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View ArticleIRAQ: Five big ISIL bombs found hidden in Mosul’s al-Nuri Mosque
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View ArticleCHINA : Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest June 16-30
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View ArticleIRAQ: Less then 50 Christian families back in Mosul since 2014
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View ArticleFRANCE: ‘I was a victim of a police raid and abusively detained for two days’
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View ArticleRUSSIA: Over 80 European media outlets banned from broadcasting
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View ArticleUKRAINE: The war, religion and conscientious objection (2): 3 years in prison...
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View ArticleTAIWAN: León 1188: The first parliament, taxes, and the Tai Ji Men case
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View ArticleBELGIUM: A strange court decision: Catholic bishops to pay 1500 EUR on a...
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View ArticlePAKISTAN: Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting...
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View ArticleAFGHANISTAN: World leaders choose closer Taliban ties, betray Afghan women
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View ArticleJAPAN : UN denunciation of discrimination and hate crimes against Jehovah’s...
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View ArticleARGENTINA : Cassation Court rejects accusations against BAYS Yogal School
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View ArticleJORDAN: Journalist Ahmed al-Zoubi jailed under Cybercrime Law
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View ArticleRUSSIA/UKRAINE: Ukrainian priests freed by Russia after 19 months in prison
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EU-CHINA Human Rights Dialogue, a dialogue of the deaf By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.07.2024) – On 16 June, the EU and China held the 39th session of joint Human...
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