LGBTQI People and Human Rights
ASIA: LGBTQ+ rights – Progress and setbacks in 2023 Nepal gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages this year, while courts upheld bans in Japan and India By Randy Mulyanto Thomson Reuters Foundation (19.12.2023) – There have been gains and setbacks on LGBTQ+...
Human Rights in the World
OP ED: EU Unity and Defending Freedom in Ukraine By Aaron Rhodes HRWF (26.12.2023) – On Europe’s eastern flank, Ukrainian soldiers battle human-wave Russian assaults and trench rats, while civilians die in terror missile attacks aimed...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Madrid, Spain, 2019: “Love Never Fails!” International Convention of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Source: jw.org. SPAIN: A court ruled against itself in a Jehovah’s Witnesses case Similar expressions violated the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ rights according to two decisions by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ITALY: PM Giorgia Meloni: ‘No room for Sharia law in Italy’ BKW (18.12.2023) – Giorgia Meloni has served as Prime Minister of Italy for a year, and she has never shied away from expressing her strong views. Her party, Brothers of Italy (Fratelli...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
EGYPT: Extremists attack church building site and Christian homes and properties An extremist mob attacked a church building site and Christian homes and properties in Al-Azeeb village in Samalout, Minya Province, Upper Egypt on the evening of 18 December. CSW...