The Committee of Advertising Practice is proposing to expand its ban on ‘offensive’ advertising, including adverts deemed religiously offensive, in its two codes.
The crime of blasphemy will be abolished in Greece from 1 July 2019 under changes to the country’s criminal code, in what is being hailed as a huge step forward for the global campaign to end blasphemy laws.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi must make a sincere commitment to building an inclusive India that protects religious minorities and human rights defenders, Amnesty India says.
The UN says the rise in attacks targeting Jews, along with other groups targeted because of their race or religion, is a matter of grave concern, and urges all governments to redouble their efforts to combat racism and related intolerance in all its forms.
An international consultation on 'Green Reformation: Ecology, Religion, Education and the Future of the Ecumenical Movement' organised by the World Council of Churches (WCC) department on Ecumenical Theological Education in cooperation with the Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany, is taking place at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland.
Government officials allege the work is blasphemous and object to its presumed link to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights and gender equality.
A federal court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the president’s Muslim ban executive order that bars people from select Muslim-majority countries from travelling to the United States.