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EU: Sakharov Prize awarded to jailed journalists in Belarus and Georgia
EU: Sakharov Prize awarded to jailed journalists in Belarus and Georgia IFJ (22.10.2025) - Andrzej Poczobut, Belarusian-Polish journalist and a critic of Alexander Lukashenko’s...
EGYPT: Security crackdown on atheists and unrecognised religious groups
EGYPT: Security crackdown on atheists and unrecognised religious groups Human Rights Without Frontiers concerned about the arrest of numerous members of the Ahmadi Religion of...
EU/MOLDOVA: Beware of Putin’s Moldovan lobbyists misusing religion in Brussels
EU/MOLDOVA: Beware of Putin’s Moldovan lobbyists misusing religion in Brussels In his hybrid war against the EU, Putin is using religion and ‘holy’ diplomacy to undermine...
WORLD: “Religious Freedom in the World Report 2025” of Aid to the Church in Need online
WORLD: "Religious Freedom in the World Report 2025" of Aid to the Church in Need online ACN (23.10.2025) - In a world marked by growing instability—from the war in Ukraine to...
PORTUGAL: Parliament approves ban on wearing face veils in public spaces
PORTUGAL: Parliament approves ban on wearing face veils in public spaces EURONEWS (18.10.2025) - The bill, proposed by Portugal's far-right Chega party, would prohibit coverings...
IRAQ: ‘A sign of hope’: Churches destroyed by the Islamic State reopen in Mosul
IRAQ: 'A sign of hope': Churches destroyed by the Islamic State reopen in Mosul By Anugrah Kumar Christian Post (20.10.2025) - Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have...
CHINA: Stand up for Jimmy Lai’s release/ Join the campaign of his son Sebastien
CHINA: Stand up for Jimmy Lai’s release/ Join his son’s campaign HRWF (21.10.2025) – Almost five years after his arrest, Jimmy Lai, a 77-year-old pro-democracy campaigner in Hong...
RUSSIA: Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest October 01-15
Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest October 01-15 15.10.2025 - New searches at homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Birobidzhan. JW - On October 9, 2025, law...
CHINA: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest October 01-15
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest October 01-15 General 10.10.2025 - “Xinjiang is a wonderful land”: China’s new White Paper recasts control as cultural...
OSCE: Anti-Semitism on the rise in Europe, Warsaw Conference 2025
OSCE: Anti-Semitism on the rise in Europe, Warsaw Conference 2025 Presentation to the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference By Rabbi Andrew Baker (*) OSCE (13.10.2025) - Two...
UKRAINE: UN experts warn of persecution against Ukrainian Orthodox Church
UKRAINE: UN experts warn of persecution against Ukrainian Orthodox Church United Nations (01.10.2025) - UN experts* today expressed serious concern at reports of ongoing...
BELGIUM/ OSCE: Chaplains for Jehovah’s Witnesses’ prisoners banned, HRWF denounces
BELGIUM: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ prisoners cannot be visited any more by their chaplains, denounced at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (OSCE/ ODIHR) - Plenary Session:...
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