Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Decades later, the perpetrators of the genocide in Rwanda will face justice
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
(The United Nations, Outreach Programme on the Rwanda GenocideOutreach Programme on the Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations)
Keeping social distance: the story of the word “aloof” and a few tidbits
(Anatoly Liberman, OUPblog)
The city will survive coronavirus
(Thomas J. Campanella, Lawrence J. Vale, OUPblog)
Inspirational TV shows to watch during this pandemic
(Charlotte E. Howell, OUPblog)
Haywire immune response eyed in coronavirus deaths, treatment
(Joseph Walker and Jared S. Hopkins, The Wall Street Journal)
Why war stories could reinjure those affected
(Tochi Onyebuchi, OUPblog)
Maths can help you thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Susan D'Agostino, OUPblog)
The experts lied to us about masks
(Kyle Smith, National Review)
North Korea: Coronavirus, missiles, and diplomacy
(Ambassador Joseph Yun; Frank Aum; Paul Kyumin Lee, United States Institute of Peace)
The left's ugly reaction to hydroxychloroquine
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
Trump’s aggressive advocacy of malaria drug for treating coronavirus dvidesmedical community
(Peter Baker, Katie Rogers, David Enrich and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times)
Interfaith leaders push back on effort by state legislators to life "safer at home" order for holy days
(Milwaukee Independent)
Indian religious leaders urge faithful to follow Covid-19 rules
(UCA News)
Churches ring bells, start interfaith prayer against coronavirus
(ABS CBN News)
Religious Communities can play a huge role in fighting the pandemic--but not by gathering for services
(Lata Nott, Freedom Forum Institute)
USCIRF outraged over China selection to UN Human Right Council Consultative Group
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF calls on Houthis in Yemen to abide by commitment to release Hamid bin Haydara
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Uzbekistan: UN cites concerns on torture, freedoms
(Human Rights Watch)
Christians in Guangdong indicted for printing children’s Bibles
(International Christian Concern)
European nations urged to protect abortion access in coronavirus lockdown
(Amber Milne, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Indian Christians experience “brief respite from violence” over Easter due to corona measures
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Some churches confront virus restrictions on Easter services
(Curt A, Associated Press)
No halt to culture wars during coronavirus outbreak
(Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Iran’s supreme leader suggests mass gatherings may be barred through the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan amid pandemic
(Associated Press)
COVID-19 lockdown not a threat to religious liberty, archbishop says
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Report 2020 “Religious Persecution in China” by Christian Solidarity Worldwide
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Baptists cry out for federal intervention against scapegoating
(Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Kremlin expects Israel to remain committed to decision on Alexander Metochion's handover
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Mass raids, new arrests on "extremism" charges
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Yes, there's still a November election and propaganda about religion will merit examination
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
A dismantled organ, a deceased organ builder, and a digital dispute
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
For some churches, SBA’s paycheck protection program is better than bingo
(Peter J Reilly, Forbes)
‘Is Europe Christian?’ Review: Good Faith Estimate
(Walter Russell Mead, The Wall Street Journal)
Supreme Court won't hear bid to suspend Quebec's secularism law
(CBC News)
Suit challenges student government's refusal to fund speech by religious figure
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israeli-Bedouin students left behind over coronavirus
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Shops reopen in Bahrain as government rolls back restrictions
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor)
Is Oman’s model of governance about to shift?
(Sebastian Castelier, Al-Monitor)
Millions of Egyptians out in the streets despite coronavirus lockdown
(Doaa Fareed, Al-Monitor)
Khamenei blames Western culture, atheism for coronavirus response failings
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Iran releases jailed UK resident Aras Amiri on furlough
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Iraq’s president taps intelligence chief to form new government
(Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
COVID-19 crisis threatens to double Turkey’s unemployed
(Mustafa Sonmez, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Turkish pandemic plan raises concerns over citizens' digital rights
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Kachin IDPs risk their health for work during coronavirus epidemic
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
'We do not grieve like those who have no hope,' Pence says of pandemic during Easter
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Catholic groups call for ethical healthcare triage in coronavirus pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)
Outreach just as 'essential' as abortion, say pro-life advocates
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Malta court authorizes seizure of €29 million in Vatican bank assets
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
‘It’s a trauma for our children’: How the pandemic is impacting foster kids
(Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican thanks Chinese groups for donations to combat coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Cloud of doubt surrounds coronavirus figures reported by Iraqi government
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
The eleventh plague: Passover in the time of coronavirus
(Kimberly Winston, Religion Unplugged)
With Passover, Easter and Ramadan looming, clergy scramble to create holidays at a distance
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Articles of interest - 6 April 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious services navigate coronavirus restrictions
(Elliott Davis, US News & World Report)
Hospitals brace for a surge of coronavirus patients, but how accurate are the projections?
