IRAN: Sakharov Prize and Nobel Peace Prize for 2 Iranian Women
Sakharov Prize and Nobel Peace Prize for 2 Iranian Women Mahsa Amini Protest (Wikimedia) HRWF (12.12.2023) – Two Iranian women, Mahsa Amini and Narges Mohammadi, are being honored this year because...
View ArticleFRANCE: Religious freedom under threat of a new law/ Sign the petition
Entrance of the Ministry of Interior in Paris, which promotes the new controversial law. Crédits. FRANCE: Religious freedom under threat of a new law/ Sign the petition Support the call of the European...
View ArticleWORLD: Strong and deep nexus between human dignity and religious freedom
WORLD: Strong and deep nexus between human dignity and religious freedom By Jan Figel, Former EU Commissioner and FoRB Special Envoy HRWF (10.12.2023) – Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked...
View ArticleKAZAKHSTAN: Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusion: Analysis of a case...
KAZAKHSTAN: Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusion: Analysis of a case raised at the OSCE By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (16.12.2023) – In 2022 and in October...
View ArticleRUSSIA: Religious issues & persecution – Bimonthly Digest Dec. 01-15
Religious issues & persecution – Bimonthly Digest Dec. 01-15 15.12.2023 – Believers were searched in Vladivostok. One was beaten, the other was arrested JW – On December 7, 2023, searches were...
View ArticleUKRAINE: Qatar gets the repatriation of Ukrainian children illegally deported...
Qatar ambassador to Russia, Sheikh Ahmed bin Nasser al-Thani and Alexey Ghazaryan of the Russian Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, meet Ukrainian children and their family members at...
View ArticleCHINA: Religious issues & persecution – Bimonthly Digest Dec. 01-15
Religious issues & persecution – Bimonthly Digest Dec. 01-15 Buddhists 08.12.2023 – Police out in force during Lhasa religious festival RFA – Chinese police were out in force during a major...
View ArticleFRANCE: FECRIS tries twice to escape a court procedure—in vain
The Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence. Credits. FRANCE: FECRIS tries twice to escape a court procedure—in vain In two successive rulings, FECRIS’ maneuvers were defeated, and it was ordered to pay...
View ArticleFRANCE: Religious freedom under threat: Over 85% of people are against a new law
FRANCE: Religious freedom under threat: Over 85% of French people are against a new law HRWF (20.12.2023) – On 15 November, the French government posted a bill “aimed at reinforcing the fight against...
View ArticleSUDAN: Rapid Support Forces occupy Coptic Christian monastery
SUDAN: Military occupy occupy Coptic Christian monastery By Raymond Powell Christian Today (20.12.2023) – Concerns have been raised about the welfare of residents at a Coptic Christian monastery in...
View ArticleEGYPT: Extremists attack church building, Christian homes and properties
EGYPT: Extremists attack church building site and Christian homes and properties An extremist mob attacked a church building site and Christian homes and properties in Al-Azeeb village in Samalout,...
View ArticleITALY: PM Giorgia Meloni: ‘No room for Sharia law in Italy’
ITALY: PM Giorgia Meloni: ‘No room for Sharia law in Italy’ BKW (18.12.2023) – Giorgia Meloni has served as Prime Minister of Italy for a year, and she has never shied away from expressing her strong...
View ArticleSPAIN: A court ruled against itself in a Jehovah’s Witnesses case
Madrid, Spain, 2019: “Love Never Fails!” International Convention of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Source: jw.org. SPAIN: A court ruled against itself in a Jehovah’s Witnesses case Similar expressions...
View ArticleUkraine OP ED: EU Unity and Defending Freedom in Ukraine
OP ED: EU Unity and Defending Freedom in Ukraine By Aaron Rhodes HRWF (26.12.2023) – On Europe’s eastern flank, Ukrainian soldiers battle human-wave Russian assaults and trench rats, while...
View ArticleASIA: LGBTQ+ rights – Progress and setbacks in 2023
ASIA: LGBTQ+ rights – Progress and setbacks in 2023 Nepal gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages this year, while courts upheld bans in Japan and India By Randy Mulyanto Thomson Reuters Foundation...
View ArticleUKRAINE/RUSSIA: A teen deported from Mariupol to Russia back home
A teenager deported from Mariupol to Russia back home testifies “Every child feels abandoned”, says upon return a Ukrainian teen forcibly transferred to Russia By Maryana Sych RFE/ RL (17.12.2023) – A...
View ArticleSWEDEN: A court confirms life sentence for Iran ex-prison official
A court confirms life sentence for Iran ex-prison official France24 (19.12.2023) – Swedish appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence...
View ArticleUKRAINE: First Christmas for a family reunited with their child deported to...
First Christmas for a family reunited with their child deported to Russia LCI (25.12.2023) – For several months, Natalia had only one wish: to find her son Artem. The 16-year-old had been abducted by...
View ArticleBELGIUM: Scandal of Belgian Church’s force adoption policy resurfaces
Scandal of Belgian Church’s force adoption policy resurfaces A Belgian newspaper re-opens scandal that erupted in 2015 and estimates that some 30,000 babies were forcibly given up for adoption with...
View ArticleUKRAINE: Türk calls on Russia to silence the guns in appeal for ‘a just peace’
Türk calls on Russia to silence the guns in appeal for ‘a just peace’ UN (19.12.2023) – Since the onset of the invasion the UN human rights office (OHCHR) has meticulously monitored the situation. As...
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