Freedom of Religion and Belief
YEMEN: USCIRF calls for immediate release of 17 Baha’is forcibly disappeared by the Houthis USCIRF (02.06.2023) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns last week’s Houthi attack on a peaceful gathering of Yemeni Baha’is in Sana’a....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
TURKEY: Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers The European Times (05.06.2023) – On 24 May, over 100 members of the Ahmadi Religion – women, children and elderly people – from eight Muslim-majority countries, where they are...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest May 15-31 31.05.2023 – Two pastors charged with collaborating with an unwanted organization SOVA – On May 31, 2023, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation announced the approval...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
TAIWAN: China’s infiltration strategy into Taiwan’s religious organizations By Zsuzsa-Anna Ferenczy reporting from Taiwan for Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (02.06.2023) – The complexity of the relationship between Taiwan (ROC) and the People’s Republic of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest May 15-31 General 25.05.2023 – China: Theological seminaries inspected to check how “sinicized” they are On May 10, 2023, Pastor Wu Wei, president of the China Christian Council, an umbrella...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
PAKISTAN: Forced marriages and forced conversions in Pakistan and the European Union HRWF (31.05.2023) – On 8 May, HRWF organized a conference titled “EU-Pakistan: Human rights, religious freedom and the GSP+”, at the Press Club in Brussels. MEP Peter van Dalen...