Parents sentenced to prison in Brazil after excluding gender content in homeschool curriculum

The judge said the fact that the 15- and 11-year-old girls do not enjoy popular music demonstrated an alleged deficiency in their cultural education.

A Brazilian couple was sentenced to 50 days in prison related to the homeschooling of their two daughters in an unprecedented case that has raised concerns regarding educational freedom and parental rights in Brazil.

Audato and Ieda Denardi were found guilty of the crime of “intellectual neglect” by a court in the state of São Paulo, even though the prosecution itself had requested their acquittal after concluding that the minors were not suffering from any neglect and were demonstrating appropriate academic and social development.

The Christian legal organization ADF International, which is representing the family in the appeal, denounced the case as “a grotesque abuse of criminal law” and stated that it would continue defending the couple.

The conviction, initially handed down in April 2026 and currently under appeal before the Seventh Criminal Court Chamber of the São Paulo State Court of Justice, will remain suspended while the appeal is being resolved.

‘I cannot conceive of a more dictatorial state’

Ieda Denardi expressed her distress and defended the right of parents to choose their childrenʼs education.

“As a mother, I cannot conceive of a more dictatorial state than the one that wants me in jail because I chose to exercise my right to direct the education and upbringing of my daughters,” she told ADF International.

“My husband and I are hopeful the court will recognize our right to choose the best education for our children and overturn this unjust conviction,” she added.

The couple began homeschooling their daughters in 2020 after realizing the limitations of the remote public education imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since then, they report a significant improvement in their daughters' academic performance and have been able to incorporate family values ​​and faith into their education.

Judge takes into account the girls’ music preferences

One of the most striking aspects of the case is the reasoning the judge used to reach the verdict. According to the ruling, the educational program provided by the parents did not include content regarding “gender and sex education” or “tolerance and diversity.”

Furthermore, the court concluded that the fact that the girls, aged 15 and 11, do not enjoy popular musical genres such as “trap” or “sertanejo” demonstrated an alleged deficiency in their cultural education.

The judge cited this despite the fact that both girls are pianists with advanced training and are fluent in several languages.

In his ruling, the judge further accused the parents of “using their daughters as pawns in an ideological struggle, subjecting them to a form of unregulated education, the effectiveness and quality of which lack adequate metrics within the Brazilian legal system, while completely excluding the state’s involvement.”

The prosecution sought the parents' acquittal

“The prosecutor examined the witnesses and recommended acquittal. An independent educational psychologist found no sign of neglect. The girls themselves described rigorous daily education,” explained Julio Pohl, legal counsel for Latin America at ADF International.

However, “the judge convicted anyway,” he said, “because a fifteen-year-old said she finds some music lyrics morally questionable, and because the curriculum didn’t include state-approved content on gender.”

“A parent has been sentenced to prison not for failing to educate her children, but for educating them according to her own values. This is a grotesque abuse of the criminal law, and we will not let it stand.” Pohl pledged.

First criminal prosecution against homeschooling families

According to ADF International, more than 70,000 children are currently being homeschooled in Brazil. However, a lack of regulation has left thousands of families in a state of uncertainty.

The Denardi case sets a precedent as the first criminal conviction of parents for homeschooling their children.

The situation has even reached the country’s legislature, where hearings were recently held on the matter, and the Denardis asked lawmakers to pass a law guaranteeing families the right to choose this educational model.

Although a homeschooling bill was passed by the Chamber of Deputies (lower house) in 2022, the initiative remains stalled in the Senate.

https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/americas/parents-sentenced-to-prison-in-brazil-for-homeschooling-and-excluding-gender-related-content

Denmark to Ban Islamic Call to Prayer in Fight Against Creeping ‘Islamization’

Simon Kent25 Jun

Denmark plans to ban public broadcasting of theIslamic call to prayer as critics say its incessant transmission from mosques and/or minarets shows disrespect to the wider community and leaves parts of the country feeling like “a suburb of Islamabad.”

Immigration minister Morten Bødskov, from the centre-left Social Democrats, is leading the nationwide move.

He has confirmed his intentions to end the practice, evoking imagery of Muslim-majority Islamabad to describe certain areas being swamped on a daily basis.

“The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops. It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn’t be in any doubt whether you’ve ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark,” he told various news outlets.

This is the third time a Social Democratic minister has pursued such a measure, following similar efforts in 2020 and 2025. The Adhan, performed five times daily, is already restricted in some cities like Copenhagen under noise bylaws.

According to the London Daily Telegraph, the attempt to ban the prayer might be easier said than done as Danish legal hurdles exist casting freedom of religion is a legal guarantee.

