(The Telegraph) — Christian doctor lost his job in a government department after he refused to refer to “a six-foot-tall bearded man” as “madam,” a tribunal heard. Dr. David Mackereth, 56, claims he was sacked as a disability benefits assessor by the Department of Work and Pensions over his religious beliefs. The father-of-four alleges […]
TAIPEI (ChinaAid) — Liao Qiang and several family members arrived in Taiwan last week after fleeing China. His attendance at a Sunday church service in Taipei represents the first time Qiang worshiped publicly since authorities shut down Early Rain Covenant Church last December, the Associated Press reports. Liao and his family hope to reside in […]
XIAMEN, Fujian (ChinaAid) — Police and security officials staked out the location of Xunsiding Church for at least a month after the house of worship was shut down in May. … The wife of Xunsiding Church’s pastor brought friends to the church’s location on June 30. A large group of police and other officials formed […]
ABERDEENSHIRE — A 17-year-old Scottish high school student says he was recently ejected from the classroom after he spoke up to one of his teachers who remarked that a website was “old-fashioned” because it only listed two genders. He was also suspended for secretly recording a discussion with the teacher about the matter, which was […]
(Fox News) — Archaeologists in Israel’s Golan Heights have discovered an ancient city gate from the time of King David. The find was made during an excavation at the ancient city of Bethsaida. “There are not too many monumental discoveries dating from the reign of King David,” Rami Arav, associate professor at the University of […]
LONDON — Two 10-year-old children in the United Kingdom were reprimanded and suspended for five days over allegations that they had made “homophobic remarks” after expressing objection to a lesson for Pride Month. According to the Christian Legal Centre, the incident took place on June 20 as a fifth grade teacher at Heavers Farm Primary […]
(The Christian Institute) — Amsterdam’s Mayor Femke Halsema is considering plans to cover up the city’s 330 infamous red light windows. In March, it was also announced that Amsterdam will ban guided tours around its brothel areas from January 2020. Deputy Mayor Udo Kock said it was no longer appropriate to see prostitution “as a […]
XIAMEN, Fujian (ChinaAid) — Authorities in China’s Fujian province carried out campaigns against Christian house churches to meet a July 1 goal of clean-up and rectification. As part of their efforts, authorities dispatched police to Xinzao Church to monitor the location each day. Officials issued an administrative shutdown notice against the church on June 19, […]
STRASBOURG — The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the case of a Norwegian family whose children were seized in 2015 after the school principal called authorities to express concern over the manner in which the children were being raised by “radical Christians.” “Parents have the right to direct the upbringing of […]
(The Christian Institute) — A couple in Australia have been granted permission to sue an ultrasound clinic for not diagnosing their daughter with Down syndrome. The couple claim they would have aborted their child, who is now four years old, if they knew she might have the condition. The unnamed parents are seeking damages for […]