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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...
TUNISIA: A call to release Judge Bechir Akremi, fired and imprisoned
A call to EU HR/VP Josep Borrell about the case of Judge Bechir Akremi, fired and jailed HRWF calls upon Josep Borrell to urgently defend the independence of the judiciary in...
TUNISIA: The situation of human rights raised by EU institutions
The situation of human rights raised by EU institutions Speech delivered at the EP Plenary in Strasbourg by Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, on behalf of HR/VP Josep...
CHINA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest March 01-15
Religious persecution and issues - Bimonthly digest March 01-15 Uyghurs 15.03.2023 - Uyghur Christian released after 15-year sentence ChinaAid confirmed that...
INDONESIA: Muslims block Christians’ construction on Borneo Island
INDONESIA: Muslims block Christians’ contruction Another congregation wins right to build after initial ban. Morning Star News (13.03.2023) - Muslims in a village in...
FRANCE: 82 Ukrainian scholars denounce to Macron a supporter of Crimea’s annexation
FRANCE: Over 80 Ukrainian scholars denounce to Macron a supporter of Russia’s annexation In 2019, Georges Fenech, now a member of a French state institution, participated in the...
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban ‘ban’ contraceptives for women-‘haram’ in sharia
Taliban ‘ban’ contraceptives for women-‘haram’ in sharia Women in Afghanistan have said that midwives have refused to provide contraceptives where they previously would have...
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
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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.
