Is religion a human right

Is religion a human right
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Religious freedom is the forgotten key to understanding the world’s human rights crises

Foreign ambassadors, persecution survivors, government and religious leaders, and a number of civil society organizations gathered this week at the second annual International Religious Freedom Summit ...

Violent threats against people of faith are the opposite of human rights

The Catholic Church has long been known for serving others in countless ways. But now hostility is growing to towards us as we continue to put our faith into action.

For the religious right, a victory 50 years in the making

A mighty coalition comprising mostly conservative Catholics, evangelical Christians and Mormons grounded its theological aims in the language of human rights and played its politics unrelentingly.

Religion, Charity and Human Rights

This book provides an analysis of international case law developments on the ever growing range of issues now being generated by clashes between human rights, religion and charity law. Kerry ...

Perspective: Performing the rituals of a religion does not make you a member of that faith

Social progressivism and other secular ideologies are trying to influence the great historical traditions of faith. But you can’t have it both ways.

Religion is ‘collateral damage’ in Ukraine war, says Truss

The Foreign Secretary condemned Moscow’s indiscriminate bombing of Ukrainian places of worship at a human rights conference.

Human rights activists condemn religious discrimination in Egypt

"Every couple of days we'd have a new case of someone trying to change his religion." The government-created National Council for Human Rights last year called for striking religion altogether ...

A minority is intent on imposing abortion religious beliefs on others

One of them is an 18-year-old student. She worked relentlessly to become the first person in her family to go to college, but now an unintended pregnancy threatens to derail ...

Abortion rights should be considered a key plank of religious freedom | Opinion

The law of this country must be based on non-religious grounds, not on tenets of one or another religion or personal ethical code not shared by others.

Religious Freedom: Human Rights Organizations calls for shutdown of the Korea’s Christian Council

30,000 people gathered in at Seul’s Gwanghwamun Square in a rally coordinated by the Global Citizens' Human Rights Coalition. People from civil society organizations and religious groups came ...

MEA Rejects US Report, Says India Values Religious Freedom, Human Rights

As a naturally pluralistic society, India values religious freedom and human rights. In our discussions with the US, we have regularly highlighted issues of concern there, including racially and ...

EU-Bahrain Human Rights Dialogue opens new era for freedom of religion, belief

Manama, June 1 (BNA): The EU-Bahrain Human Rights Dialogue has opened a new era for fostering exchanges between the governments, decision-makers and civil society organisations working for freedom of ...