Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Case involving organization of Jehovah's Witnesses group being investigated in Moscow Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbekistan: police agent provocateur used to entrap Muslims
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
From disillusioned Muslim to Christian Arab Zionist
(Rami Dabbas, The Algemeiner)
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Afghan official: Kabul mosque bombed, 2 dead, 2 wounded
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Desperate Christians trading faith for food in corona crisis - human rights lawyer
(Christian Today)
New Zealand churches reopen as coronavirus restrictions ease
(Tracey Bridcutt, Adventist News Network)
Arrests in Ivory Coast after girl dies following an 'exorcism'
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Supreme Court says Druze immigrant can appeal factual findings under Convention Against Torture
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court rules immigrants who fear torture can appeal deportations in court
(Harper Neidig, The Hill)
Why U.S. leadership matters for the global defense, protection and promotion of human rights
(Harold Hongju Koh, The Foreign Service Journal)
Indonesia cancels hajj pilgrimage due to coronavirus
(Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)
What Turkey did to its Christians: ‘The thirty-year genocide’
(Gabriel Said Reynolds, Commonweal)
After recovering from COVID-19, African cardinal calls for debt relief for continent
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop urges UK to act to protect Hong Kong democracy agreement
(Simon Caldwell, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Buhari relaxes restrictions on churches, mosques, banks, hotels
(This Day)
Historical and religious connections between Pakistan and Afghanistan – OpEd
(Awais Ahmed, Eurasia Review)
Adhere to government protocols on covid-19—religious leader to Ghanaians
(Beyonce Diamond Kpogli, Modern Ghana)
European Parliament condemns Algeria’s oppression of Christians
(Yahia Hatim, Morocco World News)
Shincheonji and coronavirus in South Korea: Sorting fact from fiction: A White Paper
(Massimo Introvigne, Willy Fautré, Rosita Šorytė, Alessandro Amicarelli, Marco Respinti, Human Rights Without Frontiers International, Center for Studies on New Religions)
There are few gatherings more appropriate to Pentecost than protest
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)
Trump Signs an Executive Order to Promote International Religious Freedom
(Emel Akan, NTD News)
An outbreak of Coronavirus at women's monastery of UOC-MP in Kyiv
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Monday, 1 June 2020
Articles of interest- 1 June 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil promote religious liberty amid pandemic conditions
(Fernando Torres, Adventist News Network)
48 state-run churches shut down in one county in two weeks
(Tang Zhe, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Vatican denounces rising anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe
(Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart News)
The new normal: back to church in Papua New Guinea
(Willie Kunsei, Adventist News Network)
Amid mounting protests in the US, Pope Francis calls for unity in diversity
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Guidance released on NSW COVID-19 laws and churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The US report on religious freedom in India calls for reflection
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)
Taiwan court strikes down law criminalizing adultery
(Amy Qin, The New York Times)
Religious responses to domestic abuse during the covid-19 pandemic
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs | World Faiths Development Dialogue)
Missionary says ‘one nation, two systems’ sets up Hong Kong for a fall
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pandemic creates problems for Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Latin America’s pandemic highlights best and worst of church-state relations
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Old religious quarrels return as covid-19 lockdowns ease
(The Economist)
Post-Soviet immigration strengthens Kazakhstan’s Jewish community
(Khaya Himmelman, Eurasianet)
Web series producer booked for hurting religious sentiments on BJP spokesperson's complaint
(Sahaya Novinston Lobo, The New Indian Express)
Sunday, 31 May 2020
Berkley Center May 2020 Newsletter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christian Association of Nigeria demands release of kidnapped Bishop Joseph Masin
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Pope Francis prays for pandemic-hit Amazon region at Regina Coeli
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis calls for 'a more just, equitable and Christian society' after coronavirus crisis
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis urges Christians to be united as 'witnesses to mercy'
(Catholic News Agency)
Venezuelan bishops: Country’s situation is ‘unacceptable’
(Catholic News Agency)
COVID-19: Akufo-Addo lifts ban on religious activities in Ghana
(Andreas Kamasah, Pulse.gh)
Saturday, 30 May 2020
Pope Francis to lead global prayer ceremony on eve of Pentecost
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Religion Photos of the Week - 29 May 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review - Volume 1, Issue 1
The Conscience of Europe that Landed in Strasbourg: A Circle of Life of the European Court of Human Rights
(Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Vassilis P Tzevelekos, The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 1 (1): 1–6)
Jews tell about celebrating Shavout under quarantine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine opened a case against FSB for searches of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #74: Reopening Churches: Risks Versus Benefits
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Covid-19 and Elections in sub-Saharan Africa: what risks for democracy and human rights?
