Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: New massive wave of persecution against the Church of Almighty God Over 900 members were arrested in Zhejiang Province in one day. One died after three days in custody. Bitter Winter (11.08.2023) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has never ceased...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: Svitlana Sushko,62, sobs while visiting the grave of her youngest son, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed last year in the war against Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug.3,2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) UKRAINE: Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Cassation confirms a 2 ½ years sentence of a Jehovah’s Witness More than 140 Jehovah’s Witnesses are now in prison for practicing their faith in private By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (04.08.2023) – On 27 July 2023, the Fourth...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
DENMARK: Denmark to tighten border controls after Quran burnings Border controls will initially be in place until August 10 as a means to prevent further protests from far-right groups. Aljazeera (04.08.2023) – Danish police are tightening border controls...
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...