Showing posts with label International religious freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International religious freedom. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Organization Releases 2026 Report on Christian Persecution Worldwide

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Last week, the Christian advocacy organization Open Doors  released its report World Watch List 2026   which assesses the persecution of Chr...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Samoa's Prime Minister Suggests Restricting Religious Liberty for Non-Christians

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 Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported  this week that in the Southern Pacific island nation of Samoa, with a population of 220,000, religi...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Trump Appoints State Department Global Religious Freedom Advisor

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 As previously reported , last April, President Trump nominated Mark Walker, a former Baptist minister and former congressman, to be Ambassa...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Senate Confirms Antisemitism Envoy; Other Religious Freedom Spots Remain Unfilled

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As part of a single Senate vote confirming 97 pending nominations for various federal offices, the U.S. Senate on  December 18, by a vote ...
Friday, April 11, 2025

Trump Selects Antisemitism and International Religious Freedom Ambassadors

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President Trump announced yesterday on Truth Social that he is nominating Yehuda Kaploun as the United States Special Envoy to Monitor and ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

USCIRF Annual Report Recommends Designating Countries Restricting Religious Freedom

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday released its 2025 Annual Report ( full text ). The 96-page Report makes rec...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Syria Gets New Interim Constitution That Protects Freedom of Belief

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AP reports that on March 13, Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, signed an Interim Constitutional Declaration ( full text ), wh...
Thursday, February 06, 2025

VP Vance Speaks to International Religious Freedom Summit

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Vice President JD Vance yesterday delivered a 1 hour and 49-minute address to the 2025 International Religious Freedom Summit  at the Washin...
Friday, December 13, 2024

Britain Appoints New Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief

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In a press release issued Wednesday, the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office along with its Minister for Huma...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

USCIRF Report: US Better at Condemning Violations of Religious Freedom Than at Promoting Change

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Last week (Sept. 6), the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a 28-page report ( full text ) titled Revisiting the CPC ...
Friday, May 03, 2024

USCIRF Issues Annual Report on Countries Violating Religious Freedom

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 96-page 2024 Annual Report ( full text ). It detail developm...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

USCIRF Ends Saudi Visit After Its Jewish Chairman Was Told to Remove His Kippah in Public Places

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In a press release issued Monday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said that last week it ended an official visit to ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

UN Says Belarus Legislation on Religion and Belief Violates International Human Rights Law

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In a Feb.20 press release ( full text ), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that its experts believe r...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

European Court Says Ban on Halal and Kosher Slaughter Does Not Violate Human Rights Convention

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 In  Affaire Executife van de Moslims van Belgie et Autres c. Belgique , (ECHR, Feb. 13, 2024) [full opinion available only in French], the ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

International Religious Freedom Summit Being Held In D.C.

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This year's International Religious Freedom Summit is being held today and tomorrow at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. ...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

State Department Names Recipients of International Religious Freedom Awards

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Last Thursday, the State Department announced that Secretary Blinken has awarded the Department's International Religious Freedom Award...
Monday, January 15, 2024

State Department Issues Updated List of Religious Freedom Violators; USCIRF Reacts

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On January 4, the State Department, pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act , released its annual list of countries and entities...
Friday, December 15, 2023

European Court Advisory Opinion: Security Clearance May Be Withdrawn for Supporter of Religion That Is Threat to the State

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In a Grand Chamber advisory opinion, the European Court of Human Rights has concluded that Belgium many deny a person the right to work as a...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

President's Statement on 25th Anniversary of International Religious Freedom Act

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On Friday, President Biden issued a Statement ( full text ) the 25th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act. He said in part...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Canadian Court Says Oath to Monarchy Does Not Infringe Sikh Lawyer's Rights

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In Wirring v. Law Society of Alberta ,  (AB KB, Oct. 16, 2023), the Court of King's Bench of the Canadian province of Alberta (sitting a...