(David Able, The Boston Globe)
Georgia Tech faces lawsuit for discriminating against MLK’s niece
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
USCIRF condemns the stigmatization of religious minorities during COVID-19 pandemic
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
5th Circuit: Texas elective abortion ban during COVID-19 emergency is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas can enforce abortion ban during coronavirus pandemic, federal appeals court rules
(Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune)
Canada’s Trudeau administration using COVID-19 money to fund ‘reproductive rights’
(Cassy Fiano-Chesser, Live Action)
Dozens of churches granted legal status in Egypt
(Christianity Today)
42 Thai returnees from Indonesia found to have coronavirus
(Tassanee Vejpongsa and Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)
A few churches are defying bans on large gatherings. That could be bad for religious liberty.
(Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today)
Refugee Jehovah's Witness released in Belarus
(Belorusskii Partisan, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia to seek return of Alexander Metochion in Jerusalem in court - Stepashin
(Interfax-Religion)
Belarus: Makhalichev "basically free, but still not out of danger"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Court frees Cardinal Pell: Washington Post offers basic journalism. And the New York Times?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Stories near you? Ultra-Orthodox Jews making news in a time of coronavirus self-isolation
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Kansas legislature strikes down governor's directive limiting size of religious gatherings
(Zack Budryk, The Hill)
Josh Hawley was ahead of the curve on federal aid for religious nonprofits
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Islamic law and international law share many similarities, Notre Dame Professor says
(Colleen Sharkey, Notre Dame News)
Hate crime legislation sought after vandalism at Buddhist temple
(Max Bryan, Paris Express)
Rights group blasts arrest of three Myanmar artists as ‘ridiculous’
(The Myanmar Times)
U.S. coronavirus restrictions create split among religious liberty advocates
(Lawrence H, Reuters)
Tanzania’s leader urges people to worship in throngs against coronavirus
(Nicholas Bariyo and Joe Parkinson, The Wall Street Journal)
Myanmar: 3 charged for COVID-19 street art
(Human Rights Watch)
How isolation will change religion as a public presence in Australia
(Andrew West, ABC News Australia)
Iraq’s PMU throws weight behind countering COVID-19
(Tamer Badawi, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race, pledges to move 'progressive ideas forward' with Biden
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Humanitarian crisis in Kaduna state, Nigeria as herdsmen attack unchecked
(Christian Headlines)
Courts would likely uphold gob't closure of churches during pandemic, ADF attorney says
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Catholic non-profit highlights dignity of people with disabilities amid coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT, 7 April 202, 5 pm UK time: Human Rights in the Time of Coronavirus: Does England’s Lockdown Violate Human Rights Law?
(Strasbourg Observers)
1st Circuit OKs "so help me God" in naturalization oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia's top court reverses sex abuse convictions of Cardinal George Pell
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
On the acquittal of Cardinal Pell
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
George Pell releases statement after High Court overturns convictions
(Lucy Mae Beers, 7 News)
Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria kill more than 60 Christians in five weeks, sources say
(Morning Star)
Pakistan: No place for minorities in Punjab – analysis
(Eurasia Review)
Top Americas court finds Peru responsible for torture of trans woman
(Oscar Lopez, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader
(Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press)
German courts tell Easter churchgoers, not this year
(Deutsche Welle)
Oldest synagogue in Russia celebrates its 140th anniversary
(Interfax-Religion)
Crimea: Prosecuting worship as "illegal missionary activity"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Sex ed bill in Washington state gets lots of boos but where was the religious community?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland: the appeal in Close & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Cardinal Pell acquitted
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
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