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  EU warns Pakistan needs to improve human rights record

  The European Union has warned Pakistan that continued access to the bloc’s preferential trade scheme will depend on measurable improvements in human rights, rule of law and governance.

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  Evangelical leaders sue to overturn religious symbol ban in Switzerland

  Three evangelical leaders have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent constitutional amendment in Switzerland that bans lawmakers in the Canton of Geneva from wearing visible religious symbols, the Swiss Evangelical Alliance announced on Monday (July 20).

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  Revive Europe shifts strategy, launches cohort program under new director

  Revive Europe is stepping back from large continental gatherings and launching a nine-month leadership program as it enters what new director Sam Couper calls "a different vessel" for an unchanged vision.

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  Ezra Jin describes harsh prison conditions in first comments since release from China

  Days after reuniting with his family for the first time in eight years on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, Chinese house church Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri has vowed not to rest until he sees the release of eight other church members still behind bars in China, where they are confined to cramped cells and must sleep on floor mats in blistering heat.

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  Hijab in schools: Nigeria, Ghana court cases revive debate on enforcement of dress code

  Two landmark court cases in Nigeria and Ghana are putting religious freedom in schools under judicial scrutiny, as judges weigh whether constitutional rights allow students to practice their faith even when it conflicts with the rules of private and mission schools.

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