Dr Martin Parsons, an independent consultant on the global persecution of Christians, comments on the closure of churches during the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on freedom of religion.
York, where a pogrom led to a mass suicide of the Jewish population in the 12th century, hopes to welcome a resident rabbi for the first time since the Middle Ages.
The Catholic bishop of Brooklyn also spoke out against the new restrictions, saying that while safety is paramount, “the religious freedom of our parishioners is being unjustly attacked.”
Russia and China have been elected to the UN human rights council for the next three years, but Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt to win a place on the 47-seat body.
Persecution of Christians in Turkey: the destruction of this historic church demonstrates that the contempt for the Christian history and heritage of Asia Minor that we see in the conversion of Hagia Sophia and…
Rehman Chishti is an MP and the former UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on FoRB. Knox Thames served as the US Special Advisor on Religious Minorities at the State Department for both the Obama and Trump administrations.
