Originally published in Worthy News The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned last week that the year-long war between the Islamic Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival, the Islamic Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, has reached devastating levels and is severely impacting religious communities including […]
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Christian artist ‘banned’ from own show over child gender comments
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Christian artist has claimed that she was reported to the police for saying, while making a cup of tea with a council employee, that it is harmful for children to try and change their sex. It’s been announced that Victoria Culf will now challenge how Watford […]
Christian convert fights German authorities over Bible verse sticker
Originally published in The Christian Post A taxi driver in Essen, Germany, is contesting a fine imposed by local authorities for displaying a Bible verse sticker on his vehicle, which reads “Jesus – I am the way. The truth. And the life,” sparking a debate over religious expression and advertising […]
Call for public action on two urgent religious freedom threats
Freedom of Religion South Africa has called on SA Christians to take action on two urgent matters that pose serious threats to our religious freedom The first call is to participate in a DEAR MR PRESIDENT campaign that FOR SA has initiated “We are asking every individual or organisation to […]
Leading religious freedom advocates urge Biden Administration to blacklist Nigeria
Originally published in Real Clear Politics More than two dozen leading human rights, religious freedom, and Christian advocacy groups are pressing the US Congress to take more action to persuade the Biden administration to reverse course and re-designate Nigeria to its blacklist of worst offenders when it comes to allowing […]
Christians urged to comment on ‘Spy Bill’
The ‘Spy Bill’, or the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill as it is formally known, is now open for you to have your say before the deadline of January 31 2024, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA). In an alert released today FOR SA warns that the bill […]
75 years on, stop viewing religious freedon as second-class human right
By Samuel Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett — Originally published in The Hill This week marks 75 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) — the document that has become the blueprint for our international architecture of rights. The UDHR references “the […]
‘Please don’t sign the Hate Speech Bill, Mr President’
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has launched a campaign calling on South Africans to write to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him not to sign the controversial Hate Speech Bill into law. Parliament passed the bill on Tuesday and it is now on the president’s desk. If he signs […]
Finnish politician cleared again of hate speech charges for sharing Bible views
Originally published in CBN News A Finnish politician who faced a years-long legal battle for sharing her biblical views on sexuality has been found not guilty of hate speech for sharing a Bible verse, among other expressions. Dr Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finland’s parliament whose religious freedom plight made […]
CRL offers faith community opportunity to participate in religious freedom survey
Freedom of Religion South Africa reports that the CRL Rights Commission is providing the faith communities of South Africa with a rare and important opportunity to participate in a religious freedom survey. The survey is intended to gauge the health of religious freedom in South Africa and will result in […]