Religious Freedom
- Sri Lankan pastor forced to close church amid escalating threats from Buddhist monks, police
– Christian Post - In Pakistan, another Christian girl is kidnapped
– Aleteia - Scottish Bill would criminalize ‘hate speech’ in private homes
– National Review - Egypt says freedom of expression “stops” when Muslims offended
– Reuters - China: Facial recognition cameras installed in state-run religious venues
– Bitter Winter
Marriage & Family
- UK: Female prisoner suing Govt after claiming sexual assault by transgender inmate
– RT - US Bishop resigns after being sanctioned for opposing same-sex marriage
– Evangelical Focus - US State Department drops legal fight over same-sex couples’ children
– Reuters - Canada: Conversion therapy ban gets approval in principle, exposes Conservative divisions
– CTV - All states must be brought into the mainstream of family laws
– Indian Express
Sanctity of Life
- Brazilian Government establishes Right to Life from conception
– Rio Times - Argentina’s President set to relaunch delayed bid to legalise abortion
– Buenos Aires Times - Ghana records 200,000 abortions in 2017
– Ghana Report - South Australia: Female MPs criticise male senator after he called for proposed abortion up to birth law to be scrapped
– Mail - New Zealand euthanasia bill set to get nod after referendum
– Al Jazeera
