for minorities
(Michael Gonsalves, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Korean inter-faith group pays tribute to Halloween victims
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Canada: Interest-free, but not without charges: Islamic mortgages hit the Canadian housing market
(Anis Heydari, CBC News)

Nearly 1,000 faith leaders call for Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine
(Kathryn Post, The Washington Post)

Pope meets with wife and son of Ukrainian prisoner of war
(Vatican News)

Occupied Ukraine: One Berdyansk pastor and two priests in Russian detention
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Will Ukraine’s threatened ban on Russia-linked churches violate religious freedom?
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)

Kenya: Duale blames 'religious hypocrisy' for rising extremism
(Bruhan Makong, All Africa)

Brazil: Lula has already backed down and can guarantee space for religious entities from the Bolsonarist base, says analyst (Portuguese)
(Ana Livia Esteves, Canal de Voz)

Brazil: Bolsonarist senator proposes creation of evangelical parliamentary front (Portuguese)
(Júlia Portela e Debora Hana Cardoso, Metrópoles)

Monday, 19 December 2022

Interview: Nazila Ghanea on religious freedom and gender equality as non-clashing rights
(Elizabeth A. Clark and Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Nigeria’s death-for-blasphemy laws slammed at European Parliament as musician brings case to Supreme Court
(ADF International)

Qatar: The freedom to live out your faith
(Martin Parsons, The Critic)

PaRD's Annual Forum 2022: More diverse, bigger than ever
(International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD))

How two laws and religion in India are open to same-sex marriage
(Ruth Vanita, The Indian Express)

India dispatch: new Uniform Civil Code bill could be a vehicle for Hindu nationalism
(Jurist)

Christmas means trouble for Christians in India
(Joseph D'Souza, The Christian Post)

Russia: No legal provision for alternative civilian service during mobilisation
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Battles over 'Holy Rus' – Centuries of history behind the bitter Orthodox schism in Ukraine
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Russia: Religious freedom and issues – Bimonthly Digest (01–15.12.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Religious conscientious objectors and the war in Ukraine
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Conscientious objection and the war, a major court decision
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

4 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison in Russia
(Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 19 December 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

B.C. Court of Appeal sides with provincial health officer over COVID-19 restrictions on churches
(Jason Proctor · CBC News, CBC News)

British Columbia's COVID restrictions on worship services upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ukraine’s silent night: Russia’s attacks on religious sites are war crimes
(Rehman Chishti and Knox Thames, Kyiv Post)

Togolese young people of all faiths working for peace
(Charles Ayetan, La Croix International)

Throwing darts: Indonesian call for religious reform challenges Muslim autocracy – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)

Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim wins motion of confidence in parliament
(Al Jazeera)

Two weeks in review, 5 December – 18 December
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

China: Religion and persecution issues – FORB newsletter Dec. 1-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Chinese Christians compelled to honor deceased CCP leader Jiang Zemin
(Zhang Chunhua, Bitter Winter)

UN removes Iran from women's rights body over protest crackdown
(France 24)

WCC, Conference of European Churches denounce blockade of ethnic Armenian region
(World Council of Churches)

Iraq: Decisive victory against Daesh made trying its elements possible: Ayatollah Sistani
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Pig heads, pork barbecues: Islamophobic attacks on a mosque under construction in South Korea
(France 24)

On the Historic Conference of African Ulama
(Twitter, Muslim World League)

2nd Conference of Hope focuses on threats to religious freedom and human rights
(Universal Peace Federation)

Bangladesh government arrests Jamaat-e-Islami chief for extremist links
(Shafi Md Mostofa, The Diplomat)

Brazil: Chronicles of a secular state: Pablo Neruda Prize: Religious freedom shines in Curitiba (Portuguese)
(Jean Regina e Thiago Vieira, Gazeta do Povo)

Brazil: With the participation of OAB-SC, the State Statute of Religious Freedom will become Law (Portuguese)
(Assessoria de Comunicação, OAB-SC)

Brazil: Fundamentalism and its political implications in relation to religious intolerance (Portuguese)
(Regina Negreiros, Política por Elas)

