Like all autocrats, Belarussian President Lukashenko is using the school as an instrument for this regime. Zmicier Chviedaruk explains that this is a real challenge for Christians.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International had hoped more from the German court case against pastor Olaf Latzel.

Supporters of pastor Latzel, about 40 of whom attended Monday's trial, reacted happily after the settlement became known. Sighs of relief and applause resounded from the public gallery.

The court case against Rev Olaf Latzel, which has been ongoing since 2020, ended definitively on Wednesday morning.

Olaf Latzel was acquitted in 2022. But this Wednesday, he is on trial again. Is this case against the German pastor beginning to resemble a political trial? Anyhow, the resumption of this long-running case raises many questions.