2026 brought no improvement for persecuted Christians or for religious freedom
The editors on the yearbooks Religious Freedom 2026 and on Persecution and Discrimination against Christians 2026 draw a bleak conclusion
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Thomas Helwys, the forgotten pioneer of religious freedom for everyone
By Thomas Paul Schirrmacher. Reprinted from Christian Daily International, Jul 29, 2026.
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Thomas Schirrmacher was honoured by the Fjellhaug International University College in Oslo and the IIRF
The laudation by Professor Sauer and the nine theses from Schirrmacher’s lecture on his life’s learning are now available
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The FoRB Roundtable Brussels-EU listens to ODIHR’s reports on Anti-Christian Hate Crime and on Artificial Intelligence
Thomas Schirrmacher and Eric Roux chaired a session of the Brussels-EU FoRB Roundtable in the Press Club of Brussels.
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“True security lies in protecting all Syrians”
ISHR delegation meets with Patriarch Aphrem II
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“Put a stop to the enemies of freedom of religion and belief!”
At the presentation of the yearbooks on Religious Freedom 2025 and on Persecution and Discrimination of Christians 2025 in Berlin.
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Schirrmacher publishes his statement at the USCIRF hearing on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey
On August 14, 2025, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom organized a virtual Hearing on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey”.