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Today, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales will hear the appeal from a High Court decision which upheld a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) around an abortion facility in the London Borough of Ealing. The order, which took effect on April 2018, imposed a censorship zone that criminalised a wide range of conduct, including prayer, peaceful protest, and...
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Persecution of Christians intensifying across Northern Africa - Christian Today India: Christians forced to 'reconvert,' banished from village - Morning Star News 'The situation is very vulnerable': Christianity faces extinction in once multicultural Iraq - Telegraph (£) 'It's time to be real: what happens in Iraq is ethnic cleansing' - World Watch Monitor Pakistan court frees pastor charged with blasphemy - UCA News German...
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Writing for Spiked Online, ADF International's Paul Coleman comments on a new report into the persecution of Christians around the world. The report reveals that 'the overwhelming majority (estimated at 80 per cent) of persecuted religious believers worldwide are Christians', and that the UK has failed to respond adequately. Learn more 22 states call on China to end arbitrary detention of ethnic minorities...
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India: Church land probe sparks anger - UCA News Poland calls for action to protect the right to freedom of religion or belief for all - Forbes China: More Christian churches repurposed - Bitter Winter Letter calls for support for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur - Christian Solidarity Worldwide Same-sex marriage and abortion to be extended to Northern...
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This week, a large group of delegations at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva hosted a side event regarding religious violence and persecution. The event came in the wake of the recent introduction of the "International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief." It was titled, "One Step at a Time: Addressing Religious Violence...
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China: Christian family details crackdown on church - Associated Press Eritrea: Catholic Nuns evicted from health centres - Christian Solidarity Worldwide UK Foreign Secretary backs stronger protections for Christians worldwide - BBC Pakistan's persecution of Christians and the call for action in the West - National Catholic Register Conservatives agitate for religious freedom law but Coalition voters not on board – Essential poll -...
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Does a government have the right to take children away from their families without sufficient reason? On 4 July, ADF International filed an intervention in Bodnariu v. Norway at the European Court of Human Rights. In 2015, the five children of the Bodnariu family were taken away from their parents by Barnevernet, the Norwegian child-welfare agency. The Bodnariu case is one of eight cases at the...
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Christian homeschooling family wins back custody of children - Premier UK: Christian student kicked off university course over same-sex marriage views wins court of appeal fight - Telegraph Folau's prospects bolstered by landmark religious freedom ruling in Britain - Sydney Morning Herald Chinese officials crack down on religious funerals, weddings - Catholic News Agency New churches to be built in the United...
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Yesterday, a court in Darmstadt, Germany handed down its ruling concerning the Wunderlich family and their wish to homeschool their children. The court ruled that the children will remain in the custody of their parents. Learn more Uganda: Unable to finish school for becoming Christian, young man faces bleak future - Morning Star News UK joins calls to Eritrea to respect religious freedom -...
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