Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases

In Hammock v. Pierce, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76797 (SD NY, May 7, 2018), a New York federal district court allowed a Nation of Islam inmate to move ahead with his complaint that his cassette tapes containing NOI teachings were confiscated when his cell was searched.In Gwyn v. Booker, 2018 U.S....

Indonesia Sentences Christian Man To 4 Years For Facebook Post Urging Conversion

According to World Watch Monitor and the Jakarta Post, in Indonesia on Monday a Christian cleric was sentenced to 4 years in prison and a fine equivalent to $3,565(US) for religious discussion on a video he posted online.   Abraham Ben Moses, a convert from Islam, was convicted of violating the...