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EVENT, 20 June 2024: Religious Freedom Annual Review: Becoming Peacemakers Through Supporting Religious Freedom and Pluralism (Provo, UT, USA)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 June 2024 (9AM ET): Religious freedom and integral human development: a new global platform
(Atlantic Council)
HYBRID EVENT, 31 May 2024 (8:30AM CT): 10th Annual Law and Religious Freedom Conference (Kansas City, MO, USA)
(University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)
WEBINAR, 27 May 2024 (2PM EDT): Climate Change and the Importance of Indigenous Knowledge: Shared humanity for transformative action: a bridge to Brazil
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22 May 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity | EP. 9 "Christian Orthodox" with Dr. Elizabeta Kitanovic
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 May 2024 (12PM ET): Welcoming the Refugee: Religious Norms for Humanitarian Aid in Troubled Times
(Ruben Garcia, David Hollenbach, Cynthia Juárez Lange, Mario Marazziti, Katherine Marshall, Ruth Messinger, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 21 May 2024 (2PM EDT): Local Data Sovereignty: Cultivating Marginalized Access Towards Technological Stewardship
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
International Headlines
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
(Al Jazeera)
Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Baptists in Kazakhstan sparks fears of tighter religion laws
(Jack Bethel, Christian Daily)
Canada: The progressive case for educational pluralism
(Ashley Berner, Cardus)
Canada: Still Christian(?): What Canadian Christians actually believe
(Andrew P.W. Bennett, Cardus)
Yemen: UN experts reiterate call for release of detained Bahá'ís
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Australia: People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?
(Ben White, Casey Haining, Lindy Wilmott, and Rachel Feeney, The Conversation)
Myanmar: Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Nigeria: UN experts demand release of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Eco-theo-logical Hope: Subjectivity, Religions, and Human Rights—A Translational Approach
(Melisa Liana Vazquez, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Volume 39 - Issue 1 - January 2024
(Cambridge University Press, Journal of Law and Religion)
Articles of interest - 20 May 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India: Modi’s anti-Muslim rhetoric taps into Hindu replacement fears that trace back to colonial India
(Archana Venkatesh, The Conversation)
DRC: After meeting president, Congo cardinal plays down church/state crisis
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vietnamese church in land dispute dating back to 1975
(Radio Free Asia)
Brazil: Backlash to Anitta’s music video evokes a painful history in Brazil
(Orlando Mayorquín, The New York Times)
Brazil: Just like Anitta, terreiros of African-based religions in Rio suffer from attacks of religious intolerance (Portuguese)
(Thayná Rodrigues and Giulia Ventura, O Globo)
Brazil: Authorities support religious freedom proposal in Jundiaí (Portuguese)
(Redação, Tribuna de Jundiaí)
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