Pavica Vojnovi?, leader of a German chapter of 40 Days for Life, prays at a pro-life vigil. A German court denied the group s challenge to continue holding vigils outside Pro Familia, an abortion advisery center, on May 12, 2021. | Alliance Defending Freedom International
A German court has upheld a ban on silent prayer gatherings near organizations that promote abortion, dismissing a prayer leaderâs challenge to have the vigil restrictions lifted.
In 2019, a chapter of the global pro-life organization 40 Days for Life was banned from holding prayer vigils near the Pro Familia in Pforzheim, which is the German affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, a multi-billion dollar abortion organization.
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The pro-life group 40 Days for Life gathers to silently pray outside of pre-abortion advisory center in Pforzheim, Germany. (Images courtesy: Alliance Defending Freedom International)
Can local authorities ban a silent prayer on a public sidewalk in front of a pre-abortion advisory center?
That s the question the pro-life advocacy group 40 Days for Life in Pforzheim, Germany, will ask a national court on May 12 after they were barred from gathering to peacefully pray near the center.
Attorneys for the Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADFI), a faith-based legal advocacy organization, are representing the pro-life group at their hearing. I want to be there to pray, not for myself, but for the vulnerable women contemplating abortion, and for their unborn children. This topic really touches my heart, as I know the pain of losing a child. Our society must offer better support to mothers in difficult situations. Every life is valuable and deserves protection.
Managua, Nicaragua, May 1, 2019 / 05:03 pm (CNA).- The Nicaraguan bishops lamented Wednesday that “the Nicaraguan family continues to suffer,” and called for no more “repressive actions and persecution.”
Anti-government protests in Nicaragua began in April 2018. They resulted in more than 300 deaths, and the country’s bishops mediated on-again, off-again peace talks until they broke down in June. A new round of dialogue began in February.
In a May 1 message, the Nicaraguan bishops said that “our faith in Jesus Christ who died and rose again for our salvation does not allow us to remain on the sidelines of world events, and for us, the cultural, political, economic, familial and social situation in the country.”
Turkish Deportation Case Filed with ECHR
01/25/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – After being forced to leave Turkey after 19 years, Canadian-American pastor, David Byle, has filed with the European Council of Human Rights (ECHR), Europe’s top human rights court. Alliance Defending Freedom International has filed on his behalf.
ICC’s recent joint Turkey report, highlights the deportation of Christians as one of the country’s major human rights violations and persecution against the believers living there. Byle’s filing is the first case to make its way to the ECHR. According to the report, at least 63 cases of deportation have occurred since 2019. Not all of these incidents have entered the court system, but those that have are denied in lower courts.