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Across the continent, one holiday carries many languages, calendars, and meanings. From candlelit church services to winter swims and family feasts that stretch into early January, Christmas in Europe is…
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A Rigorous Examination of How Modern Legal Systems Protect Religious Conscience in Life-or-Death Medical Decisions In a comprehensive analysis recently published in Religions, University of Seville legal scholar Mar Leal-Adorna has…
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Another 126 believers continue to serve real prison terms. Sergey Melnik, 53, a Jehovah's Witness from Volgograd, spent more than four years and nine months in prison. His sentence for his faith ended on…
Africa
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has joined a growing international campaign to free French journalist Christophe Gleizes, after an Algerian appeals court confirmed a seven-year prison…
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At a two-day conference on “Artificial Intelligence and Justice”, held at Spain’s Supreme Court and organised by the Asociación de Letrados del Tribunal Supremo (ALTS), Judge Manuel Marchena warned that…
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The European Commission’s Code of Good Administrative Behaviour legally binds EU officials to act lawfully, impartially and without discrimination. Yet religious and belief minorities report that daily administrative practices do…
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The European Union’s legal framework does not recognise the category of “traditional religion”. This means neither EU institutions nor influential interfaith networks — including platforms such as Religions for Peace…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is meeting Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever in Brussels to break a deadlock over a €140 billion Ukraine loan backed by frozen…
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Two 74-year-old JW sentenced to three years in prison and immediately detained. Nowadays, 175 JWs are behind bars in Russia On 12 November, a Russian court imprisoned two 74-year-old men—Valeriy…
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With LUX, Rosalía makes an ambitious turn toward the sacred: orchestral colors, choral textures, and a dense web of Catholic and mystical references. In Spanish-language press and broadcast interviews, she…
