Freedom of Religion and Belief
SINGAPORE: Conscientious objectors: Breach of the Universal Declaration articles 1, 3, 18, 20 International outcry grows as Singapore’s incarceration of conscientious objector unveils human rights breach Court Magazine (03.03.2024) – Singapore, a global...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to three to seven years in prison By Willy Fautré The European Times (07.03.2024) On 5 March, a Russian court in Irkutsk convicted nine Jehovah’s Witness men, sentencing them from three to seven years of prison. The case...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CANADA: Canadian measure would remove free speech protection for quoting Bible, sacred texts By Mark A. Kellner Washington Times (01.03.2024) – Legislation introduced in Canada’s Parliament would eliminate the use of “belief in a religious text” as a defense...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
THAILAND persecutes the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Why? By Willy Fautré and Alexandra Foreman The European Times (28.02.2024) – Poland has recently provided a safe haven to a family of asylum-seekers from Thailand, persecuted on religious grounds in...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE-TURKEY: Sarkozy urges Macron to recognize the genocide of the Assyro-Chaldeans While France officially recognized the Armenian genocide in 2001, the former president calls on the state not to forget the massacre of 250,000 Christians between 1915 and 1918 by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: China’s disturbing influence on the UN: A threat to advance human rights A presentation by Christine Mirre, director of CAP/ Liberté de Conscience at the conference organized by Human Rights Without Frontiers at the Press Club in Brussels on 29 February...