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Evangelical Fellowship of India & Act Now for Harmony and Democracy v. State of Himachal Pradesh

438 of 2011-A / 4716 of 2011 -E - High Court of India

The constitutional validity of the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2006 was challenged.

R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages

UKSC 77 (2013) - Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The appellant practised scientology. She planned to get married in a Church of Scientology.

R (E) v Governing Body of JFS & AnorR (E) v Governing Body of JFS & Anor

UKSC 15 (2009) - Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

E complained that the exclusion of his son, M, from admission to the appellant school had been racially discriminatory.

S.M.C. No. 1 of 2014 and others (Suo moto actions regarding suicide bomb attack of 222.9.2013 on the Church in Peshawar and regarding threats being given to Kalash tribe and Ismailies in Chitral)

SMC No.1 of 2014 - Supreme Court of Pakistan

Re Suo moto actions regarding suicide bomb attack of 22.9.2013 on the Church in Peshawar and regarding threats being given to Kalash tribe and Ismailies in Chitra being coerced toconvert to a different sect within Islam or to face death.

S.A.S. v France

No. 43835/11 - European Court of Human Rights

A French citizen filed an application against France to challenge the ban on the full face veil (Law no. 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010 entered into force in France on 11 April 2011, prohibiting any person from concealing their face in public).

Osayi Omo-Amenaghawon v. Denmark

2288/2013 - Human Rights Committee (ICCPR)

Eu-min Jung, Tae-Yang Oh, ChangGeun Yeom, Dong-hyuk Nah, Ho-Gun Yu, Chiyun Lim, Choi Jin, Tae-hoon Lim, Sung-hwan

CCPR/C/98/D/1593-1603/2007 - Human Rights Committee (ICCPR)

The authors of this communication refused to be drafted for military service on account of their religious beliefs and conscience.