TURKEY: Authorities crack down on Christianity; deny church land for worship...
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View ArticleRUSSIA: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest July 01-15
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NORTH KOREA: Diplomat defects to the South, shares news of political purge Ri Il-kyu, who fled to South Korea late last year, alleged that two North Korean officials who had been assigned to negotiate...
View ArticleTURKEY: 40 Asylum-seekers in Edirne under threat of an imminent humanitarian...
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View ArticleЮНЕСКО продовжує блокувати італійські 500 000 євро на розбомблений Одеський...
“ЮНЕСКО! Припиніть блокувати трансфер 500 000 євро, обіцяних прем’єр-міністром Італії Мелоні на відбудову обстріляного Одеського собору!» Це заклик брюссельської громадської організації «Права людини...
View ArticleUKRAINE: UNESCO goes on blocking 500,000 EUR for Odesa’s Cathedral destroyed...
UKRAINE: “UNESCO! Stop blocking the transfer of the 500,000 EUR promised by Italy’s PM Meloni for the reconstruction of Odesa’s shelled Cathedral!” This is the call of the Brussels-based NGO Human...
View ArticleNICARAGUA: Inter-American Court on Human Rights Orders Nicaragua to Free...
NICARAGUA: Inter-American Court on Human Rights Orders Nicaragua to Free Jailed Protestants They were falsely accused of money laundering and sentenced to jail penalties ranging from twelve to fifteen...
View ArticleNICARAGUA: Full-scale crackdown on Catholic and Protestant communities
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View ArticleUKRAINE: Italy’s money for destroyed Cathedral of Odesa still blocked by UNESCO
UKRAINE: One year after the Russian shelling of Odesa and its Cathedral, still no financial assistance from UNESCO The world community strongly condemned Russia’s shelling of the historical center of...
View ArticleVIETNAM: 11 jailed Christians missing, an issue to be raised by Josep Borrell...
VIETNAM: Eleven jailed Christians missing, an issue to be raised by Josep Borrell in Vietnam Ahead of the visit to Vietnam, Josep Borrell, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Human Rights...
View ArticleTAIWAN – CHINA exchanges between Taoist temples manipulated by the CCP
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View ArticleAZERBAIJAN: 11 members of a religious group arrested for publicly expressing...
AZERBAIJAN: 11 members of a religious group arrested for publicly expressing their faith Two of them were sentenced to 30 days in prison By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers...
View ArticleCHINA: Protest in Amsterdam against organ harvesting and persecution of Falun...
CHINA: A protest in Amsterdam against organ harvesting practices and persecution of Falun Gong A statement by Hans Noot, Director of the Gerard Noodt Foundation for Freedom of Religion or Belief, and...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Geneva and Strasbourg on the same line about purchase of...
UN: Geneva and Strasbourg on the same line about purchase of sexual acts Independent expert welcomes European Court decision validating conventionality of French law of 13 April 2016 criminalising...
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