(Statement, FIDH: International Federation for Human Rights)
West Africa facing food crisis as coronavirus spread: Pandemic adds to jihadi and climate change threats to present ‘immense challenge’ for region
(Emmanuel Akinwotu, The Guardian)
Human rights threatened under COVID-19 pandemic
(VOA - Straight Talk Africa)
Remembering Shaheen: A Yazidi who gave his life rescuing Arab Muslims in Mosul
(Matthew Travis Barber, Syria Comment: Syrian Politics, History, and Religion)
Worship in Coronavirus time- the latest NSW rules
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Isolation Bookshelf: Words matter
(Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
The McHugh Factor: The ideology of transgenderism will brook no dissent
(Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Ontario: Recalibrating education
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
COVID-19: Re-opening plans across Canada
(Deina Warren, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Noteworthy)
Cyber attacks and cyber (mis)information operations during a pandemic
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Orthodox Jews will challenge Doug Ford’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious liberty
(Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, LifeSiteNews)
UN and US trade criticism over abortion during coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Everything you need to know about Pentecost
(Catholic News Agency)
A monument to His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar will appear in Vinnytsia
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Friday, 29 May 2020
AP Week in Pictures: Middle East
(Associated Press)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #72 - Russia: COVID-19 Causes Rumbles in Orthodox-State Relations
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
APPG Statement on COVID-19 and prisoners of conscience
(UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
APPG statement on EU’s Special Envoy on FoRB
(UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Bishop of Truro: FoRB, persecution and COVID-19
(UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
USCIRF Commissioner James Carr adopts Deacon Zhang Wen Shi of North Korea and Pastor A Dao of Vietnam through the Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
A call to end nonstop targeting of Egypt's Copts
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)
Argentina's abortion campaign launches virtual events to revitalise movement
(Natalie Alcoba, The Guardian)
Abortion 'doulas' in Chile risk prison, saying women need their help
(Liam Miller, NBC News)
Experts raise Vietnam’s human rights violations against Christians in letter to US President
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Turkey reopens some mosques, prayers held in ex-cathedral
(Associated Press)
Asia Today: Indonesians return to mosques, at a distance
(Associated Press)
Maghreb: Conservatives control the court systems, religion dominates over civil liberties
(The North Africa Journal)
A tightly linked triad: Women, faith, and peace
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs | World Faiths Development Dialogue)
Catholic Church suffering violence in Ethiopia, Eritrea
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Burundi opposition candidate goes to court to challenge vote
(Eloge Willy Kaneza, Associated Press)
Russian army's main church due to open on June 22
(Interfax-Religion)
Vietnam’s widely praised COVID-19 response harms religious minorities
(Kelsey Zorzi, Real Clear Religion)
Citing right to religious practices, Madras HC rejects plea against breaking coconuts on devotees' heads
(Siva Sekaran, The New Indian Express)
Desecration of three religious sites in Iran signal the Islamic Republic's continued oppression of minorities
(Global Voices)
Uzbekistan keeps up heat on marginal Islamic groups
(Eurasianet)
Italian cardinal calls for better spiritual guidance for gays, lesbians
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 28 May 2020
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #71: Basic Ecclesial Communities (CEBs) Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
The Xinjiang class: How the CCP tries to 'convert' the Uyghurs—and fails
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Covid-19: Vatican urges OSCE to promote religious freedom amid rising intolerance
(Devin Watkins, Vatican News)
Let Europe recover through justice: Reaction of the COMECE Social Affairs Commission to the proposed recovery plan
(Position Paper, COMECE: The Catholic Church in the European Union)
Israeli PM: Palestinians in Jordan Valley won’t be citizens
(Associated Press)
Indigenous leader calls for help in Brazil’s biggest reserve
(Yesica Fisch and Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)
So-called honor killing of teen girl brings outcry in Iran
(Associated Press)
China passes national security law for Hong Kong despite backlash
(Olivia Miller, International Chrisitan Concern)
Armenian church defaced in Turkey
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Christian watchdog group finds China’s increased control over Hong Kong ‘concerning’
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
20 Christians killed, others injured or missing in Fulani attacks that displaced 20,000
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Canadian city Calgary bans 'conversion therapy'
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
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