The President’s Executive Order on Healthcare
President Trump just signed an Executive Order “to Promote Healthcare Choice and Competition.” This Executive Order allows small businesses to unite to purchase healthcare across state lines and avoid portions of ObamaCare’s onerous mandates and failing healthcare markets. The President has...
Pakistani Student Beaten to Death for His Faith
Persecution of Christians in Pakistan and around the world continues. Our international affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice’s (ECLJ) office in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), recently investigated the murder of a 17-year-old Christian student, Sharoon Masih, who was...
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Senate Removes Obstacle to Conservative Judges
Senator Mitch McConnell (KY), the Senate Majority leader, has heard our demand for action and reform. He has just removed an archaic procedural rule that has been misused by the left to block conservative federal judicial nominees from ever getting a vote—or even a hearing. It is called the Senate...
Radical Islam Targets Egyptian Christians
It’s an atrocity of epic concern – the radical Islamic targeting and trafficking of Christians. The latest target of Islamic jihadist human trafficking is women and girls – and the latest reports from Egypt are appalling. Muslim men are kidnapping Egyptian Christian women and girls, forcing them to...
ACLJ Fights U.N.’s Pro-Abortion Threat
“ Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law.” For over 50 years, these words have been enumerated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – one of the international community’s commitments to protecting the life of every human...
Turkmenistan’s Cruel Persecution of Christians
Worldwide attacks on religious freedom and expression are not phenomena of the past. Far from it, countries around the globe continue to hamper and harm fundamental rights. Countries that exhibit such a blatant disregard for the rule of law must be held accountable. In a former post, we explained...
Pastor Andrew Brunson Now a Hostage in Turkey
Tomorrow marks one year of false imprisonment for American Pastor Andrew Brunson. He has now spent one year apart from his family. He’s spent one year in a Turkish prison for his Christian faith. He has spent one year wondering each day if he will ever be free to return to America. He has spent one...
U.N. Letter on the Prevention of Genocide
In the strongest showing to date of progress being made to defend Christians facing genocide, the U.N. has responded to our recent letter, agreeing with our assessment regarding the growing body of evidence that the Islamic State (ISIS) is in fact committing genocide against religious minorities.
UK Foreign Office's Reply to ACLJ on Genocide
As Christians suffer persecution and death, we can – and MUST – be their voice. To combat these atrocities, we are continuing to expand our largest legal advocacy campaign for Christians facing genocide globally. In July, we sent crucial legal letters to 12 world leaders – most of whom have...
President Echoes ACLJ Call Against Genocide at UN
This week, President Trump delivered a powerful speech at the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly. To aid in the fight against ISIS and to help end the genocide against Christians, President Trump called for the creation of in-region safe zones, something we’ve long advocated. In his maiden...
Supreme Court Dismisses Case Against Executive Order
Yesterday evening, the United States Supreme Court dismissed Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project , one of the two cases challenging President Trump’s National Security Executive Order. This is an important step toward a victory for our national security. The Executive Order, issued on...
New Proclamation on Enhanced Vetting Procedures
The President of the United States just issued a Presidential Proclamation beginning enhanced vetting procedures of foreign nationals seeking entry into the United States. This proclamation fulfills the promise of his March 6, 2017 Executive Order 13780 titled, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign...
Blow to the Left: Refugee Pause Restored
Justice Kennedy just issued an order restoring another part of President Trump’s Executive Order to protect the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States : the 120 day pause on all refugees. In March, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13780, which has two components: 1)
Remembering 9/11: Why We Continue to Honor
On its 16th anniversary, let us pause and take a moment to remember 9/11. Even after 16 years, the tragic events of September 11, 2001, are still seared in our nation’s collective memory. 9/11 shook America to its core. Who could forget the pain, the suffering and the horror of what became the...