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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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10/06/2026

ICYMI: Last week, Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen, who was criminally convicted for a decades-old church booklet about marriage and s*xual ethics, was invited to submit a testimony before the Canadian Senate Human Rights Committee on the C-9 bill concerning “hate speech”.

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Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen, who was criminally convicted for a decades-old church booklet about marriage and s*xual ethics, was invited to submit a testimony before the Canadian Senate Human Rights Committee on the C-9 bill concerning “hate speech”.

09/06/2026

UN experts have issued a formal communication to the Nigerian government, expressing grave concerns over alarming reports of human rights violations by armed military and political groups in northern and central Nigeria, disproportionately affecting Christians and particularly women and girls, among other religious or belief communities.

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UN experts have issued a formal communication to the Nigerian government, expressing grave concerns over alarming reports of human rights violations by armed military and political groups in northern and central Nigeria, disproportionately affecting Christians and particularly women and girls.

26/05/2026

The Crown Office has backed down and refused to appeal the case of a Glaswegian Catholic grandmother, who was cleared in court after offering to speak with people in a “buffer zone”.

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The Crown Office has backed down in the case of a Glaswegian Catholic grandmother who was cleared in court for offering to speak with people in a “buffer zone”, after refusing to appeal the case.

21/05/2026

Comprehensive Sexuality Education, or CSE, was first conceived in the 1960s — the unwanted child, in a sense, of the s*xual revolution, as soaring rates of STIs and teenage pregnancies demanded a global response. Until this point, s*x education had focused primarily on health, safety, and biology. Since then, however, CSE emerged promoting s*xual rights, and consequently, gender ideology and the s*xualization of children.

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In classrooms across the globe, a quiet yet burgeoning campaign is underway to shape what children as young as 5 are taught about s*x, relationships, and their own bodies.

20/05/2026

“There is a crisis of free speech, unfortunately, throughout Europe, throughout the West, and the UK is sadly leading the charge.” - Sean Nelson, Senior Counsel for Global Religious Freedom with ADF International

20/05/2026

Last week, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia ruled against a female-only networking app, in a blow to upholding biological reality and women-only spaces.

The Court dismissed an appeal from Sall Grover, founder of female networking app Giggle for Girls, who in August 2024 was ruled to have “indirectly discriminated” against Roxanne Tickle, a man who identifies as a woman, by removing him from the app. The 2024 Tickle v. Giggle ruling stated that “s*x is not confined to being a biological concept”.

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Australian Federal Court rules that “Giggle for Girls” app’s female-only membership policy “directly discriminated” against man who identifies as woman Founder Sall Grover has indicated she intends to appeal to Australia’s highest court SYDNEY (15 May 2026) – The Full Court of the Fede...

19/05/2026

Christian communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been left unable to freely practice their faith following a series of targeted attacks that have destroyed churches and other religious sites. In a case filed at the East African Court of Justice, advocates are calling for DRC recognition of the damage inflicted during an attack on Banyamulenge Christian sites in the city of Uvira in January 2026, as well as compensation to rebuild places of worship that have been destroyed in these targeted attacks.

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Religious freedom advocates demand a halt to attacks, financial compensation to rebuild destroyed churches; ADF International legally supporting the case. Continued attacks in the region aimed to destroy the central Christian religious pillars of the Banyamulenge ethnic group. NAIROBI (14 MAY 2026)....

18/05/2026

FREE SPEECH WIN 🇬🇧: Christian pastor Dia Moodley has been cleared, after police ended their months-long criminal investigation, following the pastor’s arrest for his peaceful street preaching.

However, Avon & Somerset Police have REFUSED to investigate a Muslim man who threatened the pastor for his peaceful Easter preaching.