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UGANDA: New anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ
New anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ Law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ): Rights Watchs...
ISRAEL: Christians will face jail in Israel for proselytising under proposed bill
ISRAEL: Christians will face jail in Israel for proselytising under proposed bill Middle East Monitor (22.03.2023) - Christians could face one year prison sentence for...
BELGIUM: Belgium to become second EU country to recognize Buddhism
BELGIUM: Belgium to become second EU country to recognize Buddhism By Marine Strauss Reuters (17.03.2023) - Belgium is expected to officially recognize Buddhism after the federal...
UKRAINE: Ukrainian visit in Brussels in search of partnerships to feed the world
The Ukrainian region of Kirovohrad in search of partnerships in Brussels to feed the world By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers European Times...
RUSSIA: ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for war crimes
RUSSIA: ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for war crimes HRWF (22.03.2023) – Surprisingly and courageously, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has...
Россия: Ордер МУС на арест Владимира Путина и Марии Львовой-Беловой
Россия: Ордер МУС на арест Владимира Путина и Марии Львовой-Беловой за военные преступления HRWF (22.03.2023) –Удивительно и смело, но Международный уголовный суд (МУС) выдал...
GEORGIA: About the new Defence Code and religious conscientious objection
GEORGIA: About the new Defence Code and religion By Luka Kiliptari (*) Civil.ge (28.02.2023) - In December 2022, the Government of Georgia announced the new defense code,...
RUSSIA: Churches collect 1 billion rubles for ‘people in need’ in occupied territories
Oleg Goncharov: the state is not pressuring the religions of the Russian Federation, they themselves collected a billion rubles in total for the victims of war (Credit: IRP)...
RUSSIA: The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit for the liquidation of SOVA Center
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit for the liquidation of the SOVA Center* Human Rights Without Frontiers calls upon the international community to...
RUSSIA: 500 religious buildings damaged and over 20 clerics murdered in Ukr.
RUSSIA: 500 religious buildings damaged and over 20 clerics murdered in Ukraine Hearing about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its implications for religious freedom HRWF...
RUSSIA: ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes
ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes Arrest warrants issued for Russian leader and his children’s rights commissioner for ‘unlawful...
RUSSIA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest March 01-15
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest March 01 -15 15.03.2023 - The Supreme Court overturned the acquittal of three Jehovah's Witnesses from Karpinsk Sova...
HRWF Database of Documented Cases of FORB Prisoners Worldwide
HRWF Prisoners Database
Human Rights Without Frontiers tracks incidents worldwide where people are imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief.
In Prison for Their Faith 2020
Ahmadis – Baha’is – Buddhists – Catholics – Church of Almighty God – Falun Gong – Jehovah’s Witnesses – Orthodox – Protestants – Said Nursi – Sufis – Sunnis – Tabligh Jamaat
Report on Human Rights and Political Repression in Benin
HRWF at the UN and the European Parliament
HRWF Presentation at UN Human Rights Council about the FIES system in Spain
HRWF Presentation at the European Parliament on Sexual Violence and Rape as Abuses of Power
HRWF on Religious Persecution in China at the European Parliament
HRWF reports
Freedom of Religion or Belief
Women's Rights & Religion
This HRWF report explores the ways in which religious texts and practices as well as cultural influences and patriarchal systems influence the infringement of women's rights. It aspires to highlight the powerful potential that religion and religious leaders have to help guarantee these rights around the world.
