SYRIA: Armed opposition leadership bans forced wearing of hijab
SYRIA: Armed opposition leadership bans forced wearing of hijab Intellinews (09.12.2024) – Syria’s armed opposition leadership has issued a decree prohibiting the forced wearing of hijabs, state-owned...
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SYRIA: CPJ calls on new Syrian leaders to protect journalist safety, hold Assad’s media persecutors to account As Syria transitions to a new government following the December 8 toppling of Bashar...
View ArticleGEORGIA: Election of an ex-footballer as the new president booed by...
GEORGIA: Election of an ex-footballer as the new president booed by demonstrators During yesterday’s demonstrations at the parliament, some citizens have brought diplomas – to mark the fact that the...
View ArticleCHINA : Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 01-15
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest December 01-15 General 11.12.2024 – Religion in China: A taboo that is slowly being revealed Fsspx.news – The recent renewal for a further...
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Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest December 01-15 13.12.2024 – An appeal in Irkutsk upheld the verdict for nine Jehovah’s Witnesses JW – On December 12, 2024, the Irkutsk Regional...
View ArticleGEORGIA: Police violence in Tbilisi while Pres. Zourabishvili calls for quick...
GEORGIA: Police violence in Tbilisi while President Zurabishvili calls for quick EU actions President Zurabishvili at the European Parliament. Over 800 businesses call for new elections. By Willy...
View ArticleBELARUS: “The Girls-328,” victims of punishment instead of rehabilitation
BELARUS: “The Girls-328,” victims of punishment instead of rehabilitation By Olga Karatch, director of Nash Dom/ Our House (Belarus) for Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (23.12.2024) – In Belarus,...
View ArticleSYRIA: Which Christmas and which future for the Christians of Syria?
SYRIA: Which Christmas and which future for the Christians of Syria? HRWF (23.12.2024) – On the eve of Christmas, Christians in Syria and in Europe wonder how their future will look like. Various...
View ArticleEGYPT: Egypt makes steps to improve relations with Jews and Christians
EGYPT: Egypt makes steps to improve relations with Jews and Christians Impact-se (20.12.2024) – Egypt recently reformed state-issued textbooks to remove antisemitic and anti-Christian content, marking...
View ArticleSYRIA: Christmas tree set alight in Hama and Alawite shrine destroyed in...
SYRIA: Christmas tree set alight in Hama and Alawite shrine destroyed in Aleppo (Video) Christians protested all over Syria and Alawites protested in Aleppo Hundreds protest in Syria after Christmas...
View ArticleHUNGARY: Hare Krishna served 2500 meals at Christmas in Budapest (Video)
HUNGARY: Meals served at Christmas charity event in Budapest reach thousands (Video) The Hungarian Krishna community delivered 2,500 hot meals and gift packages, offering warmth and hope to thousands,...
View ArticleTURKEY jails 7 journalists and media workers, places one under house arrest
TURKEY jails 7 journalists and media workers, places one under house arrest Istanbul, December 23, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Turkish authorities to release journalists who were...
View ArticleIRAN: Religious issues and persecution – Monthly Digest December
IRAN: Religious issues and persecution – Monthly Digest December Christians House church member released after serving reduced sentence Article 18 (24.12.2024) A house-church member from the...
View ArticleIRAN: Italian journalist arrested and held in solitary confinement in Iran
IRAN: Italian journalist arrested and held in solitary confinement in Iran Il Foglio war correspondent Cecilia Sala taken in by police while reporting in Tehran, says Italy’s foreign ministry By...
View ArticleCHINA : Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 16-31
CHINA: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 16-31 General 17.12 2024 – Chinese officials imposed new political regulations on teachers of religious institutes China Aid – The...
View ArticleWORLD: 122 journalists and media workers killed in 2024, IFJ says
WORLD: 122 journalists and media workers killed in 2024 One hundred and twenty-two journalists and media workers, including 14 women, have been killed in 2024, according to the annual Killed List...
View ArticleRUSSIA: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 16-30
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 16-30 27.12.2024 – A believer from the Krasnoyarsk Territory received a three-year suspended sentence for praying to Jehovah God...
View ArticleFRANCE: When state-funded anti-cult groups think they are above the law (EN/ FR)
FRANCE: When state-funded anti-cult groups think they are above the law State grants funded with taxpayers’ money said to be misused by anti-cult groups stigmatizing and inciting hostility against some...
View ArticleRUSSIA: Statistics about the harsh repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2024
RUSSIA: Statistics about the harsh repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2024 From the point of view of the Russian judicial system, Jehovah’s Witnesses are more dangerous than any other religious...
View ArticleGEORGIA: About the role of the Georgian Orthodox Church after the elections
GEORGIA: About the role of the Georgian Orthodox Church after the elections A new 21-page report by the Georgian Tolerance and Diversity Institute covering the period 26 November – 26 December. See...
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