The West wants to have a leading role when it comes to promoting freedom and safeguarding human rights, Todd Huizinga writes. However, he sees important challenges when it comes to religious freedom.

Ashur Sarnaya was attacked in his wheelchair right in front of his home in Lyon.

She leans in, and her wrinkly hand shoots forward. Roughly, she closes her hand around my throat. I flinch and recoil. Her eyes are dull, and she stares at me sadly, slowly withdrawing her hand.

Imagine that you have the opportunity to go to a religious meeting with the Belarusian president Lukashenko. What would you say if you had five minutes to speak in that service? Zmicier Chviedaruk from Belarus gives some thoughts.

Two years ago, bulldozers flattened the church building where Matvey and his wife went. Now, the field where the church once stood lays empty on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus.