A Nottingham employment tribunal in the U.K. has begun hearing the case of a Christian teacher, known as “Hannah,” who was dismissed after raising safeguarding concerns about an 8-year-old child “transitioning” under her school’s policies.
Sufyan Masih, a 24-year-old Christian brick kiln worker in Pakistan, has won a legal battle to have his religious identity correctly recognized. His employer had fraudulently registered him as a Muslim on his National Identity Card a few years ago, effectively trapping him in forced labor by withholding his wages and preventing him from returning to his family.
Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a damning report by U.N. experts accusing President Daniel Ortega’s government of systematically suppressing human rights, democracy and religious groups.
The U.K.-based group Christian Concern has begun a Lent prayer campaign urging supporters to devote daily prayer time toward defeating a proposed assisted suicide law. The group is calling for one minute of prayer each day starting on Wednesday to oppose legislation that could endanger vulnerable individuals.
First lady Melania Trump has announced that the first White House Easter Egg Roll of President Trump’s second term is scheduled for April 21. Last year, President Biden faced criticism for designating “Transgender Day of Visibility” on Easter Sunday, one of Christianity’s most sacred observances.
A Christian couple in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, who were sentenced to five years in prison for alleged attempted conversion, have been released on bail. Christians maintain that the evidence presented in court did not substantiate the charges of conversion, but their acquittal is expected to take a long time.
Thieves have stolen a mural of the Ten Commandments and other Victorian murals from a church in Lincolnshire, England. Having discovered the missing artwork and two other Victorian paintings, representatives of St. Andrew’s Church in Little Steeping wondered if they had read the Eighth Commandment.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has withdrawn over half a million dollars previously allocated to Stonewall, an LGBT advocacy organization in the U.K. Another $40,000 assigned to “gender identity seminars” in Scotland has also been pulled, according to reports.
Thai authorities in Bangkok have arrested more than 60 Montagnard Christian migrants who faced persecution in Vietnam and have also drawn criticism from the U.S. government for deporting 40 Uighur ethnic minorities back to China.
Fifty Christians were attacked during a Sunday service in Rajasthan state in western India, when a group of about 200 people stormed a church building in Bikaner city. Several attendees sustained injuries after being struck with iron rods, and the assailants vandalized the property before police arrived.
