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Catholics and politicians condemn Christmas attack against evangelical church in Spain
“Christ, Mary and Spain – Get out, Protestant and Lutheran rats”, read one of the signs hanging on the windows of an evangelical church in Santander. The bishop of Cantabria and...
VIETNAM’s prisoners of conscience: ‘Like fish under the blade’
Leading partners including the United States and European Union can and should do more to discourage Vietnam’s fierce crackdown on dissent. By Judith Bergman The...
DENMARK will ask all faith groups to translate sermons into Danish language
A new law aims to control the teaching of radical Islamic groups but evangelicals say it “will have negative consequences for many religious groups”. Evangelical Focus...
RUSSIA: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01-15.01.2021)
16.01.2021 - Tatarstan bans books by Said Nursi, the Islamic theologian of dialogue Said Nursi (1878-1960) sought a modernization of Islam through Sufism, in dialogue with...
CHINA: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (09-15.01.2021)
News from Bitter Winter 14.01.21 - Chinese spies tried to create false “Uyghur terrorists” in Afghanistan Ten Chinese agents were arrested and quietly expelled after trying to...
USA: Letter to President Elect Biden about int’l religious freedom
5 January 2021 Dear Mr. President-Elect: We write as an informal group of organizations and individuals, who are scholars, religious and secular leaders, human rights advocates,...
INDIA: 3 states, 3 anti-conversion laws: what’s similar, what’s different
While a common feature of all three laws is the declaration of such marriages as “null and void” and the penalising of conversions done without the prior approval of the state,...
AUSTRALIA: Sydney women-only ocean pool under fire over transgender policy
Social media users criticise the exclusion of some trans women at McIver’s Ladies Baths, forcing a change of policy wording. By Helen Sullivan The Guardian...
El SALVADOR: No safe haven for LGBT people
Strengthen protections, end asylum pact with US. By Neela Ghoshal HRW (08.01.2021) - https://bit.ly/3qkN5ZV - Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele agreed on December...
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
HRWF VIDEOS
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.
