EVENT, 4-5 February 2025: IRF Summit 2025 (Washington, DC, USA)

CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 24 November 2024: Faith in a world of 'unprecedented' challenges (Woolf Institute)

EVENT, 22-23 November 2024: Cache Valley Interfaith Open House (Logan, UT, USA) (Cache Community Connections)

WEBINAR, 29 October 2024 (11AM ET): Ukraine’s Law Banning Russian Orthodox Church and Affiliated Organizations: Legal and Juridical Aspects (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

EVENT, 24-25 October 2024: Praying for All the Persecuted: A Global Gathering (Dallas, TX, USA) (Institute for Global Engagement, Dallas Baptist University)

EVENT, 21-23 October 2024: 7th ICLARS Conference: The Accommodation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere: Undeserved Privilege or Fundamental Right? (Notre Dame, IN USA) (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, University of Notre Dame Law School, Brigham Young University)

EVENT, 21-22 October 2024: Religion and Human Rights from the UDHR to Dignitatis Humanae (Washington, DC, USA) (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

CALL FOR INPUT, deadline 18 October 2024: Report on religion or belief and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (United Nations)

WCC deeply concerned by escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula (World Council of Churches)

Kazakhstan’s attempts ‘spiritual diplomacy’ amid challenging freedom of religion reports (Xhoi Zajmi, Euractiv)

Principles of democracy: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion (Thum Ping Tjin, New Naratif)

Vietnam: Religions accompanying nation in development process (Vietnam Plus)

Surveillance in Tibet: ICT delivers remarks at 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin (International Campaign for Tibet)

China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest October 01-15 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Mongolia, the forgotten Soviet satellite (Amos Chapple, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

The Saudi religious discourse: Moderation in the face of extremism (Mohammed Al-Sulami, Arab News)

Religious freedom and peacemaking (Knox Thames, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Ahead of the Trend Newsletter - 16 October 2024 (The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Canadian crackdown on Israel-linked charities raises concerns in Jewish community (Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

To end the scourge of human trafficking (JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

A call to defend the legacy of pluralism and fraternity in times of global crisis (Spanish) (Consejo Argentino para la Libertad Religiosa)

In Spain, Islamic education is overlooked despite increasing demand and need for inclusivity in schools (Bianca Carrera, The New Arab)

In Russia, Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger (Reuters)

In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military handed over the property of five churches to local religious communities for safekeeping (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Russia: religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest October 01-15 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Anti-Zionism as a protected belief: final judgment in Miller v University of Bristol (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Church to mosque; England's new Cardinal; Last Christians of Gaza (BBC Radio)

Foreign Office criticised for neglecting religious freedom (Tablet)

RFBF is an official stakeholder in APPG FoRB (Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Scottish bishops calling on government to respect right to life for the unborn (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

CEC congratulates Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on receiving the Schwarzkopf Europe Prize (Conference of European Churches)

Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad (Angelo Amante, Reuters)

Communiqué from the meeting of the Joint Commission of Representatives of the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Bishops' Conference (Polish Bishops' Conference)

How people in Turkey view societal conflicts and institutions in their country (Laura Clancy, Jacob Poushter, Sofia Hernandez Ramones, Pew Research Center)

Catholic school principal in France fired for ‘breaching secularism’ (Caroline de Sury, OSV News)

DOT penalizes Lufthansa $4 million for violating passengers’ civil rights (U.S. Department of Transportation)

Hate crimes fell in California last year, but religion-based incidents increased sharply (Public Policy Institute of California)

Local congregation cannot sue parent in property dispute after all its members were excommunicated (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

6th Circuit finds that employee's objections to Covid testing were not religious (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Georgia excludes students from state aid who choose to attend Christian college (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Deion Sanders is caught up in a religious freedom conflict — again (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as 'a sacred duty' (Fiona Murphy, Religion News Service)

Religious school choice advocates envision next steps after significant wins (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

Tribal nations, Catholic bishops among diverse coalition urging Supreme Court to protect Oak Flat (Becket)

PC(USA) joins in friend of the court brief in support of religious liberty (Mike Ferguson, Presbyterian News Service)