UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls issues letter warning against proposed Title IX rule change, requiring schools to permit males to compete in female-only sports.
Continue readingBiden Administration turns blind eye to religious freedom violations in Nigeria
U.S. State Department yesterday released list of worst religious freedom offenders, leaving Nigeria off the list for the third year in a row.
Continue readingUN Expert warns Biden Administration: Rule changes in women & girls’ sports would breach “human rights obligations”
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls issues letter warning against proposed Title IX rule change, requiring schools to permit males to compete in female-only sports.
Continue readingNGOs call on US Senators to hold gross violators of human rights accountable
Numerous international religious freedom NGOs have penned a public letter calling on US Senators to reauthorize legislation to hold gross violators of human rights accountable.
Continue readingU.S. Senate confirms new International Religious Freedom ambassador
The U.S. Senate has just confirmed Rashad Hussain as new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (IRF).
Continue reading“4 out of 5 five people live in countries with high or severe restrictions on religious freedom”
Most people live in environments with significant restrictions on freedom of religion.
Continue readingTrump stands up for religious freedom
President Trump isn’t known as a champion of human rights, but on Monday he became the first American president to convene a meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom. He kicked off the U.N. General Assembly’s annual session with a “Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom.
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