Chile: Legal Journal Number 3 (18): December (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Religious syncretism and the inclusion or exclusion of women in peacebuilding in northeast Nigeria
(Olanike S. Adelakun and Adedayo Adelakun, International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF))

Friday, 16 December 2022

In Iraq, focus is on role of religious actors in promoting social cohesion, inclusive citizenship
(World Council of Churches)

Report assessing the impact of sanctions on humanitarian work released in partnership with WCC and ecumenical partners
(World Council of Churches)

Vietnam dismisses US move to put country on religious freedom ‘watch list’
(Radio Free Asia)

Israel’s Religious Zionists gained ground in the November election
(Brendan Szendro, The Washington Post)

Africa’s leaders gather in DC as religious persecution in Nigeria is still being ignored
(Peter Pinedo, ACI Africa)

Fleeing persecution in China: Christian congregation takes refuge in Thailand, hopes for asylum in the US
(Lucille Talusan, CBN News)

Pope returns Greece’s Parthenon Sculptures in ecumenical nod
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Church leaders in Holy Land urge peace as hardline government forms in Israel
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Azerbaijan: Conscientious objector's jail term changed to suspended sentence
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Indonesian ex-minister faces jail for insulting Buddhism
(Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Russia: Three Jehovah’s Witnesses: Guilty, guilty, then acquitted but maybe guilty again
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Ukraine: Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate and their clerics under fire
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

For Mideast Christians, this is not 'the most wonderful time of the year'
(Andrew Bennett and Richard Marceau, National Post)

‘I will not beat other people; I am a Christian’ – Cuba’s new criminal code outlaws freedom of conscience
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Assault in Toronto mosque highlights alarming rise of Islamophobia in Canada
(Middle East Eye)

Canada: B.C. mom loses appeal arguing Indigenous smudging ceremony infringed on children's religious freedom
(Todd Coyne, CTV News)

Canadian court says school demonstration of indigenous rituals did not violate religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pakistan: "Conversion without consent": a plague for Pakistani society
(Agenzia Fides)

Nicaragua orders bishop to remain under house arrest
(Associated Press)

After 50 years, ‘liberation theology’ is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?
(Leo Guardado, The Conversation)

Azerbaijan: Two women fined for religious work with children
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Church becomes "permanent partner" in Colombia peace talks
(Marguerite de Lasa, La Croix International)

Intergenerational perspectives on faith and biodiversity
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

2022 G20 Interfaith Forum contributes to global voices aimed at sustainable existence
(World Council of Churches)

India: Maha decision to collect data on inter-faith couples a retrograde step, shows prejudiced mindset: NCP
(Devdiscourse)

India: Modi government’s stand on ‘right to convert’ is an attack on the freedom of conscience
(SIddharth Varadarajan, The Wire)

Democracy in decline: How BJP has caused India’s fall from freedom
(Amina Fayaz, Brown Political Review)

Vietnam: Authorities destroy Unified Church of Vietnam’s Son Linh Pagoda
(Radio Free Asia)

Iran’s protests intensify calls for Shia clerics to step back from politics
(Atlantic Council)

Targeting culture: The destruction of cultural heritage in conflict
(Nicole Winchester, UK Parliament)

Mexico: PAN politicians decry proposal to ban publicly funded religious displays
(Mexico News Daily)

The destruction of religious sites by Russian forces in Ukraine
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

USCIRF releases new report on Burma
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF releases new report on religious tolerance promotion and religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Monday, 12 December 2022

On International Human Rights Day, WEA calls for recommitment to upholding human rights of all
(World Evangelical Alliance)

A flicker of hope for human rights in South Asia
(Yamini Mishra, Al Jazeera)

This Human Rights Day, answer the Parliament’s call to conscience
(Stephen Avino, Parliament of the World's Religions)

Hong Kong court sentences Jimmy Lai on the U.N. Human Rights Day
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Professor Cole Durham on the G20 Interfaith Forum
(Twitter, Voice of Islam Radio)

Unregistered and unrecognised: the plight of Vietnam’s Duong Van Minh community
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Uganda: Deputy Speaker calls upon gov’t to fund Churches
(Uganda Christian News)

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