A report documents increased violence against Christians, fueled by discriminatory laws, although a grassroots interfaith movement offers some hope.
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Can Christian Pastors Call Other Religions “Satanic”—Without Going to Jail?
Contradictory Brazilian decisions against priests and ministers demonizing Afro-Brazilian movements test the grey area between freedom of expression and hate speech.
New Proposals to Criminalize Jehovah’s Witnesses’ “Shunning”: Why They Are Wrong
Two British psychologists and one criminologist venture onto a slippery road when they suggest extending provisions about domestic abuse to religion-based “ostracism.”
Kenya: Shakahola Deaths by Fasting Should Not Be Used to Crack Down on All Religions
A Senate Committee’s report creates serious risks for religious liberty after the tragedy of Good News International Church.
The Unification Church Issue in Japan: A Japanese Christian Theologian Speaks. 2. The Other Half of the Truth About the Family Federation
The request of dissolution is based on “half-truths” that are in fact “half-lies.”
The Unification Church Issue in Japan: A Japanese Christian Theologian Speaks. 1. Lies About Abe’s Relations with the Church
The former Prime Minister was assassinated because false information was spread about him.
Argentina: PROTEX’s Dangerous Ideology. How to Fabricate “Victims of Prostitution”
A book by an Argentinian prosecutor criticizes the theory that “all” sex workers are coerced to prostitution. PROTEX goes one step further, seeing prostitutes where there are none.
Freedom of Religion or Belief: Concern About Ill-Founded Accusations of Trafficking in Argentina — A Letter to the Argentinian Authorities
Fighting human trafficking is a worthy enterprise. Weaponizing human trafficking laws to crack down on spiritual minorities and resurrect the dead horse of brainwashing theories is not. Twelve international religious liberty organizations protest.
Why Does Novopashin Deny He Has Been to China?
He has asked his son to delete his Facebook post about his visit to Harbin and now claims the trip has been invented by “Ukrainian media.”
“Zindagi Tamasha”: Pakistan Surrenders to Fundamentalists, Bans Award-Winning Film
Threats by extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik made it impossible to release in Pakistan what critics hailed as one of the best Pakistani movies of recent years.