Exceptions are granted, like bans on anti-democratic preaching and funding from prohibited groups. Germany and Britain already limit the times when a mosque may broadcast a call to prayer, and enforce volume limits so as to not disturb other non-Muslim citizens.

France has also experienced public push-back against the practice.

The call to prayer known in Arabic as the adhan, has been translated by the BBC as “God is great, there is no God but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Come to prayer.”

However, many argue this is a deliberate mistranslation, as the phrase “Allahu akbar” would be more accurately rendered as “[our] God is greater” instead of “God is great.”

As Breitbart News has noted, charities like Christian Concern have therefore argued the Islamic call to prayer should not be compared to, for example, the ringing of church bells,because it is “not prayer directed to Allah, but a public declaration that Allah is God and that Muhammad is his messenger.”

In other words, it is an assertion of religious superiority.

(https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/06/25/denmark-to-ban-islamic-call-to-prayer-in-fight-against-creeping-islamization/

Farage Says DEI Agenda Putting Britain on ‘Road to Disaster’, Meritocracy Needed for Social Cohesion

Kurt Zindulka25 Jun 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has warned thatBritain faces more division and potential violence if the state does not scrap its leftist “two-tier” approach to different ethnic groups, and that it is essential to return to a meritocratic system that treats people equally.

Speaking to Baroness Stroud of Fulham at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London on Wednesday, Mr Farage said that the recent killing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak and the ensuing riots in Southampton demonstrated the dangers of treating people differently based on immutable characteristics.

Nowak, who was stabbed to death by 23-year-old Vikrum Digwa with a traditional Sikh knife — which they are allowed to carry due to a special religious dispensation — was accused by his killer of having been racially abusive. While this turned out to be a lie, the officers attending the scene appeared to instinctively believe the accusation and handcuffed Nowak as he pleaded that he had been stabbed and could not breathe. Infamously, one officer replied to the teen’s assertion that he had been stabbed, “I don’t think you have, mate”.

An additional transcript released this week by the BBC showed that the officers did not realise that Nowak had actually been stabbed until nearly eight minutes after coming onto the scene.

Mr Farage said that police in Britain are being trained to treat racial abuse as “the most serious” offence, regardless of whether it is true or not.

“And if the officer doesn’t take that accusation seriously, they will be suspended immediately. So, we’re not policing each group with colourblindness. We’re not treating everybody the same. And the police chiefs themselves admit that we now police different communities and different groups in different ways. This is a road to disaster,” he warned.

The Reform UK leader, who has vowed to strip all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) measures put in place by previous governments, said that it is imperative for the state to “treat everybody exactly the same” rather than giving preferential treatment to protected groups.

“Whether you’re a police officer on the street, whether you’re a university admissions secretary, everybody must be treated the same. We have to get back to some sense that we’re a meritocracy because if we don’t, the level of division… that sense of division grows deeper. We’re headed for very, very troubled times.”

Mr Farage also warned that the “two-tier” system in Britain was allowing radical Islam to flourish unchecked, noting the anti-Israel demonstrations held in London, in which anti-Jewish messages are frequently seen and heard.

https://youtu.be/v1j6unNleVE

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/06/25/farage-says-dei-agenda-putting-britain-on-road-to-disaster-meritocracy-needed-for-social-cohesion/

Australia Teen Social Media Ban Has Had Little Impact, Say Researchers

Breitbart London25 Jun

(AFP) — Australia’s social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers’ scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday in one of the first evaluations of the world-leading measures.

Australia in December banned under 16s from the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, in a crackdown designed to protect children from online bullying and “predatory algorithms”.

But there is little evidence to suggest teenagers have turned away from social media as a consequence, a team of Australia-based researchers found in a peer-reviewed study published by the British Medical Journal.

Underage users have been dodging the restrictions by using accounts registered to older people, setting up fake accounts, or by logging into private browsers.

“We found insufficient evidence to conclude that exposure to the Act had any early substantial effects on social media use among adolescents aged under 16,” the researchers wrote.

There is strong global interest in whether Australia’s laws could provide a blueprint for how to rein in increasingly powerful tech giants.

A growing mass of nations have either introduced or are mulling similar bans — including the United Kingdom, Indonesia, the UAE and New Zealand.

The researchers surveyed more than 400 young social media users immediately before the restrictions came into effect, and again three months after.

There was little change for users aged 12-13, a slight decrease for the 14-15 age group, and an increase in use for those aged 16 and older.

