Philipp Bues, Author at ADF International

A Crisis of Religious Freedom in Latin America

At a high level event on “Freedom of Religion in Türkiye” held in the European Parliament today, victims of faith-based discrimination highlighted atrocities committed by the Turkish government and parts of society against Christian minorities in the country.

Surrogacy, Law & Human Rights

Surrogacy: a marvel of modern biotechnology, or a threat to the inherent dignity of women and children?

Religious Persecution: Securing freedom for these Christians

Daniel Kefee is free from religious persecution today

Churches are being closed. Priests are silenced. Bishops, pastors and ministers all over Europe are discriminated, restricted and silenced. Will you join us to stand by them?

Pakistani Christians escape death sentence

The Lahore High Court has overturned a death sentence for a Catholic Pakistani couple. A session court had sentenced Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel to death by hanging in 2014 over blasphemy charges.

Blasphemy Laws pakistan Paul Coleman Persecution Religious freedom

Tom Mortier: Belgium

In a significant ruling on euthanasia in Oct 2022, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Belgium violated the right to life in the case of Tom Mortier’s mother.

Kelsey Zorzi

DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR GLOBAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Paul Sapper

CONTENT LEAD

Bettina Roska

LEGAL OFFICER, UNITED NATIONS

“Christians should not face discrimination”

Are people of faith barred from being elected to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights? A coalition of human rights experts and religious freedom advocates voiced their concern this week. The coalition published an open letter to member states of the Organization of American States calling for a fair election process for Commissioners.

Interamerican Court of Human Rights Latin America Tomás Henríquez