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US State Department Speaks Out in Support of Parliamentarian Prosecuted for Bible-Verse Post: “In a Democracy, No One Should Face Trial for Peacefully Sharing Their Beliefs”
A US State Department bureau said on Wednesday that the criminal prosecution of Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen “is baseless” and tweeted a Bible verse in support.
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U.S. Reaffirms There Is No ‘Human Right’ to Abortion; Rejoins the Geneva Consensus Declaration
US rejoins coalition of 40 countries standing against the creation of a “faux” international human right to abortion Declaration affirms that “every human being has the inherent right to life” New York (27 January 2025)…
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UN Expert warns Biden Administration: Permitting males in womens’ sports can breach human rights, cause “extreme psychological distress” and risks “physical and sexual attacks”
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.
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Biden 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.
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UN 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.
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NGOs 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.
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U.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).
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“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.
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Trump 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.…
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