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FRANCE: FAKE NEWS from an anti-cult organization wrongly claiming the support of the EU
FRANCE: FAKE NEWS from an anti-cult organization wrongly claiming the support of the EU Version en français by Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers...
EU-SYRIA: Syrian asylum applications drop significantly, decreasing trend in the EU+
Syrian asylum applications drop significantly, broader decreasing trend in the EU+ EUAA (05.05.2025) - In February 2025, Syrians lodged one of the smallest numbers of monthly...
RUSSIA: Women sentenced for making gifts to the Ukrainian Church
RUSSIA: Women sentenced for making gifts to the Ukrainian Church in two Republics of the Federation OVD-Info (07.05.2025) - On March 24, the Neftekamsk City Court of...
UKRAINE: A second case of conscientious objection reaches the Constitutional Court
UKRAINE: A second case of conscientious objection reaches the Constitutional Court HRWF (10.05.2025) - On May 6, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine opened proceedings in...
WORLD: Fragile balance of press freedom and religious liberty – Harmful impact of stigmatization
WORLD: Fragile balance of press freedom and religious liberty - Harmful impact of stigmatizing language Published on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 202 By...
BELARUS: Police take relatives’ DNA after KGB declares Protestant group “extremist”
BELARUS: Police take relatives' DNA after KGB declares religious freedom group "extremist" By Felix Corley Forum 18 (07.05.2025) - On 1 April the KGB ruled that religious freedom...
SYRIA: Dozens killed in fresh wave of sectarian violence against Druzes
SYRIA: Dozens killed in fresh wave of sectarian violence CSW (02.05.2025) - CSW is concerned by news of a fresh wave of sectarian violence in Syria, which broke out on 28 April...
PAKISTAN: EU should suspend its trade privileges. Why? Big human rights abuses in April
PAKISTAN: The EU should suspend its trade privileges. Why? Massive human rights abuses in April The bad deal EU-Pakistan “Trade privileges in exchange of human rights progress”...
RUSSIA: At least 32 Russians sentenced to almost 160-year prison terms in April (EN/ RU)
RUSSIA: Political repression in April 2025: At least 32 Russians sentenced to almost 160-year prison terms (EN/ RU) Политические репрессии в апреле 2025 года: не менее 32 россиян...
UKRAINE: Remember Odesa’s Tragedy on 2 May 2014 – 41 people lost their lives
UKRAINE: State negligence in clashes between Anti- and Pro-Maidan supporters in Odesa in May 2014, the ECtHR rules “I was in Odesa to investigate the issue, two weeks after the...
RUSSIA: Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest April 15-30
Russia: Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest April 15-30 29.04.2025 - The prosecutor requested from 2.5 to 6.5 years of imprisonment Jehovah's Witnesses from...
UNITED KINGDOM: Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman
UK: Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman BBC (15.04.2025) - Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under...
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