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LET US WORSHIP: Faith representatives turn to Uganda’s Constitutional Court to lift worship ban

An alliance of Catholic, Evangelical and Muslim faith representatives, along with parliamentarians, have brought a legal challenge to Uganda’s restrictions on public worship because of COVID-19 before the Constitutional Court.

EU religious freedom envoy position now vacant while Afghan faith minorities face deepening crisis

Today, Christos Stylianides set to leave role as Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, after less than five months in the role.

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“Protecting human rights of religious minorities is essential for conflict prevention”

How can we prevent religious minorities from suffering under conflict? Today, human rights experts addressed this question at the UN Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Conflict Prevention and the Protection of the Human Rights of Minorities.

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“Nigeria must remain a Country of Particular Concern”

Today, a large and varied group of human rights experts and advocates for religious freedom have urged U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to re-designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.

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Afghanistan: Religious minorities “at extreme risk of being targeted with deadly violence”

UN: Human rights experts call on governments to take robust, coordinated action.

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International day commemorating victims of violence based on FORB

This week, a Pakistani Christian couple, who had been on death row for seven years on false blasphemy charges, has safely arrived in Europe*.

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Pakistani Christians granted asylum after release from death row

This week, a Pakistani Christian couple, who had been on death row for seven years on false blasphemy charges, has safely arrived in Europe*.

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LET US WORSHIP: Legal challenge filed in Uganda to overturn “draconian” covid-19 worship ban

A church in Kampala and a representative from the Muslim community have commenced legal action challenging the Ugandan government’s ban on public worship after new national lockdown measures were announced on Friday.

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Free speech for everyone at stake in social media star’s court case

Will the right to share Christian views online be safeguarded? Today, the human rights organization ADF International filed a brief in the censorship case of Erika “Kika” Nieto, calling for the protection of freedom of speech.

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