During the current 45th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the ERLC advocated for the religious freedom of children in China. The ERLC joined the Jubilee Campaign and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) in issuing a written statement to the UNHRC. The joint statement condemns the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its …
Continue...Since 2017, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has waged a systemic campaign of oppression and persecution against Uyghur Muslims. The state-sanctioned violence has come in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China’s western-most territory, where Uyghurs have lived for centuries. The CCP is using totalitarian tactics like pervasive surveillance, thought control, ideological reeducation, forced birth control, …
Continue...On Tuesday, Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States signed a diplomatic pact known as the “Abraham Accords Peace Agreement.” Additionally, Israel and the UAE signed a separate agreement to establish diplomatic and economic ties between the two nations. Last week the U.S., Bahrain, and Israel issued a joint statement announcing full …
Continue...The ERLC participated in the Universal Periodic Review process for the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal focusing on the human rights records of the country. The ERLC filed a joint report to the United Nations, partnering with 21Wilberforce, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and the Jubilee Campaign on the newly implemented Constitution of Nepal. The new Constitution …
Continue...This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced the United States government would apply Global Magnitsky Sanctions to top-ranking Chinese officials and a Chinese government entity for the human rights abuses and religious freedom violations committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against the Uyghur Muslim people in the Xinjiang …
Continue...North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un missed the April 15 commemoration of the birthday of his grandfather, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. The silence from him since then has led to speculation that he is either seriously ill or has already died. Kim’s death would likely not lead to an improvement in the lives …
Continue...India’s capital of New Delhi and regions throughout the country were rocked in recent months by religious violence and rioting. The rioting left over 40 people dead with property damage and devastation common throughout the rest of the country. The cause of this violence in the world’s largest democracy was the new law entitled the …
Continue...Last month the coronavirus pandemic became a stark reality for Americans. Our normal routines disappeared seemingly overnight, including church activities. Calls for “social distancing” suddenly precluded most gatherings, including those in houses of worship. We are not alone. Governments around the world are seeking to contain the spread of the highly contagious virus by placing …
Continue...When the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy develop a close relationship, that can only be good for religious freedom, right? Well, it’s complicated. U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have become close in recent years. At the end of Trump's state visit to India in February, he celebrated …
Continue...What just happened? China claims Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities in internment camps are there because they had been “infected” by the “virus” of Islamic radicalism and must be quarantined and cured. That’s one of the findings in a series of leaked papers recently obtained by The New York Times. The documents reveal how …
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