Portfolios Archive - Page 22 of 23

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu: Nigeria

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Nigerian Sufi musician, is challenging blasphemy laws, under which he was previously sentenced to death, at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Päivi Räsänen: Finland

Päivi standing outside smiling in her native Finland

Meet the grandmother and Member of Parliament who never thought she’d face criminal charges for sharing her deeply held beliefs in public.

Paul Coleman serves as Executive Director of ADF International from its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, where he oversees the strategic legal advocacy and programs of the global, alliance-building legal organization.

Christians banned from Turkey 

David Byle is just one of the Christians persecuted in Turkey for his faith.

The number of Christians in Turkey has diminished from 20 percent to 0.2 percent of the population in the last 100 years. Although Turkey does not have a constitutionally recognized state religion, its government is increasingly marked by Islamization and nationalism, which creates challenges for religious minorities, particularly Christians.