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Friday, 15 July 2022

Indonesian criminal code changes 'put key freedoms at risk'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Is Indonesia’s “Civil Islam” a model for the Muslim world?
(Farah Adeed, Acton Institute)

Kyrgyz special services claim to have prevented terrorist on Eid al-Adha in Bishkek
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia to crack down on foreign radical religious organizations
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Administrative prosecutions for opposing Ukraine war
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Fringe Trump-style conservatives propose a HUGE legal rewrite on religion in public life
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Purity culture and the overturn of Roe: Understanding Christian nationalistic ideology and its impact
(Jenny McGrath, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Parliament statement on shooting in Highland Park, USA
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Bangladeshi university introduces prayer rooms for minority students
(Stephan Uttom Rozario, Union of Catholic Asian News)

WCC, ACT Alliance in letter to President Biden: Don’t sacrifice human dignity in Syria for political purposes
(World Council of Churches)

Syria: WCC delegation visits Syria, expresses solidarity with those who “remain steadfast in their land”
(World Council of Churches)

Bridging economics and theology, GEM School promotes Economy of Life
(World Council of Churches)

A rare example of statesmanship--and courage--by an academic administrator
(Robert George, Mirror of Justice)

DRC: Church troubled by instability causing mass immigration in Central Africa
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Bimonthly newsletter (1-15.07.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Should Ukraine have rejected the Istanbul Convention?
(Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

“It is with your blessing that the churches are being destroyed,” - Poroshenko addresses Kirill in a ruined church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Bishop Victor: The RF attack cannot be justified by anything
(Taisia Lazarenko, Union of Orthodox Journalists)

Churches highlight their humanitarian response to Ukraine at European Parliament
(Conference of European Churches)

California school district cancels Fellowship of Christian Athletes
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)

RFI’s Eric Patterson interviewed on “Ed Stetzer Live” on state of religious freedom in U.S.
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Vietnamese police try to stamp out religious sect
(Radio Free Asia)

Panel discussion: Realising human rights to end inequalities and end AIDS by 2030
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Rabbis forge special bond in Islamic world
(Susanne Güsten, Al-Monitor)

Muslim Jewish Leadership Council Europe sends message of interfaith unity at Srebrenica commemoration service
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

"This case involves a religious psychic trying to break a family curse by 'cleaning' 'dirty' money"
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Thursday, 14 July 2022

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, due 14 July 2022 by 12PM EDT: Examination of Anti-Muslim Bias in Europe (PDF)
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

WEBINAR, 13 July 2022 (2PM in Zurich): WHO and RFP EPI-WIN webinar: What we need to know about Monkeypox
(Religions for Peace)

When Americans think about Israel, what do they have in mind?
(Laura Silver, Pew Research Center)

Religious freedom in civic society (podcast)
(Elizabeth Clark and Michael La Civita, Just Love)

Oxford Journal of Law and Religion: Advance Articles Alert
(Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Iranian President orders enforcement of hijab and chastity law for women
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Spain: Catalan Government promotes agreement “Religions for the language”
(The European Times)

Libro nuevo: Eutanasia y objeción de conciencia
(Rafael Navarro-Valls, Javier Martínez-Torrón, María José Valero Estarellas, Palabra)

Nigeria: Lawyers advise judiciary on decisions on religious issues
(The Sun)

The UK’s new “Bill of Rights” and the implementation of ECtHR judgments
(Lucy Moxham, Strasbourg Observers)

R v. Bissonnette: Supreme Court of Canada builds on ECtHR precedents to outlaw whole life imprisonment, and develops principles applicable also to extradition that may lead to such sentences
(Dirk van Zyl Smit, Strasbourg Observers)

Russia and the Strasbourg Court: evidentiary challenges arising from Russia’s expulsion from the Council of Europe
(Anne-Katrin Speck, DISSECT: Evidence in International Human Rights Adjudication)

Manannikov v. Russia: The final nail in the coffin of political dissent?
(Valentina Golunova, Strasbourg Observers)

Breaking the ‘circle of marginalisation’ through desegregation measures: X and Others v. Albania
(Merel Vrancken, Strasbourg Observers)

Belgium reprimanded in Assemblée chrétienne des Témoins de Jéhovah d’Anderlecht and Others: the procedure for recognition of a religion lacks minimum guarantees of fairness
(Cathérine Van de Graaf, Strasbourg Observers)

Sabani v. Belgium: on handcuffs and home intrusions
(Nona De Dier, Strasbourg Observers)

Church Reporter, Vol. 7/6, 25 June 2022 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)

Church Reporter, Vol. 7/5, 23 May 2022 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)

Pakistan: Ashfaq Masih: Another Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan
(Daniela Bovolenta, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Proving minority: the Human Rights Centre and CESSMIR submit a third party intervention regarding age assessment of unaccompanied minors
(Mathilde Brackx and Laura Cools, Strasbourg Observers)

Discrimination based on trade union membership: Zakharova and others v. Russia
(Frederick De Cock, Strasbourg Observers)

Nicaragua expels Mother Teresa's nuns in latest crackdown
(Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News)

