By Ben Westcott and Nanlin Fang | CNN Hong Kong (CNN)China has fiercely defended an escalating crackdown in the far western province of Xinjiang as necessary for security, claiming inmates of “re-education camps” are happier following their imprisonment. International outrage has ... Read More

By BBC News The top official in China’s Xinjiang region has given the most detailed description yet of the alleged use of internment camps for Uighur Muslims. In an interview with state media, Shohrat Zakir said the “vocational education” centres were proving effective in ... Read More

When Ralph Goodale and Justin Trudeau talk about gun crime, they always ignore the real issues of gangs and guns. Bill C-71 showed up, but it never even mentioned gangs or gun violence. It did re-establish the foundations for a new gun registry – with businesses bearing the costs. Now ... Read More

By World Watch Monitor Andrew Brunson, the American-born pastor who was charged with espionage against Turkey and held in custody for two years, has been released and is free to leave the country. A Turkish court on Friday, 12 October, convicted the Evangelical Presbyterian pastor on terrorism ... Read More

By Voice of the Martyrs Authorities on the Indonesian island of Sumatra closed three churches on September 27th, stating that they lack the necessary permits. Church leaders, however, argue that the closures relate instead to restlessness among majority Muslims because of the rapid growth of ... Read More

By World Watch Monitor Radical religious groups in Pakistan have called for mass protests and threatened the judges of the country’s Supreme Court in Islamabad ahead of their ruling in the blasphemy case of Christian woman Asia Bibi. The hardline Islamic party, the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan ... Read More

By Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong | CNN (CNN) Authorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region appear to have officially legalized so-called re-education camps for people accused of religious extremism, a little more than a month after denying such centers exist. The Xinjiang government on ... Read More

By World Watch Monitor Five Algerian Christians accused of “proselytism” will appear in court on 6 November, in Bouira, in Algeria’s north-eastern region of Kabylie. They had been due to appear yesterday (9 October), but the hearing was postponed. The five, including three members of the ... Read More

Amanda Casanova | Religion Today A Hindu parliamentarian is accusing Christian missionaries of trying to harm Indian culture. Parliamentarian Rakesh Sinha says he wants India to become a Hindu nation. “It is time to launch a drive to get rid of Christian missionaries from the country,” said ... Read More

Lily Kuo | The Guardian Authorities in Xinjiang have launched a campaign against the “spread of halal”, claiming the growing number of halal products is encouraging religious extremism in the heavily monitored Chinese region. Party officials in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, which is home ... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON – MP David Anderson, as Chair of the Steering Group of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB), has again called for the immediate release of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor imprisoned in Turkey since October ... Read More

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW is deeply saddened by news that Islamic State (IS, Daesh) terrorists have executed another Druze hostage in Syria. Footage of the execution was released on 2 October. The victim, Thuraya Abou Ammar, 25, was one of 37 people abducted during an attack on ... Read More

By Barbara G. Baker | World Watch Monitor Jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson’s lawyer has filed a formal appeal before the Turkish Constitutional Court to overturn two lower court refusals to release his client from house arrest. The 10-page petition studied by World Watch Monitor called for ... Read More

Another week, another series of wrecks for Justin Trudeau. A panic-stricken NAFTA agreement, reached only when Trudeau and Freeland realized that they were about to be left out of the US-Mexico agreement, gave in on sovereignty, copyright, on drugs, and agriculture. We never even held the ... Read More

By Kathy Gannon | Associated Press ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court postponed its ruling Monday on the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of blasphemy against Islam. The judicial panel listened to Asia Bibi’s defense lawyer ... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON – David Anderson, MP for Cypress Hills–Grasslands has sponsored a petition for constituents who are concerned about the transfer of convicted child murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic to the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge in Maple Creek, SK. “My office has ... Read More

POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE Ottawa (Ontario) – David Anderson, député de Cypress Hills-Grasslands a parrainé une pétition pour les électeurs préoccupés par le transfert de Terri-Lynne McClintic, une tueuse reconnue coupable du meurtre d’un enfant au pavillon de ressourcement Okimaw ... Read More

I urge you to sign and share the petition below within your community. E-petition 1886 calls on the Liberal government to exercise its moral, legal and political authority to ensure the decision to transfer convicted child murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic to the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge is ... Read More

Following the success of the 7th Annual Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom, I’d like to share with you my further observations specific to the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on Trinity Western University’s proposed law school. Thank you for watching and for your ... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON – David Anderson, Member of Parliament for Cypress Hills-Grasslands and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Human Rights and Religious Freedom, last night hosted the 7th Annual Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom on Parliament Hill. “The focus was on getting ... Read More