“The prosecutor began the day by trying to explain that this case was not about beliefs and the Bible…”
Continue readingThe gay-cake verdict: a sweet victory for free expression
“Whichever way you slice it, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a win for free expression this week…”
Continue readingAre you staring comfortably?
A new campaign on public transport risks policing thoughtcrimes.
Continue readingPress Statement: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
The case presents an opportunity for the Court to uphold Mississippi’s law protecting unborn children and their mothers, affirm that life is a human right, and overturn the harmful precedent set in 1973.
Continue readingADF International welcomes OSCE report promoting freedom of speech
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, publishes a special report on legal harassment and abuse of the judicial system against the media
Continue readingThe Coup in Sudan puts Religious Freedom at Risk
After nearly two years of major reforms on human rights and democratic governance, the coup has the potential to destabilize the country. In particular, the coup puts the historic progress that Sudan had made recently on protecting religious freedom at grave risk and bodes ill for the rest of Africa,” writes Sean Nelson in Real Clear.
Continue readingMore must be done to protect free speech
The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill is an opportunity to address critical issues within the law.
Continue readingSocial media star challenges censorship ruling in court
“I felt like at any moment there would be a knock at the door, I would open it, and the police would arrest me,” recalls Kika. “I cried oceans.” And all because of a YouTube video?
Continue readingAfghanistan’s Christians are turning off phones and going into hiding
Without any clear plan from the United States to evacuate Afghans under special threat, not to mention the remaining thousands of American citizens, Afghan Christians and many other religious minority groups are stranded.
Continue readingStreet preachers keep being arrested. More must be done to protect free
Christians are finding themselves in trouble with the law for using allegedly “threatening or abusive” language. The police are too quick to penalise the speech complained of, rather than consider what rights the accused has to speak freely in public.
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