03
                                            May
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Christian MP in Finland Supporting Biblical Marriage and Sexualtiy Charged with Hate Crimes
                                        
                                                                                                           This isn’t hate speech, its opinion….. and it cant be criminalized in a society that allow free speech. This is intimidation at its finest. This should be covered by mainstream media but will not be.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            30
                                            April
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Canadian Court Empowers Police to ‘Do Anything Necessary’ to Disrupt Church, Find Pastor
                                        
                                                                                                           Calgary Police and Alberta Health Services apply for and receive a secret warrant - “to use such reasonable force as they deem appropriate to gain access†to the building of the church led by Pastor Artur Pawlowski.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            29
                                            April
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Washington Post slammed for tweeting 'very Catholic' Biden colliding with 'right-wing' bishops
                                        
                                                                                                           I'm not aware that anyone has ever referred to Biden as ‘very Catholic’before. But if he is, as the Washington Post asserts, then anyone opposing him must be very ‘something else’, as in only ‘a rising groups of right wing’ bishops.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            28
                                            April
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Christian pastor arrested for making 'homophobic statements' after preaching from the Bible
                                        
                                                                                                           Elderly Christian pastor in London, England says he was treated 'shamefully' after being arrested for making 'homophobic statements' after preaching from the Bible.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            13
                                            April
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Flagship Protestant colleges stripped of right to offer higher education in Russia
                                        
                                                                                                           Russia is not letting up on its suppression of faith minority communities – at least three mainline Protestant seminaries have lost their accreditation in the last few months.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            20
                                            March
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           New Zealand lawmakers want ‘buffer zones’ banning pro-life speech at abortion centers
                                        
                                                                                                           Proabortion zealots are never satisfied. After already removing virtually all restrictions re abortion the NZ Parliament moves to further repress the right to even speak about the issue.  
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            24
                                            January
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Violating Rights: Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws
                                        
                                                                                                           For more information on blasphemy laws around the world, please see USCIRF's recent comprehensive report.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            06
                                            January
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Reporters without Borders report on journalists detained, held hostage and missing
                                        
                                                                                                           This report from Reporters without Borders details these incarcerations and the challenges faced by both professional and non- professional reporters. journalists detained,  held hostage and missing
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
			
			The watchdog says it has had to suspend its campaign and research work in India (file photo - Getty Images)
           
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            29
                                            September
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Amnesty International to halt India operations
                                        
                                                                                                           Big news out of India – continuing pressure from Modi government forces the closure of Amnesty International operations in India.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            08
                                            July
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           City to pay $50,000 to evangelist banned from park
                                        
                                                                                                           The Portland, Oregon city government has paid a street evangelist $50,000 after acknowledging last fall it was wrong to ban the man from a downtown park for preaching.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            19
                                            June
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Hopes Wilt for Teaching Christianity in Schools in Sudan
                                        
                                                                                                           Hopes that the transitional government in Sudan would bring back Christianity as a school subject alongside Islam wilted when officials omitted it from an academic schedule released last week.