Religious Liberty

WASHINGTON (BP) – Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela form a Latin American authoritarian triad where leaders exert religious persecution to maintain governmental control, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) reported Nov. 18.

Russian courts have banned at least 10 unregistered Baptist congregations from meeting without state permission, a Norway-based human rights organization reported.

WASHINGTON (BP) – A group of faith leaders has sent a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for his recent designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC).

WASHINGTON (BP) – Faith leaders, including those from the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, are urging the confirmation of Congressman Mark Walker as International Religious Freedom (IRF) ambassador-at-large.

MADISON (BP) – Wisconsin state leaders must follow a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling in favor of a charity group’s First Amendment rights instead of attempting to circumvent the decision, said Becket Fund in a court filing this week.

MEZCALA, Mexico (BP) -- A leading religious freedom advocacy group joined Christians in southern Mexico Oct. 17 demanding answers after the latest murder of a Catholic priest in the region torn by drug cartels.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Although therapy known as gay conversion is at the center of arguments delivered to Supreme Court justices yesterday, those supporting a Colorado counselor say the case is a matter of free speech and unlawfully privileging one opinion over another.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor challenging bans on so-called "conversion therapy" for minors as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

WASHINGTON (BP) – A new congressional bill would require the U.S. to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), indicating egregious, systemic and ongoing religious freedom violations in the country that is the deadliest for Christians.

WASHINGTON D.C. (BP) – A task force commissioned by the Trump Administration earlier this year has issued a preliminary report containing examples where Christians’ “political, social, and humanitarian contributions [were] devalued, their beliefs marginalized, and their communities unlawfully targeted” by the White House’s previous occupants.