“The findings suggest that the period immediately after the introduction of the act was characterised by limited implementation, incomplete compliance, and substantial circumvention of social media restrictions.”

Tech companies face fines of up to Aus$49.5 million ($34 million) if they fail to show meaningful efforts to weed out underage users.

Australia in March accused Facebook, TikTok and YouTube of failing to meet their obligations.

“Australia’s world-leading social media laws are not failing. But big tech is failing to obey the laws,” Communications Minister Anika Wells said at the time.

“None of this is impossible. None of this is even difficult for big tech, who are innovative billion-dollar companies.”

The nation’s eSafety Commission separately flagged “significant concerns” about Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube.

A growing body of research suggests too much time online is taking a toll on teen well-being, and Australia’s ban has been hailed as a godsend for parents sick of seeing children glued to their phones.

Although platforms have pledged to abide by the laws, they have warned the measures could instead push teenagers into dark, unregulated corners of the internet.

Social media companies bear the sole responsibility for checking that Australia-based users are 16 or older, and must prove they have taken “reasonable steps” to weed out young teenagers.

Some platforms are using AI tools to estimate ages based on photos, while users can also choose to prove their age by uploading a government ID.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/06/25/australia-teen-social-media-ban-has-had-little-impact-say-researchers/

Exclusive: On Dobbs Anniversary, Rep. Andy Ogles Introduces Bill that Would Remove FACE Act Protections For Abortion Clinics

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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill on Wednesday designed to keep future Democrat presidential administrations from weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to targetpro-lifers who pray and peacefully demonstrate outside of abortion clinics.

The bill is called the “Saving FACE Act of 2026,” and would “remove criminal penalties for obstructing access to abortion services” from the FACE Act, Breitbart News first learned. Ogles introduced the bill on the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbsdecision, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion invented 50 years ago under Roe v. Wade, and sent the issue back to states and their elected representatives.

In the lead-up to and after the Dobbsdecision was released, the Biden administration used the FACE Act to target and even imprison dozens of pro-life activists, most of whom peacefully demonstrated and prayed in front of abortion clinics.The FACE Act is a 1994 law that “prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health servicesor to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.”The act was written to equally protect abortion clinics, pro-life pregnancy resource centers, and churches; however, data indicate that 97 percent of FACE Act cases since the law’s inception have been against pro-life advocates.

“Democrats have used the FACE Act as a tool for political persecution and discrimination against countless pro-life Americans,” Ogles told Breitbart News.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/25/exclusive-on-dobbs-anniversary-rep-andy-ogles-introduces-bill-that-would-remove-face-act-protections-for-abortion-clinics/

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“When Christians peacefully prayed in front of abortion clinics, Joe Biden’s DOJ hauled them off to jail using the FACE Act to charge them. My bill will end this. The government has no right to arrest those who disagree with the murder of children,” he continued.

Under the Trump administration, the DOJ released a “Weaponization Working Group” report confirming that the Biden administration was laser-focused on jailing pro-life activists and “largely ignored attacks on pro-life pregnancy resource centers, only charging five people for vandalism and attacks…” despite the flood of violence against churches and pregnancy centers following the Dobbs decision. The report also alleges the DOJ collaborated with abortion organizations to target pro-life activists.

“During the four years under President Biden, DOJ charged more than 45 pro-life defendants in over 20 cases with violating the FACE Act in connection with pro-life demonstrations. This was a significant increase in FACE Act prosecutions compared to prior administrations,” the report notes, adding that Biden’s DOJ targeted some Christian pro-life activists more than once.

The Biden DOJ also often paired FACE Act charges with “conspiracy against rights” charges in an attempt to bolster potential sentencing time for some activists. In several cases, the activists could have been sentenced to a maximum of 11 years behind bars for peacefully demonstrating because of the addition of the KKK-era conspiracy charge.

“I have led the effort against the FACE Act from the very start — and in 1993, I offered a key amendment against it — because it was always intended to silence and penalize peaceful pro-life activists with ruinous prosecution and civil suits,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, told Breitbart News.

“The Biden Administration weaponized this law against non-violent pro-life protesters, while ignoring the violence suffered by pregnancy care centers and churches. The new Saving FACE Act will prevent unlawful discrimination against peaceful pro-life advocacy and protect the vital functions of pregnancy care centers and places of worship,” Smith continued.

Some Republicans have proposed doing away with the FACE Act altogether, similarly arguing that it has always been a political tool to use against pro-lifers. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) repeatedly proposed such legislation, also contending that the FACE Act allows unnecessary federal intervention in cases where state and local law enforcement is often sufficient.

