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.
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INDONESIA: Amnesty condemns TNI for anti-LBGT campaign following soldier’s dismissal, imprisonment
By Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie The Jakarta Post (18.10.2020) - https://bit.ly/3e0szJj - Amnesty International Indonesia has condemned the Indonesian Military (TNI) for the...
RUSSIA: Persecution against religious organizations and believers, monitoring by Sova Center
HRWF (27.10.2020) – Every month, Sova Center publishes an update of the persecution of believers of all faiths in Russia. Muslims In September, the Southern...
RUSSIA: Dennis Christensen again denied early release
HRWF / JW.ORG (27.10.2020) - The Lgov District Court of the Kursk Region has again denied the early release of Dennis Christensen, who has spent over three years in prison since...
CHINA: Special Weekly FoRB Newsletter (20-26.10.2020)
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