Brian Pellot

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‘Megareverend’ John Oliver Trolls Televangelists with New Tax-exempt Church

Satirist John Oliver addresses the dishonesty of televangelists by creating his own "church."

August 19, 2015

‘Megareverend’ John Oliver Trolls Televangelists with New Tax-exempt Church

Experts Say What Governments Won’t: ISIS Atrocities are Genocide

Despite a growing chorus of experts and advocates who believe that ISIS’ atrocities against religious and ethnic minorities are genocide, U.S. and...

August 10, 2015

Experts Say What Governments Won’t: ISIS Atrocities are Genocide

Let Cecil the Lion’s Death Shine Light on Zimbabwe’s Human Rights Abuses

When an American friend posted news of Cecil the lion’s death Tuesday on Facebook, I was touched. That poor lion.That despicable dentist.

Let Cecil the Lion’s Death Shine Light on Zimbabwe’s Human Rights Abuses

State Department Report: Religious Persecution Makes Migrants out of Millions

Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday (July 28) that Turkmenistan has joined the State Department’s list of worst religious freedom...

State Department Report: Religious Persecution Makes Migrants out of Millions

US and EU Explore Cooperation on Religious Freedom

In the first meeting of its kind, members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom met with the European Parliament’s working...

February 16, 2014

US and EU Explore Cooperation on Religious Freedom

U.N. Human Rights Council Fails to Protect Religious Freedom

Eight of the UNHRC’s 47 member states, including newly elected Morocco, China and Saudi Arabia, imprisoned people in 2013 for breaking laws that...

December 30, 2013

U.N. Human Rights Council Fails to Protect Religious Freedom