HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS

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).

IRAN : News Digest about Baha’is and religious issues in Iran

News Digest about Baha’is and religious issues in Iran in September General Iranians are ready for a different approach to religion and government FiveThirtyEight...

RUSSIA: Rapper commits suicide, refusing to kill Ukrainians

Rapper commits suicide, refusing to go to war By Gabriel Bras Nevares HRWF/ Hotnewhiphop (02.10.2022) - The tragic act was in protest of the Russian military, particularly the...

Россия: Рэпер совершил самоубийство, отказавшись идти на войну

Рэпер совершил самоубийство, отказавшись идти на войну Габриэль Браш Неварес Смотреть видео HRWF/ Hotnewhiphop (02.10.2022) - Трагический поступок был совершен в знак протеста...

SUDAN: NGOs urge the EU to defend human rights in Sudan

NGOs urge the EU to defend human rights in Sudan Sign the petition. The call is open to signatures by other NGOs. Just send an email to...

RUSSIA: Repression, repression, repression and… resistance

Repression, repression, repression HRWF with OVD News (02.10.2022) - https://ovd.news/express-news - Under the Soviet Union, Solzhenitsyn wrote his first major book titled...

RUSSIA: Special bimonthly Freedom of religion or belief (16-30.09.2022)

RUSSIA: Special bimonthly Freedom of religion or belief (16-30.09.2022) 30.09.2022 - 100th Jehovah's Witness sent to jail in Russia: 44-year-old Dmitry Dolzhikov is in a...

CHINA: Special bimonthly freedom of religion or belief (16-30.09.2022)

CHINA: Special bimonthly freedom of religion or belief (16-30.09.2022) General 28.09.2022 - China: Even border tourism regulations include anti-xie-jiao provisions China...

BELGIUM: Recognition of religions raised at the OSCE: Belgian delegation replies

Recognition of religions raised at the OSCE: the Belgian delegation uses its right of reply After HRWF raised the issue of the Belgian discriminatory system of recognition of...

BELGIUM: Discriminatory system of recognition of religion raised at the OSCE

The discriminatory system of recognition of religion raised at the OSCE HRWF’s statement at the OSCE/ ODIHR Annual Conference on human rights in Warsaw on 29 September HRWF...

RUSSIA: 1 million men to be recruited, according to Novaya Gazeta

Russia will snap A mass exodus afflicts Russia because few believe that only 300,000 men with military experience will be called up. The actual target is one million, according...

BENIN: Le Bénin sur le banc des accusés au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU

Le Bénin sur le banc des accusés au Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU Lancement d'un rapport de 18 pages HRWF (27.09.2022) – https://hrwf.eu - Ce mardi 27...

BENIN in the dock at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Benin in the dock at the UN Human Rights Council Launch of an 18-page report HRWF (27.09.2022) – https://hrwf.eu - On Tuesday 27 September, the appalling human rights...

HRWF Prisoners Database

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

Report on Human Rights and Political Repression in Benin

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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.

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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