I was in Hong Kong in November 2019, at the height of the pro-democracy protests late last year. These protests brought a sharp reaction from the Hong Kong police, and in turn the international media were flooded with images of firebombs, tear gas, and students barricaded in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I stayed just …
Continue...The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) led a multi-faith letter calling for the U.S. Department of State to designate the continued brutal oppression of the Rohingya as a genocide. For decades, the Burmese government has repeatedly violated the human rights of ethnic minority groups including the Chin, Kachin, Karen, Rakhine, Rohingya, and Shan, by …
Continue...To fight COVID-19, governments across the world have had to implement a broad range of restrictions that temporarily infringe on the rights and freedoms of their citizens. Most countries recognize that these extraordinary measures are indeed temporary and will be repealed in the near future. But there is a growing concern that authoritarian and anti-democratic …
Continue...The ERLC affirms that all people are created in God’s image and have innate dignity and worth, and deserve to be treated with respect. The right to believe, practice, and live according to one’s own religious faith is a God-given, fundamental human right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 2 that “everyone …
Continue...In an unprecedented move, Hong Kong canceled the annual vigil held in honor of the victims killed by the Chinese military at a 1989 pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square. Today marks the 31st anniversary of the tragedy. This decision follows closely on the heels of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders’ move to impose …
Continue...Kim Jong Un has not been seen in North Korea for weeks and rumors are churning with reports about his health and possible death. The 36-year-old supreme leader was notably missing during a national ceremony on April 15, the birthdate of his late grandfather and founder of the communist country, Kim Il Sung. Right now, …
Continue...Gary Haugen shares how can the Church be a refuge for those most vulnerable to trafficking.
Continue...Jeff, Chelsea, and Travis welcome back Olivia Enos of The Heritage Foundation to the roundtable to discuss the Hong Kong protests and human rights abuses in China, and how Christians ought to think about these events. Guest Biography Olivia Enos serves as a senior policy analyst in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation …
Continue...NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 23, 2019—Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 22, about the importance of countering China morally, specifically in the areas of human rights and freedom of conscience. The ERLC has called on the U.S. government to prioritize the …
Continue...They were regular children. They doodled in class. They looked forward to their lunch break. They didn’t want any homework. And yet, they were different. They didn’t have any friends at school outside of each other, and even then, those relationships were unique. They spoke eight different languages among them and were all beginning English …
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