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BENIN in the dock at the UN Universal Periodic Review in Geneva
Benin in the dock at the United Nations in Geneva HRWF full report HRWF (27.01.2022) – https://hrwf.eu - On 26 January, a few weeks after the controversial parliamentary...
IRAN: The persecution of Christians in Iran debated at the European Parliament
IRAN: The persecution of Christians in the world, especially in Iran, highlighted at the European Parliament By Willy Fautré The European Times (26.01.2023)- The...
SOUTH KOREA: Objection to military service to be on the U.N. agenda
SOUTH KOREA: Conscientious objection to military service to be on the agenda of the United Nations HRWF (24.01.2023) - On 26 January, the human rights record of the Republic of...
GERMANY: Hate speech and incitement to violence of a Turkish AKP lawmaker
GERMANY: Hate speech and incitement to violence of a Turkish AKP lawmaker in Neuss By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (25.01.2023) – “Just as we...
INDIA: Concern in Goa as Hindu group storms Catholic college
INDIA: Concern in Goa as Hindu group storms Catholic college The student wing of ruling pro-Hindu party stage a protest and disrupt classes in Goa's St. Xavier’s College UCA News...
UKRAINE: First known wartime conscientious objector jailing
UKRAINE: First known wartime conscientious objector jailing Felix Corley Forum18 (17.01.2023) - 46-year-old Christian Vitaly Alekseenko expects to be taken to begin his...
Украина : тюремное заключение отказника от военной службы по соображениям совести
Украина : первое известное тюремное заключение отказника от военной службы по соображениям совести УКРАЇНА: перше відоме тюремне ув’язнення за відмову від військової служби з...
ECtHR / LITHUANIA : A children’s book of fairy tales and same-sex marriages
A children’s book of fairy tales and same-sex marriages Labelling a book of fairy tales as harmful to children solely because of LGBTI content breached the Convention Registrar...
IRAN: European Parliament calls for more sanctions against Iranian regime
European Parliament calls for more sanctions against Iranian regime European Parliament (19.01.2023) - All those responsible for human rights violations should face EU sanctions...
CHINA: Seoul Sungrak Church, a large Baptist Church banned as a “cult”
CHINA: Seoul Sungrak Church, a large Baptist Church banned as a “cult” China’s desire to please Korean anti-cultists, with whom it regularly cooperates, may have been a factor in...
CHINA: Police detain more ethnic Christians in rural Yunnan
CHINA: Police detain more ethnic Christians in rural Yunnan CSW (19.01.2023) - https://bit.ly/3kxYxUr - Fugong police in China’s Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan...
United Kingdom: Church of England bishops refuse to allow same-sex marriages
Church of England bishops refuse to allow same-sex marriages The Church of England will refuse to allow same-sex couples to get married in its churches By Muvija M. Openly...
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.
