Bolivian Catholic Conference of Bishops challenges government’s forced closure of their teachers college.
Continue readingA Call to Action: Plea to challenge Brazilian state censorship brought to international human rights body
Since 2019, Brazil has been experiencing ongoing censorship and due process violations; the country now has what are likely the worst restrictions on speech in the Americas.
Continue readingWIN for church autonomy in Mexico: Court protects Catholic baptismal records from gender ideology
Federal appellate court in Mexico sides with Querétaro Catholic Diocese following demands to change transgender-identifying individual’s sex on years-old baptismal record.
Continue readingCONFIRMED: Bishop Álvarez released from prison by Nicaraguan government
Bishop Álvarez now safe at the Vatican after being sentenced to 26 years in prison for preaching on the human rights violations perpetrated by the Nicaraguan government
Continue readingCASE FILED: Plea for justice for wrongfully imprisoned Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez submitted to international human rights body
ADF International has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Álvarez.
Continue readingMexican Congressman Tried & Convicted as a “Political Offender” Over Censored Tweets, Takes Fight for Free Speech to International Body
ADF International attorneys have filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Mexican Congressman Gabriel Quadri.
Continue readingA Crisis of Religious Freedom in Latin America
At a high level event on “Freedom of Religion in Türkiye” held in the European Parliament today, victims of faith-based discrimination highlighted atrocities committed by the Turkish government and parts of society against Christian minorities in the country.
Continue readingAVISO: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold first-ever hearing on religious freedom in Latin America
At a high level event on “Freedom of Religion in Türkiye” held in the European Parliament today, victims of faith-based discrimination highlighted atrocities committed by the Turkish government and parts of society against Christian minorities in the country.
Continue readingFree speech is being shut down in schools across the world
“The censorship of academic speech is dangerous for us all. Silencing students and professors stunts free thinking. When free speech is shut down in schools, a domino effect ensues,” writes Elyssa Koren.
Continue readingUniversity student in Mexico could lose license to practice psychology for graduation speech
The Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) responded to complaints against recent graduate, Christian Cortez Pérez, with formal proceedings to ban him from practicing psychology. A group of professors has called on the University to silence and sanction Christian because of the content of his graduation speech.
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