Freedom of Religion and Belief
ALGERIA: A UN Special Rapporteur meets members of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light In August, CAP/ Liberté de conscience and Human Rights Without Frontiers had jointly sent a documented report to the situation of that Muslim new religious movement and asked him to...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
EU-INDIA: Religious freedom in the context of a Free Trade Agreement HRWF (21.09.2023) – On 19 September, the DROI committee held an exchange of views on the human rights dimension of the negotiations on an EU-India Free Trade Agreement. In...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: ‘Break the silence on persecuted Christians’ A conference and an exhibition held by MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen in the European Parliament denounces the silence and the impunity surrounding the suffering of Christians around the world Conference at the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights in the World
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest September 01-15 15.09.2023 – The Court of the City of Kazan sent Sergey Gromov to a penal colony for six years for conducting religious meetings JW- On September 14, 2023, the examination of the case of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
EGYPT: Egypt divided over recent niqab ban at schools Egyptians talk to Al Jazeera about the recent government decision to prohibit students from wearing niqab. By Umut Uras Aljazeera (12.09.2023) – The Egyptian government has banned female students from...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAN: Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s killing: USCIRF publishes a new FORB Report USCIRF (15.09.2023) – – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) marks the one-year anniversary of Iranian security forces’ killing of Mahsa...