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IRAN: Monthly news digest about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in November
Monthly news Digest about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in November Christians Converts cleared of wrongdoing in second trial on identical charges Article 18 (29.11.2022) -...
RUSSIA: Religious persecution issues, Bimonthly Digest, Nov. 16–30
Religious freedom and issues – Bimonthly Digest (15–30.11.2022) 28.11.2022 - In Ussuriysk, three of Jehovah's Witnesses were given 6 years of suspended sentence for discussing...
CHINA: Religious persecution issues, Bimonthly Digest, Nov. 16-30
CHINA: Religious persecutions and issues, bimonthly Digest FORB (16-30.11.2022) Catholics 28.11.2022 - Vatican: China breached the agreement—But we will continue with it...
RUSSIA: ‘Cannon fodder’: Why elite Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine are angry
‘Cannon fodder': Why elite Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine are angry By Sébastian SEIBT France 24 (09.11.2022) - Soldiers from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, an...
РОССИЯ: ‘Пушечное мясо’: Чем возмущены элитные российские солдаты, служащие в Украине
'Пушечное мясо': Чем возмущены элитные российские солдаты, служащие в Украине Себастьян СЕЙБТ France 24 (09.11.2022) - Солдаты 155-й отдельной гвардейской бригады морской...
UKRAINE: Victims of rape, castration found during exhumation in Izyum
Victims of rape, castration found during exhumation in liberated Izyum Russian occupying forces tortured a minor girl and a boy and brutally killed them in Izyum, Kharkiv Region,...
RUSSIA – UKRAINE: The end of unity: How the Russian Orthodox Church lost Ukraine
The end of unity: How the Russian Orthodox Church lost Ukraine Regina Elsner, a researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS). ZOiS (03.03.2022) -...
FRANCE: Is State Secretary Sonia Backès a “Scientology survivor“? Her brother tells a different story
Is State Secretary Sonia Backès a “Scientology survivor“? Her brother tells a different story She oversees the anti-cult mission MIVILUDES and tells a dramatic tale about her...
UKRAINE: 23 criminal proceedings opened against 33 pro-Russian clerics
23 criminal proceedings opened against 33 pro-Russian clerics By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (28.11.2022) – Vasyl Malyuk, the head...
UKRAINE: Draft law on banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church
Draft law on banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (28.11.2022) - On 24 November,...
UKRAINE: Kyiv likens Russian ‘genocidal’ tactics to Soviet-era ‘Holodomor’ famine
Kyiv likens Russian 'genocidal' tactics to Soviet-era 'Holodomor' famine Euronews/ Reuters, AFP (26.11.2022) - Ukraine accused the Kremlin on Saturday of using the same...
INDONESIA: Call to end bias against followers of indigenous traditional faiths
Call to end bias against traditional faiths Despite a ruling from the Constitutional Court, followers of indigenous faiths still lack full recognition from the state By Katharina...
HRWF Database of Documented Cases of FORB Prisoners Worldwide: Statistics as of 15 August 2022
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
Report on Human Rights and Political Repression in Benin
HRWF at the UN and the European Parliament
HRWF Presentation at UN Human Rights Council about the FIES system in Spain
HRWF Presentation at the European Parliament on Sexual Violence and Rape as Abuses of Power
HRWF on Religious Persecution in China at the European Parliament
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Freedom of Religion or Belief
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.
