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Promoting the universal and equal application of human rights for all people, regardless of one’s nationality, sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion, language, or any other status.

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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: Release JW Dennis Christensen sentenced to six years in prison!

RUSSIA Campaign: Release Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen sentenced to six years in prison! HRWF (19.04.2021) - Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon...

RUSSIA : Special bimonthly on freedom of religion or belief (01-15.04.2021)

15.04.21 - Raids and criminal cases for faith in the Tula region. Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses gripped another region of Russia Link to full text in Russian:...

GERMANY: State of Baden-Württemberg loses in court against a Scientologist

Scientology membership does not forward anti-constitutional endeavours – scientologists follow the law. EUtoday ( 16.04.2021)- https://bit.ly/3ts9k2g - The State Administrative...

CHINA: Special Bimonthly newsletter freedom of religion (01.04 -15.04.2021)

General 04.04.21 - Bloody Holy Spirit Members Sentenced in Jiangxi Devotees from the Ji’an area of the Taiwan-based religious movement received jail terms up to 4 years and six...

POLAND’s top court ousts ombudsman in rule of law standoff

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that an article of the Commissioner for Human Rights Act is unconstitutional, meaning Ombudsman Adam Bodnar – who repeatedly pointed...

TURKEY: Turkey’s Christians face increasingly dangerous persecution

By Lela GILBERT Newsweek (13.04.2021) - https://bit.ly/2Q7kFq2 - Once upon a time, tourists in Turkey eagerly made their way to Hagia Sophia—a historic architectural...

LAOS: A small victory for Christians in communist Laos

Pastor is released after a year in jail but convicted of 'disrupting unity' for holding religious services UCA News (11.04.2021) - https://bit.ly/3ggaOZu - A Laotian pastor who...

NORTHERN CYPRUS: Ryan Keating charged with illegally importing Christian material

Ryan Keating has been charged with illegally importing Christian material into North Cyprus. He faces travel restrictions while the case is in progress and the possibility of a...

KYRGYZSTAN: Revolt over violence against women and police inertia

Demonstrations in several cities after the kidnapping and killing of Aizada Kanatbekova, 26. The kidnapper, Zamirbek Tenizbaev, 36, wanted to marry her. He had already been...

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

Ahmadis – Baha’is – Buddhists – Catholics – Church of Almighty God – Falun Gong – Jehovah’s Witnesses – Orthodox – Protestants – Said Nursi – Sufis – Sunnis – Tabligh Jamaat

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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.

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