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, ...

In response to the injustices of the Second World War, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted what it called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On this, the ...

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.

We joined this case to ensure that those who have a religious belief that support it are able to obtain an abortion when needed. As a result of this case, Hoosiers of any faith background with ...

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 ...

Christians remain the most persecuted religious group globally, the Holy See’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva has warned, urging governments to strengthen protections for freedom of ...

No Vietnamese citizen is subject to discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, and the activities of religious organisations are guaranteed in accordance with the law.

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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 ...

You are standing in front of a door with no lock, no guard, and no chain. You desperately want to leave, and yet every cell in your body screams that walking out will bring catastrophe. This is the ...