Freedom of Religion and Belief
ECHR: European Court of Human Rights to determine whether it was legal to worship by COVID ZENIT News (31.07.2023).- Are blanket bans on public worship compatible with the international human right to the communal exercise of religious freedom? This is the question...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: FORB Bimonthly Digest: religious persecutions and issues (16-31 July) 31.07.2023 – Debates on the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses took place in Yugorsk SOVA – Andrei Zhukov and Ivan Sorokin are accused of organizing the activities of a banned...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly digest July Christians Over 50 Christians in five cities arrested in new crackdown Article 18 (18.07.2023) – More than 50 Christian converts have been arrested in a rash of new incidents across five Iranian cities over...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
EU: The 10th Anniversary of the EU Guidelines on FoRB – a call to stand united On 29 June, MEPs Peter van Dalen and Carlo Fidanza, co-chairs of the Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief at the European Parliament, hosted a conference at the European Parliament...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
EU: Religious freedom in the European Union, a USCIRF report Muslims, Jews, Christians, and groups unfairly stigmatized as “cults” are increasingly victims of secularism and of a widespread hostility to religion. by Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (26.07.2023)...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: Cardinal Sako flees from Baghdad to Kurdistan A further step taken to the increasing marginalization and fragilization of the Christian community. What will the EU do? By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (23.07.2023) – On...