Freedom of Religion and Belief
SWEDEN: Quran-burning Iraqi man faces an expulsion order He plans to seek asylum in Norway AP News (27.03.2024) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SUDAN: SAF-affiliated Islamist militia detonates explosives inside mosque CSW (27.03.2024) – An Islamist militia affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) vandalised and detonated explosives inside the Sheikh Qarib Allah mosque in Omdurman, Sudan last...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Jehovah’s Witness Tatyana Piskareva, 67, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of forced labor She was just participating in a religious worship online. Earlier, her husband Vladimir received six years in prison on similar charges. By Willy Fautré, director of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Islamic State: From religiously motivated hatred of ‘infidels’ to terrorism By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (27.03.2024) – 139 Russians are known to have died in the worst terrorist attack for two decades on the Russian...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: Pro-Russian cleric prosecuted on charges of treason Statement published by the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor’s Office Facebook (22.03.2024) – Prosecutors of the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor’s Office brought to court the indictment against the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: Is religious liberty ‘under attack’ in Ukraine? No, but the country faces a dilemma in how to deal with an Orthodox church controlled by Russia. Jillian Kay Melchior Wall Street Journal (22.03.2024) – Opponents of U.S. aid to Ukraine claim the country...