is religious liberty a Biblical concept?

Who do we turn to when we believe our religious freedoms are being curtailed1? Should those from other worldviews have the same privilege? 

Freedom of religion is set out as a universal standard in Article 18 of the 1948 United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

This was followed in 1976 by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), whose Article 18 reads: