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Indian town sets a curfew and orders police to shoot violators after deadly clashes over a mosque
By Biswajeet Banerjee — February 9, 2024
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — On Thursday, thousands of protesters tried to block government officials and police who arrived to demolish the seminary and mosque following a court order that the structures were being built on government land without local authorization, Anshuman said.
UNESCO is criticized after Cambodia evicts thousands around World Heritage site Angkor Wat
By Grant Peck — November 16, 2023
BANGKOK (AP) — Amnesty International accused UNESCO of disregarding U.N. guidelines and failing in its obligation to intervene and promote the human right to housing.
Progressive National Baptists gain partners to address voting rights, gun violence
By Adelle M. Banks — August 10, 2023
(RNS) — Members of the historically Black Protestant denomination also marked the ninth anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in nearby Ferguson, Missouri.
Religious freedom watchdog seeks Eritrea’s release of 80-year-old Jehovah’s Witness
By Adelle M. Banks — October 14, 2022
(RNS) — A Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesman said that ‘there is growing concern that Tesfazion may not live long enough to ever be reunited with his family and friends.’
Israel isn’t divided by apartheid. It’s divided between democracy and tribalism.
By Daoud Kuttab — February 4, 2022
(RNS) — For decades, Israel has operated under two different ecosystems.
Amnesty International claim that Israel is an apartheid state is recklessly ill-informed
By David Harris — February 2, 2022
(RNS) — Arab citizens are represented throughout the nation, including the powerful Supreme Court.
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent
By The Associated Press — August 2, 2019
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi clerics supported the imposition of male guardianship based on a Quran verse, but other Islamic scholars argued this misinterprets fundamental Quranic concepts.
Renowned Buddhist scholar faces jail for ‘criticizing’ Thai monarchy
By Kimberly Winston — January 16, 2018
(RNS) — An internationally derided "lèse-majesté" law may send Sulak Sivaraksa to jail for 15 years.
Myanmar jails writer for Buddhist insults; activists outraged
By Reuters — June 3, 2015
YANGON (Reuters) A Myanmar court sentenced a writer to two years in jail and hard labor on Tuesday (June 2) for insulting Buddhism, his lawyer said, a verdict derided by activists as a blow to free speech and religious tolerance.
Ending our nation’s addiction to torture (COMMENTARY)
By Ron Stief — December 10, 2014
(RNS) For many in our country, including people of faith, and certainly for those in the back rooms of the entertainment industry, torture sells as an antidote to fear. But it doesn’t work.
#FreeAlexSodiqov: Vigils for student arrested in Tajikistan for conducting research
By Tobin Grant — July 16, 2014
It's been one month since Alex Sodiqov was arrested for the 'crime' of conducting academic research.
Dear Sudan: Stop ‘slut-shaming’ women with religious double standards
By Brian Pellot — May 19, 2014
Last week a Sudanese woman was convicted of adultery for having allegedly cheated on Islam when she married a Christian man. Had it been a Muslim man and a Christian woman, the courts would have stepped aside. Religion shouldn’t be used as a double standard to disproportionately penalize one sex or gender.
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