In South Africa, October marks Pride Month—an opportunity for willing actors to commemorate the first Gay and Lesbian Pride march in Africa, held in Johannesburg on 13 October 1990. Then, October 27th ...

Today, less than 50% of Americans say religion is very important in their lives and church attendance and membership continues to steadily decline according to many polls, including Gallup. Still, ...

This is the lived reality of millions of people in highly controlling religions, cults, and coercive situations worldwide. Individuals in such situations are physically free to leave and yet feel ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

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LONDON — This month at the Houses of Parliament, the LGBT FoRB International Coalition officially launched, bringing together faith leaders, advocacy organizations and human-rights experts to champion ...

Governments around the world continue to violate religious freedom and breach international law by engaging in torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, according to a report by the ...

While many Christians see persecution, analysts and officials say the country’s long-running conflict is driven largely by insecurity, land disputes and criminal networks affecting both Muslims and ...

Nigeria is facing “a terrifying crisis of religious violence,” the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its 2026 annual report, released March 4. USCIRF, an independent, ...

In late June, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Vicky Hartzler led delegations to both Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, joined by Vice Chair Asif Mahmood in the ...

Abortion advocates’ campaign to broaden abortion access includes litigation challenging state pro-life laws under state constitutions and statutes. Their argument that laws prohibiting abortion ...

On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, the European Union pays tribute to all victims of discrimination, intolerance, persecution, hatred, ...