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China Passes Sweeping Hong Kong National Security Law
July 01, 2020
Beijing adopted a wide-reaching national security law which dramatically broadens Beijing's powers to investigate, prosecute, and punish suspected criminals in Hong Kong.
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Supreme Court Rules Montana Cannot Exclude Religious Schools From Scholarship Program
July 01, 2020
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Montana’s reliance on its state Blaine Amendment to discriminate against parents desiring to use tax credit scholarships at religious schools.
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Pakistan PM Accuses U.S. of Making Osama bin Laden a Martyr
June 26, 2020
Pakistan’s Prime Minister responded to a recent U.S. State Department report critical of religious freedom conditions in the South Asian country by condemning the United States for its operation against the Pakistani hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, describing the Islamist terrorist’s death as “martyrdom.”
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DOE Discovers $1 Billion in Anonymous Foreign Funding on U.S. Campuses
June 24, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) has discovered that foreign sources have provided at least $1.14 billion to U.S universities, including funds coming China, Russia, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
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UN Publicly Defends Antifa Group's Right to "Freedom of Expression" and "Peaceful Assembly."
June 23, 2020
In a tweet it quickly deleted after public criticism, the United Nations Office at Geneva defended the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly of Antifa, an anarchist group whose members, during the U.S. protests over racial injustice, have participated in vandalism, arson, burglary, and assault.
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