Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web:
- The Department of Homeland Security announced that it will implement a rule that eases the requirements for foreign religious workers in the United States.
- In the European Court of Human Rights, the judge presiding over Tafzi El Hadri and El Edriss Mouch v. Spain held that Spanish courts did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to sanction a journalist who had written about Islamist indoctrination at a residential center for minors.
- In Brox v. Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, the 1st Circuit ruled against employees seeking religious exemptions from a state board’s Covid vaccination policy.
- In the United Kingdom, Catholic leaders are urging lawmakers to reject a proposed bill in Parliament that would allow for doctor-assisted suicides.
- As political protests and unrest grow in Iran, Christians in Iran report increasing anxiety about their vulnerable status.