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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...
HRWF Database of Documented Cases of FORB Prisoners Worldwide: Statistics as of 28 April 2022
HRWF Prisoners Database
Human Rights Without Frontiers tracks incidents worldwide where people are imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief.
REPORT: Freedom of Religion or Belief
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.