US Supreme Court revives ex-student’s suit against Georgia college
Washington DC, USAP The US Supreme Court is reviving a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian literature on campus. The high court sided eight to one with the student, Chike Uzuegbunam, and against Georgia Gwinnett College. Uzuegbunam has since graduated, and the public school in […]
US Supreme Court wrestles with Georgia college free speech case
Washington DC, USAP The US Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian literature on campus. The school, Georgia Gwinnett College, has since changed its policies and the student has graduated. A lower court dismissed the […]
Sentence upheld for pastor in Algeria stopped for carrying Christian literature
Morning Star News A case that began with police in Algeria stopping a Christian suspected of carrying Bibles in his car ended yesterday with a large fine for the church leader. A judge in Tiaret, 600 kilometres south-west of Algiers, on Wednesday denied pastor Nouredine Belabed’s appeal of a sentence of a 100,000-dinar ($US868) fine […]
Conviction, sentencing of Christian in Algeria ‘ridiculous’, attorney says
Morning Star News A court in Algeria last week withdrew a six-month prison sentence but upheld a fine on a convert from Islam for carrying Christian literature and some crucifix-shaped keychains into the country, sources said. Idir Hamdad was fined 20,000 Algerian dinars ($US172) plus customs expenses after a judge at the court in Dar […]