On 11 June 2025, Norway’s education authority ordered Samfundets skole Sentrum, a Christian independent school, to change parts of its teaching and learning materials concerning marriage, relationships and sexuality. The orders formed part of a wider dispute involving other…
In March 2025, Rushmoor Borough Council applied for a court order that would have significantly restricted public expressions of Christian faith—including prayer, singing, and the distribution of religious literature. Following public backlash and engagement with local churches…
In May 2025, the Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain (FEREDE) filed a formal complaint with the Spanish ombudsman, denouncing discrimination against the evangelical community in Spain, including a ban on using funeral chapels.
Spain’s Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal of an evangelical father seeking to share his religious beliefs with his young son. The Court upheld earlier rulings that prohibit him from taking the child to church or reading the Bible with him, granting the mother…
On 22 May 2025, the Catalan Parliament approved a motion condemning what it called “reactionary ultra-Catholic groups” in schools and urging the Government to withdraw public funding from schools found to violate fundamental rights or spread “hate speech”. The debate referred…
On 20 May 2025, Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights reported Bishop Emeritus Juan Antonio Reig Pla to prosecutors over remarks about disability made during a homily nine days earlier, in which he talked about the dignity of persons with disability and tracing the origins of…
Public-space rules introduced by Hillingdon Council led police to warn Christians in Uxbridge that they could be fined for street preaching, displaying Bible verses and distributing religious literature, with officers reportedly instructing them to turn their Bible signs around…
In a written question to the European Commission, Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen raised concerns over France’s exclusion of private schools—including Protestant and Montessori institutions—from the EU’s Erasmus+ student mobility programme. He questioned how this policy aligns with…
A 63-year-old Christian woman, Livia Tossici-Bolt, has been convicted for breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) by holding a sign that read "here to talk, if you want" near an abortion clinic in Bournemouth. This case raises significant concerns about the impact of…
On 31 March 2025, a Finnish court convicted an elderly Christian couple of “assault” after praying with a young man about issues relating to sexuality. Despite the fact that the prayers were non-coercive and the young man had sought the support and participated in the prayers…
On 27 March 2025, political parties in Córdoba filed complaints against a Spanish Catholic lay association, over public campaigns for the protection of Down syndrome babies and addressing the meaning of womanhood. The parties alleged possible “hate crimes” and called for the…
Clive Johnston, a retired pastor in Northern Ireland is facing trial for holding an open-air Christian service near an abortion clinic, raising serious concerns about the impact of so-called ‘buffer zone’ laws on religious freedom and freedom of expression.
On 12 March, a British court found Christian street preacher Karandeep Mamman not guilty of "causing religious harassment, alarm or distress" after he publicly criticised the Koran during a street sermon in January 2023. Listeners also reacted aggressively to him, threatening…
Following widespread public opposition, the Peña de la Cruz in Albarracín will remain standing. The Administrative Court of Teruel upheld emergency measures to block its removal, and authorities have decided to repair the historic Christian symbol instead of demolishing it.
Sara Spencer, a Christian midwifery student in Scotland, has been suspended from her National Health Service placement for comments she made on a private Facebook forum explaining her conscientious objection to performing abortions. Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing,…
Rose Docherty, a 74-year-old Christian and leader of the pro-life prayer group "40 Days for Life", has become the first person to be arrested under Scotland's new abortion 'buffer zone' law for holding a silent vigil near a Glasgow hospital. The law, which criminalises any…
On February 12, 2025, the UK Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Christian teacher Kristie Higgs, who was fired in 2019 for sharing her concerns about sex education policies and expressed her Christian beliefs about this topic on her private Facebook page. The court confirmed…
Christian charity volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce has again been targeted by police for standing silently in a buffer zone. This time, police officers told her that her 'mere presence' was causing 'harassment' and therefore prohibited behaviour in the area. Buffer zone laws in…
A report by FEREDE highlights the lack of access to evangelical religious education in Spanish schools, which in some cases amounts to restrictions of parental rights to educate their children in conformity with their beliefs.
In December 2024, the town of Beaucaire was ordered to remove its nativity scene from the town hall by an administrative court, claiming its display violated secularism laws. Despite the ruling, the mayor refused to comply, resulting in further legal action and the threat of…