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  New Report Highlights Simple, Sobering Truth: Christians Face Rising Levels of Persecution Worldwide

  OpenDoors recently released its 2020 World Watch List profiling nations where it is hardest—and most dangerous—to be a Christian in...

  Published on 19 Feb 2020
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  Franklin Graham: Shutting down free speech is unacceptable in a democracy

  Franklin Graham's UK evangelism tour is in jeopardy after four venues recently cancelled his bookings. (Update 05/02/20: All eight venues have cancelled Graham's booking) Laurence Wilkinson says the silencing of...

  Published on 31 Jan 2020
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  The disturbing treatment of a pro-life student midwife 

  ADF International Legal Counsel, Laurence Wilkinson says the case of a student midwife suspended from her university course over her pro-life views marks a shocking escalation in the continuing inability...

  Published on 23 Jan 2020
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  Midwifery student banned from work placement over pro-life views demands apology from university

  Amidwifery student banned from her hospital placement over her pro-life views has demanded an apology from university bosses. Julia Rynkiewicz, 24, an undergraduate at...

  Published on 18 Jan 2020
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  Norway’s Barnevernet and The Future of Parental Rights

  In recent weeks, it has been reported that the Norwegian authorities have taken permanent custody of three American children from their Christian parents. Natalya Shutakova, a US citizen, and her...

  Published on 23 Oct 2019
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  Protecting human dignity is the EU’s top job

  Over the last few weeks, Europe has debated who should end up holding the top jobs in Brussels for the next five years. However, the real question is what in...

  Published on 19 Oct 2019
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  How the Abortion Debate Displaced Economics on the G-7 Agenda

  The recent meeting of the Group of Seven drew significant media coverage, but scant attention was paid to the war over abortion that infiltrated the meeting’s agenda. The G-7 is a forum for the world’s most advanced economic powers to discuss policies relating to the economy,...

  Published on 18 Sep 2019
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  The Rise of ‘Hate Speech’ Policing in Europe

  Free speech is increasingly under attack on college campuses — but if you think it’s bad here, look across the pond to Europe. Authorities over there are increasingly cracking down...

  Published on 20 Aug 2019
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  The global persecution of Christians

  This week, the UK foreign secretary and Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt suggested that a new term equivalent to ‘Islamophobia’ might be needed to describe the scale of global Christian...

  Published on 12 Jul 2019