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TAJIKISTAN: Persecution of Christians and especially converts from Islam

TAJIKISTAN: Persecution of Christians and especially converts from Islam By Antonio Graceffo Providence (22.01.2025) – A Tajik Christian working with the Free Burma Rangers...

VIETNAM: Vietnam arrests Protestant pastor for ‘anti-state propaganda’

VIETNAM: Vietnam arrests Protestant pastor for ‘anti-state propaganda’ Nguyen Manh Hung is known for criticizing the government on Facebook. Radio Free Asia (21.01.2025) -...

ETHIOPIA: Thousands protest in Mekelle against hijab ban in Axum schools

ETHIOPIA: Thousands protest in Mekelle against hijab ban in Axum schools Adisstandard (21.01.2025) - Thousands of Muslims gathered in Mekelle today, 21 January , 2025, to protest...

PAKISTAN: Two MEPs appeal to EU human rights envoy on behalf of persecuted Christians

PAKISTAN: Two MEPs appeal to EU human rights envoy on behalf of persecuted Christians An initiative of MEPs Bert-Jan Ruissen and Miriam Lexmann, co-chairs of the European...

TAIWAN: The EU condemns the recent execution of a convict of double homicide

TAIWAN: The EU condemns the recent execution of a convict of double homicide HRWF (23.01.2025) - On 16 January, Huang Lin-kai was executed at the Taipei Detention Center. He was...

IRAN: Iranian court sentences pop star Tataloo to death for blasphemy

IRAN: Iranian court sentences pop star Tataloo to death for blasphemy Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo’s five-year jail term increased after prosecutor’s objection, according to reports...

FRANCE: Who is Mihai Stoian, the Romanian yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?

FRANCE: Who is Mihai Stoian, the Romanian yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice? Version en français By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights...

Who’s Adina Stoian, the female yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?

FRANCE: Who is Adina Stoian, the female yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice? Version en français By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without...

RUSSIA: Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest January 01-15

Russia: Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest January 01-15 15.01.2025 - Each given 6 years in a Penal Colony for "expressing gratitude" at religious...

RUSSIA: Political repression in Russia in 2024, a review of OVD-Info

RUSSIA: Repressions in Russia in 2024, a review of OVD-Info Introduction OVD (16.01.2025) - The year 2024 for Russian civil society, as well as the two previous years, was marked...

IRAQ: Kurdistan Journalists’ union reports 45 cases of rights violations in 2024

IRAQ: Kurdistan Journalists’ union reports 45 cases of rights violations in 2024 IFJ (14.01.2025) - The Kurdistan Journalists’ Syndicate (KJS) launched on 11 January its annual...

CHINA: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest January 01-15

China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest January 01-15 General 08.01.2025 - China’s middle class searches for faith and meaning Asiasociety - Members of...

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