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  • Freedom Experts Criticize U.N. Anti-Blasphemy Resolution

    By Ethan Cole

    Religious freedom experts criticized this week a United Nations anti-blasphemy resolution for most likely hindering Christian evangelism and spreading Sharia law. “This anti-blasphemy resolution is mostly seen to be putting a ‘chilling effect’ on Christian work and outreach around the world."

    Oct 09, 2008 | Comments 4

  • American Rights Activist Wins 2008 Seoul Peace Prize

    By Ethan Cole

    Long-time human rights activist Suzanne Scholte became the 9th Seoul Peace Prize laureate Tuesday for her work promoting freedom and human rights for the North Korean people and the Sharawi refugees of Western Sahara.

    Oct 08, 2008 | Comments 0

  • U.K. Court Recognizes Threat to Christian Converts

    By Ethan Cole

    A U.K. immigration court of appeals has for the first time recognized the life threatening circumstances of Muslim converts to Christianity by granting asylum to a Syrian evangelical Christian couple.

    Sep 30, 2008 | Comments 3

  • Faith Leaders Ask Iran President to Change

    By Ethan Cole

    Religious leaders that hosted a highly-criticized dinner for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday asked the fiercely anti-U.S. politician to change his tone when speaking on a number of sensitive topics.

    Sep 26, 2008 | Comments 14

  • Protest Mounts ahead of Iranian President's U.S. Visit

    By Ethan Cole

    Anti-U.S. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should expect some hostility from Americans this week when he visits the U.N. headquarters in New York. Pro-democracy Iranian-Americans and other citizens will unite in a protest rally outside the U.N. headquarters on Tuesday.

    Sep 22, 2008 | Comments 2

  • Experts Give Mixed Reactions on N. Korea’s Future

    By Michelle A. Vu

    Experts are not in agreement when it comes to the future of human rights in North Korea if rumors of dictator Kim Jong-Il’s illness are real. Some think that even with a new North Korean leader in power, there won’t be much or any change to the cruel policies.

    Sep 20, 2008 | Comments 1

  • Web Campaign Fights Brutal Regime in Burma

    By Ethan Cole

    An online campaign by a Christian rights group was launched Wednesday to raise public awareness and press for political change in Burma, which has one of the world’s most brutal military regimes known for using violence to silence critics and for its ethnic cleansing campaign.

    Sep 17, 2008 | Comments 1

  • China Missed Chance to Improve Rights Image, Says U.S.

    By Ethan Cole

    China missed a golden opportunity to show an improved human rights and religious freedom image during the Olympic Games, the White House said.

    Aug 29, 2008 | Comments 0

  • Angry N. Korea Threatens to Rebuild Nuclear Plants

    By Michelle A. Vu

    North Korea, angry that the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism, said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and is considering restoring them.

    Aug 27, 2008 | Comments 1

  • Rights Watchdog Wants Vietnam Back on U.S. Blacklist

    By Ethan Cole

    A religious freedom monitoring body in its new report urged the U.S. government to put Vietnam back on its blacklist of the world’s worst religious freedom violators.

    Aug 26, 2008 | Comments 3
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