“Troubling times”: Why protecting religious freedom across the world is “all about the Gospel”
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Scot Bower, the new CEO of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW…
ESSAY: WHAT TRUMP SHOULD HAVE TOLD INDIA’S MODI THIS WEEK
ELLIS HEASLEY, public affairs officer at religious freedom advocacy CSW, looks at why US President Donald Trump should have raised issues of religious freedom on his visit to India this week…
ESSAY: WHY CHRISTIANS MUST SUPPORT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE
TONY PERKINS, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and president of the Family Research Council, says religious freedom is under attack around the world “like never before”…
CSW expresses concern over religious freedom protections in Cuba’s new draft constitution
Religious freedom advocacy CSW is “deeply concerned” that Cuba’s National Assembly failed to add protections for religious liberty to a final draft of the country’s new constitution before it goes to a public referendum on 24th February. In a statement, the UK-based organisation – which noted it continues to record widespread religious freedom violations in […]
Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls on new Cuban President to protect religious freedom
UK-based religious freedom advocacy Christian Solidarity Worldwide has called on new Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to abolish the Office of Religious Affairs and adopt legislating protecting religious freedom. CSW concluded in a recent report on religious freedom in Cuba that the ORA – part of the Central Committee of the Communist party – remains the […]
Religious freedom learning platform launched at UN
World Watch Monitor A new website to help promote understanding of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) was launched yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council. The Sweden-based FoRB Learning Platform provides downloadable resources in 13 different languages, including quick guides to religious rights, movie clips, theological reflections, and links to other […]
Religious freedom violations continue in Cuba despite developments in international relations, says report
The Cuban Government continued to actively restrict religious freedom last year with a new report showing a slight increase on the 2,300 violations recorded in 2015 – then a record high, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The UK-based religious freedom advocacy recorded some 2,380 separate violations of religious freedom in 2016, […]
Church demolitions in Cuba continue as government crackdown on religious freedom intensifies, says CSW report
Church demolitions in Cuba have increased over the first half of 2016 thanks to an ongoing government crackdown which is also resulting in the confiscation of Assemblies of God churches, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The UK-based religious freedom advocacy’s report details more than 1,600 violations of religious freedom between January […]