After various attempts over more than 20 years, the State Committee in Azerbaijan registered a Bible society in September.
The Bible Society will have to subject all its publications to the State Committee for the compulsory prior censorship of all literature about religion produced in or imported into Azerbaijan. Publications will only be allowed to be distributed at state-approved venues. Bibles are still banned or removed during raids by the authorities.
Belgium: child euthanasia
Christian Concern
A terminally ill teenager became, in September, the first minor to be killed by euthanasia, after age restrictions on euthanasia in Belgium were abolished in 2014.
Belgium is the only country in the world that permits euthanasia at any age. The law requires that the minor has rational decision-making capacity, is in the final stages of terminal illness, and the parents give their consent. The head of the federal euthanasia commission said that the 17-year-old was ‘suffering unbearable physical pain’.
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