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For Helene Fisher and Elizabeth Miller of Open Doors International, what Christians believe about men and women matters to the literal survival of the church. By investigating the gender-specific aspects of religious persecution, they’ve uncovered the complex and detrimental impact that gender stereotypes and inequalities have on the stability of the Christian church under pressure…

“It is remarkable that even during a pandemic there have been numerous instances of limiting the religious freedom of evangelical believers in Russia, mostly fines for distributing spiritual literature and bans on conducting worship services. The fact that the state is so active in its attempts to control the activity of evangelical communities even in…

The Religious Liberty Partnership (RLP) held a virtual Roundtable on Nigeria, September 16, 2020. Focused on recommending joint action regarding the violence taking place in Nigeria, ninety key leaders from 20+ countries participated in the event. Moderated by RLP Chairman Mervyn Thomas, presenters for this third RLP Roundtable included Lord David Alton, Member of the…

The UNHCR has just released exceptionally helpful maps, statistics, and other facts on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s forcibly displaced peoples. Includes specific sections on asylum, repatriation, and resettlement. Click here to see the interactive storymap.  

The Religious Liberty Partnership (RLP) held it second virtual Roundtable, “Religious Freedom Advocacy in a Changing World,” on July 29, 2020.  Panelists included, Sam Brownback, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Liberty; David Anderson, Chairman of the International Panel of Paliamentarians for Freedom of Religious or Belief; and Baroness Caroline Cox, Member of the…

World Relief, a Christian humanitarian organization serving refugees and displaced people, and RLP member Open Doors USA, an international religious freedom watchdog group, published a joint report revealing a surprising 90% reduction since 2015 in the number of Christians resettled from countries where the church faces persecution. Resettlement for other religious minorities — Jewish refugees…

In the words of Judd Birdsall, director of the religion program at Cambridge University’s Centre for Geopolitics:  “excellent reporting from Christianity Today on the longer-term impact of the Trump Administration’s efforts on international religious freedom.”  The article includes thoughts and comments from several friends of the Religious Liberty Partnership, including Frank Wolf, Chris Seiple, Kent…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief in the United Kingdom has launched a new report in Westminster this week entitled Nigeria – Unfolding Genocide? The report launch featured speeches from the Chair of the APPG, Jim Shannon MP, Co-Chair Baroness Cox, and Rebecca Sharibu, the mother of Leah Sharibu who was…