Turkish politician faces 17 years over tweets
Source: Dawn ISTANBUL: Hundreds gathered at Istanbul’s main court on Friday to support an opposition politician who faces 17 years in prison for a series of tweets criticising the government. […]
As the wildfire of hate speech spreads, fighting it must be a job for everybody
Source: Guardian Addressing hate speech does not mean limiting freedom of speech. To prevent it from escalating, we need to treat it as we treat every malicious act Around the […]
US envoy decries lack of response from Islamic world to China’s attacks on Uighurs
Source: The Guardian Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have been silent in the face of the mass incarceration of Muslims in Xinjiang By Julian Borger in Washington […]
Indiana Amish couple could set new religious freedom precedent with lawsuit settlement
Source: Indy Star By Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star A southern Indiana Amish couple with 13 children has settled a multi-year lawsuit with the federal government, allowing the Canadian wife to become […]
Infecting People Isn’t a Religious Right
Source: The New York Times It’s no coincidence that measles is spreading across the United States after a decade in which the number of parents claiming exemption for their children from […]
Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovah’s Witnesses purge
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for […]
Muslim woman says Ga. Corrections Department won’t let her wear hijab
Source: AJC By Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination complaint against the Georgia Department of Corrections, alleging the agency violated her religious beliefs by […]
We Are Taking Religious Freedom Too Far
Source: Washington Post By Margaret Renkl Contributing Opinion Writer School buses parked in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, near the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov, a Jewish school on Bedford Avenue where there was a measles […]
MEPs join condemnation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws – threaten suspension of subsidies and trade preferences
This week a cross-party group of 51 Members of the European Parliament issued a collective letter addressed to Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the islamic Republic of Pakistan, expressing their concerns and seeking […]
This Man’s Aunt Was Jailed Days After He Met With Mike Pompeo Over China’s Muslim Crackdown
Source: Buzz Feed News BY Megha Rajagopalan A Uighur American man who met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his family members have been jailed in apparent retaliation for […]
U.N. religious freedom expert seeks visit to China’s Xinjiang
Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations investigator on religious freedom said on Tuesday he has asked China to let him visit its Xinjiang region where some […]
US religious freedom envoy: Pakistan has ‘desire to change’
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan has “a desire to change” its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries […]
US Muslim leaders call on China to end persecution of Uighurs
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) – More than 130 American Muslim leaders and scholars have signed an open letter condemning the Chinese government’s continued persecution and detention […]
Quebec government asks Montreal school boards if information on staffers wearing religious symbols exists
Source: The Globe and Mail BY RYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS The Quebec government has asked several school boards in the Montreal region if they have a count of teachers who […]
Pakistani court upholds acquittal of Christian woman accused of blasphemy, clearing way for her departure
Source: The Washington Post By Shaiq Hussain ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld its decision to acquit a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy that kept her […]
Cast in Russia as ‘enemy within’, Jehovah’s Witnesses see Soviet history replay
Source: Reuters BY Andrew Osborn ORYOL, Russia (Reuters) – The first Jehovah’s Witness detained for extremism in Russia has likened the authorities’ behavior to that of Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union ahead […]
Hotel dishwasher awarded $21 million after boss made her work on Sundays
Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel BY Marcia Heroux Pounds Contact Reporter A jury has awarded a Miami hotel dishwasher $21.5 million, concluding that her employer failed to honor her religious beliefs by […]
Freedom From Religion Foundation objects to worship service included in Bill Lee’s inaugural celebration
Source: THE TENNESSEAN BY Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean A national group that pushes for the separation of church and state does not think a religious service should be a part […]
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
Source: Associated Press BY Kathy Gannon ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release […]
Medical aid in dying is the ultimate religious freedom
Source: Star Tribune Under current law, people who have made every life decision based on their personal values and faith suddenly become, due to a terminal illness, a victim of […]