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Over 100 organisations come together to protect human rights and access to law

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The Act guarantees the rights to free speech and expression, to life, to liberty, to security, to privacy, to assembly, and to freedom of religion or belief. It prohibits torture and guarantees fair trials and the rule of law.

Vietnam: Religious freedom campaigner awarded major prize

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Imprisoned Vietnamese human rights activist Nguyen Bac Truyen has been awarded the Stefanus Prize 2020 for his work promoting human rights in Vietnam, including freedom of religion or belief.

Churches in Wales to close for three Sundays in national lockdown

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Churches in Wales will be closing as part of a two week ‘firebreak’ to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Protesters burn churches as Chile heads for referendum

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Activists who destroyed the Church of the Assumption are on the fringes of wider protests demanding constitutional change

At G20 Interfaith Forum, Elder Bednar Reflects on the Role of Religion in the COVID-19 Crisis

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14 October 2020 – Salt Lake City News ReleaseAt G20 Interfaith Forum, Elder Bednar Reflects on the Role of Religion in the COVID-19 CrisisApostle speaks of the powerful possibilities of partnership between secular and sacred institutions during the virtual gathering, hosted by Saudi Arabia

Chinese detention ‘leaving thousands of Uighur children without parents’

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Researcher says Xinjiang files reveal government strategy of long-term social control

York’s Jews hope for return of a rabbi, 800 years after pogrom

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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.

Protest erupts in Orthodox Jewish community over NYC’s new coronavirus restrictions

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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.”

Saudi Arabia fails to join UN human rights council but Russia and China elected

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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.

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