Human Rights in the World
SENEGAL: A lesson of democracy for Africa on the eve of presidential elections HRWF (09.01.2024) – When Senegal goes to the polls to elect a President on 25 February 2024, it will be a crucial date with ramifications far beyond that country’s borders. President...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
THE NETHERLANDS also sees no reason to criminalize shunning After a study by the Open University, the Minister of Justice and Safety told the House of Representatives that taking action against “social exclusion” would be both against religious liberty and...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NICARAGUA: Over a dozen Catholic clergymen in jail By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (08.01.2024) – In Nicaragua, 2023 ended with more than a dozen Catholic clergy in jail, the USCIRF Database of religious prisoners documenting 17...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Norwegian remote translation office and theocratic school facility, which served as the Norway branch office until 2012 (when the work in Norway came under the supervision of the Scandinavia branch, located in Denmark). Source: jw.org....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELGA: Kassasjonsdomstolen stadfester Jehovas vitners rett til å ekskludere medlemmer En endelig avgjørelse som i stor grad er blitt ignorert av belgiske medier English version HRWF (05.01.2023) – Den 19. desember 2023 avgjorde den belgiske kassasjonsdomstolen at...