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AVISO: Webinar – The Forgotten Christian Minorities in Myanmar
Recent world events have called attention to the significance of religious freedom. But is the international community doing enough to protect the human rights of those persecuted for their faith?
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High Court Ruling: abortion up to birth for babies with Down Syndrome not discriminatory
"We hope to see this decision appealed" – ADF International's Robert Clarke has issued this response to the High Court's judgment regarding abortion up to birth for babies with disabilities.
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EU Resolution on Afghanistan demonstrates a “guilty lack of attention to Christians”, says Co-Chair of Intergroup on FORB
Failure to focus on the persecution of Christians can “lead politics to be timid towards regimes that violate religious freedom on a daily basis," said Carlo Fidanza MEP.
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Court date set for Finnish MP charged over Bible-Tweet
Will Finland imprison an MP over a Bible-Tweet? The Helsinki District Court has set the date for the hearing in the censorship case of Finnish Member of Parliament, Päivi Räsänen, for 24 January 2022.
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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.
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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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How can we change the law to impact #FreeSpeechForGood?
The laws that govern behaviour on our streets have had a chilling effect on freedom of speech. Ambiguous wording in legislation and confused enforcement protocols have led to a spate of arrests for legitimate speech…
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The NHS Trust should let Alta’s parents take her home
The parents of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl find themselves in a thoroughly unenviable position. Their daughter, Alta, is ventilator dependent. Her prognosis gives her two more years to live, but the NHS Trust want to remove…
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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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