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Defending the rights of those who might otherwise be forgotten, helping to make their voices heard in the corridors of power..

Protecting Freedom of Religion & Belief (FoRB): the right of everyone to freedom of thought, conscience and religion as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

RUSSIA: Patriarch Kirill proposes stripping private clinics of right to receive female patients for abortions

Patriarch Kirill proposes stripping private clinics of right to receive female patients for abortions Interfax Religion (17.05.2022) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia...

RUSSIA: 15 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison terms since 1 January

15 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison terms since 1 January HRWF (25.05.2022) – The release of the Danish Jehovah’s Witness Denis Christensen yesterday after five years...

UKRAINE: MEP’s want a special international tribunal for crimes of aggression

MEP’s want a special international tribunal for crimes of aggression The special international tribunal should investigate Russian leaders and military commanders and their...

RUSSIA: A Danish Jehovah’s Witness released after five years in prison

A Danish Jehovah’s Witness released after five years in prison By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (24.05.2022) -...

PAKISTAN: Two Sikhs shot dead in Peshawar and an Ahmadi stabbed to death

Two Sikhs shot dead in Peshawar and an Ahmadi stabbed to death On May 15, unidentified assailants came on a motorbike and killed two peaceful merchants. On May 17, Ahmadi Abdus...

PAKISTAN: Hearing at the EP of a Christian couple, formerly sentenced to death

Hearing of a Christian couple, formerly sentenced to death in Pakistan, at the European Parliament By Manel Msalmi and Willy Fautré HRWF (23.05.2022) - On Wednesday 18 May 2022,...

INDONESIA: Clerical body ‘sorry’ for false apostasy claims

Clerical body ‘sorry’ for false apostasy claims North Sumatra branch of Ulema Council sparks row after official said conversions were rampant in local district By Katharina R....

CHINA: The tragic arrest of Cardinal Zen (90)/ Appeal for strong response of Rome

The tragic arrest of Cardinal Zen (90) “BE NOT AFRAID!” FOREF Appeals For Strong Roman Catholic Church Response To Arrest Of Cardinal Zen By FOREFEUROPE FOREFEurope...

TURKEY: Protestants exposed to discrimination, deportation and hate speech

Protestants exposed to discrimination, deportation and hate speech By Uzay Bulut Providence Mag (16.05.2022) - https://bit.ly/3wzUA49 - Only 0.1 percent of Turkey’s...

CHINA: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (01-15.05.2022)

CHINA: Freedom of religion or belief - Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (01-15.05.2022) Catholics 14.05.2022 - WSJ: calls on Vatican to renounce the Faustian pact with Beijing...

WORLD: Int’l Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 17 May 2022

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 17 May 2022 Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union EU Council (17.05.2022) -...

DOMINICAN-HAITIAN RELATIONS: A meeting with H.E. Faruk Miguel Castillo

Understanding current Dominican-Haitian relations: A meeting with H.E. Mr. Faruk Miguel Castillo Diplomat Magazine (01.05.2022) - https://bit.ly/38qzCg9 - In an interesting...

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Human Rights Without Frontiers tracks incidents worldwide where people are imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief.

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In Prison for Their Faith 2020

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REPORT: Freedom of Religion or Belief

This HRWF report exposes the practice of kidnapping, confinement and forced de-conversion that is currently ongoing in South Korea. It discusses the history, cultural context and drivers of this gross human rights violation, highlights 10 individual cases and provides recommendations.

REPORT: 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.