ESSAY: REFORMING USCIRF TO DEATH
KRISTINA ARRIAGA, a commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) from 2016 to 2019, argues for Congress to restore USCIRF to the “apolitical, independent and disruptive agency its architects designed it to be”…
ESSAY: HONG KONG PROTESTS AND THE CHINESE FIGHT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, BOB FU, president of China Aid, together with BYRNNE LAWRENCE look at recent events in Hong Kong and the history of human rights abuses in China…
ESSAY: IN CAMEROON, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CAN’T BE SEPARATED FROM POLITICS
US political scientist and Baptist minister R DREW SMITH, in an article first published on Religion News Service, calls for a re-evaluation of the criteria used within international religious freedom circles for assessing and advancing freedom around the world…
Asia Bibi free to leave Pakistan after court dismisses challenge to her acquittal
Lahore, PakistanRNS Pakistan’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Islamists to overturn the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman previously convicted of blasphemy, freeing her to leave the country and join her daughters in Canada. In the ruling Tuesday, Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said the petitioners led by a village cleric failed […]
Canadian broadcaster offers to sponsor Christian woman spared death in Pakistan
Toronto, CanadaRNS Yes TV, Canada’s largest multifaith broadcaster, has sent a letter to the Canadian government offering to sponsor and settle Asia Bibi, the Pakistani woman who was cleared of blasphemy charges last week. Her death sentence was commuted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on 31st October following an appeal. Pakistan protesters rally against a Supreme Court decision […]