Conscientious objection to abortion revisited
(Rex Ahdar, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Syria: Key Islamic State figure killed in Syria drone strike, U.S. says
(Karoun Demirjian and Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)

Japanese say final goodbye to assassinated former leader Abe
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)

Japan branch of ‘Moonies’ church confirms mother of Abe suspect is member
(France 24)

Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. It should be taught in schools
(Mervyn Thomas, Premier Christianity)

Germany: 2,000 euros of property damage in St. Pantaleon church
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

France: Anti-Christian tags on church, statue of the Virgin and war memorial
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Sweden: Liberal party wants to ban the establishment of new religious independent schools
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

New book: Divorce and Democracy: A History of Personal Law in Post-Independence India
(Saumya Saxena, Cambridge University Press)

India: Hate speech: Law being weaponised to settle scores
(Harini Kalamur, The Free Press Journal)

India: Anxieties of the Dominant: Legal, Social, and Religious in the Politics of Religious Conversion in India
(Mukesh Kumar and Garima Yadav, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

India: A historical view of the Christian minority in India
(Cynthia Stephen, Evangelical Focus)

Episcopalians to study their role in Native boarding schools
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)

500-year-old icon looted from divided Cyprus repatriated
(Associated Press)

What does it mean to be a ‘person’? Different cultures have different answers
(Robert Launay, The Conversation)

Israel: In a blow to Israel’s religious establishment, Israeli court rules that online marriages must be honored
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Russia: Second Orthodox priest facing criminal charges for opposing Ukraine war
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

‘Operation Higher Court’: Inside the religious right’s efforts to wine and dine Supreme Court justices
(Peter S. Canellos and Josh Gerstein, Politico)

Synod endorsement for “net zero” plan
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Synod vote on “assisted suicide”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Government ‘fully committed’ to Westminster Holocaust Memorial despite legal setback
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Italy on Freedom of Religion: “not only a moral or legal obligation”
(The European Times)

How sex discrimination law helps us resolve LGBTQ religious exemption claims
(Kyle C. Velte, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

A theology of human rights in an Orthodox perspective
(Paul Ladouceur, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

CEC seminar highlights the role of religion in Ukraine conflict
(Conference of European Churches)

Andriy Yurash: The Pope has no chance to convince the devil advocates' corporation that is the ROC
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

One year later: How Cuban Evangelicals powered the revolution ‘11J’
(Yoé Suárez, Religion Unplugged)

Photos: Thousands march in Romania as law censoring LGBTQ looms
(Al Jazeera)

NPR interviewees: ‘Anti-democratic’ Christian nationalists ‘dominate’ Republican Party
(Giovanni Del Piero, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)

Egypt: The battle over family law in Egypt shows only the personal can be political, and then only so far
(Nathan J. Brown, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Australia: Religious discrimination in employment in Victorian schools: The exceptions narrow
(Gadens)

Law and religion round-up – 10th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Around the web - 13 July 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

WEBINARIO, 12 de julio de 2022 (UTC-6) - Libertad religiosa en el caso Pavez vs. Chile; enseñanzas y desafíos (Religious Freedom in the case Pavez vs. Chile: Teachings and challenges)
(Juan Navarro Floria, Gary Doxey, Soledad Bertelsen, Tomás Henríquez, Consorcio Latinoamericano de Libertad Religiosa)

Monday, 11 July 2022

Nazila Ghanea appointed as Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(Twitter, UN Human Rights Council)

UN Human Rights Council appoints Oxford University professor as new religious freedom boss
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier Christian News)

Statement by President Joe Biden on the occasion of Eid al-Adha
(The White House)

Bidens wish Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha ‘a joyous holiday’
(Caroline Vakil, The Hill)

SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE, 11 - 15 July 2022: Global Conflict, Security and Human Rights: International Law Perspectives
(University of Groningen)

CALL FOR INPUTS, deadline 11 July 2022: Indigenous Peoples and the right to freedom of religion or belief – GA report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

A new religious freedom envoy of the EU: Mario Mauro
(Evangelical Focus)

Idaho Human Right Commission hands nonprofit Micron employees for religious freedom setback in discrimination complaint (access required)
(Catie Clark, Idaho Business Review)

Bad faith history: The end of Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court’s myth about abortion in the United States
(Emily D. Crews, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)

Podcast: New York Times probes abortion 'abolitionist' movement, but buries the big story
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Crisis pregnancy centers: How Evangelical purity culture funded thousands of anti-abortion clinics
(Victoria Houser, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Americans who oppose abortion: Who are they in terms of demographics, faith and ideology?
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)

Do abortion bans violate the establishment clause?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

India: No ban on animal sacrifice for religious purposes in Tripura : ARDD Secretary – TK Debnath
(North East Today)

India: Assam anti-cow slaughter law to be in force this Bakrid
(Prabin Kalita, The Times of India)

India: PM Modi writes to Islamic nations on Eid weeks after Nupur Sharma controversy
(Anirban Bhaumik, Deccan Herald)

India: Person belonging to another religion can't be prevented from entering temple if he has faith in that Hindu deity: Madras High Court
(Upasana Sajeev, Livelaw.in)

Here’s where to find religious discrimination in the United States
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

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