Religious Freedom & Free Speech
- Church evicted in Belarus: ‘The state suppresses everything they identify as an enemy’
– Evangelical Focus - ‘I’m Following the Cross’’: Why Pakistan’s former highest Christian official died defending Asia Bibi
– Christianity Today - Pastor in India beaten for eefusing to help pay for tribal rituals
– Morning Star News - How Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill ignited a freedom of speech row
– Prospect - UK: Free speech campaigners critical of report on ‘hateful extremism’
– Christian Institute
Marriage & Family
- Italy: Woman, 43, wins the right to use embryos against father’s wishes
– The Times (£) - ‘Same-sex marriage not comparable with Indian family unit concept’: A timeline of Section 377
– Indian Express - China: Self-service wedding terminals spark debate
– Global Times - US: The Equality Act’s assault on religious liberty
– First Things - UK: Online clinic willing to prescribe sex change drugs to children without asking them to talk to doctor
– Telegraph (£)
Sanctity of Life
- Netherlands: MPs vote to scrap pre-abortion waiting time, and to again ensure contraception
– Dutch News - Call for ‘buffer zones’ around Scottish abortion clinics to keep back protesters
– Daily Record - South Africa: High court will hear case to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients
– Daily Maverick - Belgium facing growing excesses of euthanasia
– FSSPX - Peru court orders authorities to ‘respect’ woman’s wish to die
– France 24
