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CHINA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest May 15-31
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,...
SUDAN: Journalists shot, beaten, and harassed covering the conflict in Sudan
Journalists shot, beaten, and harassed covering conflict between Sudan’s rival military groups CPJ (30.05.2023) - On May 1, freelance Sudanese photographer Faiz Abuabkar was...
УКРАИНА: повреждение 110 религиозных объектов проверено ЮНЕСКО
Упавший купол возле храма Пресвятой Богородицы («Всех скорбящих Радость»), разрушенного российской авиабомбой 18 января 2023 года в Богородичном, Украина. Global Images Украина...
PAKISTAN: Forced marriages and forced conversions, and the European Union
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,...
IRAN: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly digest May
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly digest May Christians ‘We use money that could feed hungry Muslims to restore Christian churches’ – tourism minister Article 18...
TURKEY-EU: 103 Ahmadis to be deported/ HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE
TURKEY-EU: HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order to 103 Ahmadis By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times...
JAPAN: The U.S. Department of State and religious liberty
JAPAN: The Department of State and the drama of religious liberty in Japan The U.S. Department of State is not an NGO By Massimo Introvigne Washington Times (24.05.2023)...
TAIWAN: The U.S. State Department Report focuses on religious property law
TAIWAN: U.S. State Department Report focuses on the change of property of religious real estate assets By Dr Zsuzsa-Anna Ferenczcy reporting from Taiwan for Human Rights Without...
FRANCE: A controversial “religious profiling” of Muslim students in schools
FRANCE: Sonia Backès caught red-handed: a “religious profiling” of Muslim students in schools Police and intelligence services asked principals to identify how many pupils were...
UKRAINE: 110 damaged religious sites inspected and documented by UNESCO
A fallen dome lies near the Church of the Holy Mother of God (‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’), destroyed by a Russian aerial bomb on January 18, 2023 in Bohorodychne, Ukraine. Global...
IRAN: UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters
UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters EUROPEAN TIMES (19.05.2023) - The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said in a...
TURKEY/EU: Over 100 Ahmadi asylum-seekers beaten at the Turkish border
TURKEY/EU: Over 100 Ahmadi asylum-seekers beaten at the Turkish border with Bulgaria Here is some footage of the violence at the border: https://youtu.be/ZkdkB_9HCFY -...
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.
