ADF UK

03/08/2026

READ from Premier Christian News: https://bit.ly/453FJAK

"A letter, organised by ADF International and co-signed by Premier, urged the Charity Commission to reject claims that faith-based groups holding traditional views on life, marriage and biological s*x are 'anti-rights'."

Premier has joined 10 other Christian organisations in urging the Charity Commission to reject claims that faith-based groups holding traditional views on life, marriage and biological s*x are "anti-rights".

31/07/2026

Iraq’s Court of Cassation affirms woman’s right to be classified as Christian in state’s official database

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Country’s highest court for civil, criminal, and family matters affirms right of Iraqi Christian to freely choose her religion, sets persuasive precedent for scores of Christians in Iraq facing serious legal and personal consequences of state-assigned religion.Decision furthers protections for Chr...

22/07/2026

Top Pakistani court set to hear the case of 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz, after a previous ruling that granted custody of her to the 30-year-old man who abducted her.

ADF is providing support to the case, which could set a precedent for protecting young girls from forced marriage and conversion.

ISLAMABAD (21 JULY 2026) – In Pakistan, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) will hear a review petition in the case of Maria Shahbaz on July 24. The FCC is the highest court in Pakistan that hears constitutional cases. The hearing follows a previous ruling from the court, which returned the cus...

13/07/2026

ICYMI: Last week, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on Pakistan to take action in the case of Maria Shahbaz, a 13-year-old Christian girl who was abducted, forced to convert to Islam and married off to a 30-year-old man.

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The European Parliament on Thursday (July 9) adopted a resolution calling on Pakistan to establish a national mechanism to handle complaints from families of abducted or forcibly converted girls from religious minorities.

26/06/2026

A long-awaited hearing in the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, set months ago for yesterday, 25 June, was abruptly cancelled by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Sharif-Aminu is a young Nigerian Sufi musician who faces the death penalty because of blasphemy charges related to song lyrics he composed and shared over social media. His case is now stalled again in the Court with no new date scheduled. The hearing was expected to have set the date for oral arguments in the case, which is challenging the constitutionality of northern Nigeria’s death penalty blasphemy laws.

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Supreme Court postpones hearing in case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a young Sufi musician who has languished in prison for over six years under blasphemy charges. ADF International calls for Sharif-Aminu’s release and the overturning of blasphemy laws, urges the Court and international bodies to act w...

23/06/2026

This is Audato and Ieda Denardi with their two daughters, ages 15 and 11. Audato and Ieda were recently sentenced to 50 days in prison. Their "crime"?

Homeschooling their daughters.

Parental rights are under attack in Brazil.

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17/06/2026

Brazilian parents Audato and Ieda Denardi have been sentenced to 50 days in prison for homeschooling their daughters. The parents were convicted of “intellectual neglect”, with the judge stating that the home education curricula failed to include programs on “gender and s*x education” and “tolerance and diversity.”

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Parents who chose to homeschool their two daughters convicted of “intellectual neglect” and sentenced to 50 days in prison in first criminal prosecution of home educators in the country. Conviction is part of a broader pattern of parental rights concerns in Brazil; ADF International is providing...

15/06/2026

⚠️ Christians in Nigeria are still facing crisis levels of violence and persecution.

This week, UN experts have urged the Nigerian government to take action to put an end to attacks that have continued to disproportionately target Christians, and particularly women and girls.

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