For now, the law remains on the books, and the Trump DOJ has used the FACE Actto charge anti-ICE protesters who stormed a Minnesota church in January.

In the first month of his second term, President Trump notably pardoned more than 20 pro-life activists who were prosecuted, and some imprisoned, by the Biden DOJ.The Trump DOJ also said it dismissed three civil lawsuits against pro-life activists and issued a directive that prosecutors may only bring abortion-related FACE Act prosecutions under extraordinary circumstances.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/25/exclusive-on-dobbs-anniversary-rep-andy-ogles-introduces-bill-that-would-remove-face-act-protections-for-abortion-clinics/

Meet “Lumumba Vea,” the DR Congo Fan Who Stands for the Entirety of His Country’s World Cup Games

Dylan Gwinn24 Jun 2026

Most World Cup fans register their fandom in terms of volume. However, the fan who has gained the most fame this year has spoken loudest with his silence.

Meet Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, aka “Lumumba Vea.” If you have watched any World Cup games involving the DR Congo or just scrolled through X on any given day of the tournament, you have no doubt seen his statuesque presence, decked out in a suit displaying the colors of his country’s flag.

Instead of jumping, singing, and dancing, Mboladinga stands perfectly still with his arm raised…for the entire match.

Why does Mboladinga’s embrace a wardrobe and routine completely antithetical to that of the average screaming World Cup fan wearing his favorite player’s jersey?

Well, there’s some history behind that.

The routine is a tribute to Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first prime minister after the country gained independence from Belgium in 1960. The statuesque stance with raised arm is meant to signify Lumumba’s memorial statue in Kinshasa. Lumumba was killed in 1961, not even a full year into his presidency.

Mboladinga’s presence, therefore, is not only a pledge of loyalty from a fan but also a powerful reminder of the country’s past.

“Lumumba Vea” was not on hand for DR Congo’s first match against Portugal, a 1-1 draw in Guadalajara. An absence owed to health and travel complications due to the Ebola outbreak in the Congo.

However, his statue-like figure was present for DR Congo’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Colombians on Tuesday night.

The next sighting for the World Cup’s most famous fan will come on Saturday when DR Congo takes on Uzbekistan.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/06/24/meet-lumumba-vea-the-dr-congo-fan-who-stands-for-the-entirety-of-his-countrys-world-cup-games/

George Conway’s Campaign Spends $5.7 Million, Receives Only 6,177 Votes

Alana Mastrangelo24 Jun 2026

George Conway’s campaign reportedly spent $5.7 million, only to receive a mere 6,177 votes in New York’s 12th Congressional District’s Democrat primary.

“That’s $850 a vote, which is much more than even Mike Bloomberg spent per votein the 2020 Dem primary,” Alex Pfeiffer — a Republican communications consultant who once served as White House Principal Deputy Communications Director — revealed in a Tuesday X post.

George Conway, who ran for Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District, ended up losing the Democrat primary on Tuesday.

Conway — one of the most notorious sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome who left the Republican Party after a painfully public, political fuss with then-wife and Trump loyalist Kellyanne Conway — brought up the rear in an astounding fifth place with only 6.2 percent of the projected vote.

“Wow, Mr. Kellyanne Conway, a Trump Deranged Loser at the highest level, is getting absolutely CRUSHED in the Primaries tonight,” President Donald Trump reacted in a Tuesday night Truth Social post.

“He’ll end up at about 5% of the vote in a rather weak field of young and aggressive Communists,” the president added. “No wonder his ‘husband’ dumped him like a dog! This is a truly unattractive person, both inside and out. Have a nice life, George!”

Trump was not the only one to react to Conway’s epic election loss.

“George Conway is so ridiculous and embarrassing that he has caused me to lose all respect for Wachtell, Lipton Rosen and Katz,” author Daniel Friedman wrote, referring to the New York law firm where Conway spent decades as a litigator.

“What kind of idiot would give George Conway $5.7 million?” another X user asked.

“That’s an impressive return on investment if your goal was just to prove money can’t buy you an election,” a third joked.

“But how many media profiles did he win?” journalist Brent Scher quipped.

“Haha! What a fat loser!” another X user laughed.

“Hilarious,” another echoed.

One X user commented, “He really showed Trump,” adding a laughing-crying emoji to their post.

“Reminds me of the old playground saying:Don’t go away mad, just go away George,” another said.

(It’s hard to believe that he actually thought he could win in NY, or anywhere for that matter!)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/24/george-conways-campaign-spends-5-7-million-receives-only-6177-votes/