THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. The Declaration represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.

COUNTRIES WHERE APOSTASY AND BLASPHEMY LAWS are applied today. Click on map to see a larger view.

ON THE SIDE OF ANGELS by Joseph D'Souza and Benedict Rogers argues that human rights and justice need to be reclaimed by Christians, and that human rights work should be seen as central to Kingdom mission, not just regarded as a secondary activity and labeled "political."

ANNALENA TONELLI (1943-2003) was an Italian lawyer and social activist. As a Roman Catholic volunteer she working for 33 years in East Africa. Annalena was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award to recognize outstanding service to the cause of refugees. In October 2003, she was killed in her hospital by a gunmen.

WITHOUT FREEDOM TO CHANGE RELIGION there is no religious freedom. Apostasy and blasphemy laws in Islam strip the individual from the right to have freedom of thought, religion and conscience, and deprive the ex-Muslim the right to exist in an Islamic state.
Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S silence about Islamic Apostasy and Blasphemy laws is shameful.
~ In 12 Islamic states death sentence and no condemnation.
~ In 12 more it is criminalised and no objurgation.
~ 1.3 billion without freedom to leave Islam and Amnesty International is a spectator.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES —many from the war-torn countries of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan—are streaming across Europe in hopes of building a new life. The conditions they face are difficult and put them at great risk. Learn how you can help provide physical relief and offer the hope of the Gospel to these displaced families through organizations like  Samaritan’s Purse…