by HRWF | Dec 2, 2023 | Jehovah Witnesses, Muslims, Russia, Said Nursi
RUSSIA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest November 16-31 30.11.2023 – The Cassation Court left Andrey Danielyan from Rubtsovsk in prison JW – On November 30, 2023, the panel of judges of the Eighth Court of Cassation of General...
by HRWF | Nov 30, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Kim Eunsun speaking in London on October 25. Screenshot. CHINA: China forcibly repatriates North Korean refugees—especially Christians Those who had any contact with religion in China may be jailed for life when they return to North Korea. by Nang Ji-Na Bitter...
by HRWF | Nov 30, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELGIUM: EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces By Lipika Pelham BBC (29.11.2023) – The top European Union court has ruled that member states can prohibit their employees from wearing signs of religious belief. The EU Court of...
by HRWF | Nov 29, 2023 | Baha'is, Christians, Iran
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly digest November Christians UN resolution notes ‘increasing’ religious-freedom restrictions in Iran Article 18 (22.11.2023) – The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution last week highlighting...
by HRWF | Nov 29, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Saint Hill. Photo credit: CSI UNITED KINGDOM: The International Association of Scientologists’ 39th Anniversary and a protest that failed One week before the three-day event attended by about 7000 Scientologists, opponents and the media announced a mass...
by HRWF | Nov 28, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
ARMENIA: Conscientious objector’s two-year jail term By Felix Corley Forum18 (09.11.2023) – On 25 October, a Yerevan court handed Baptist conscientious objector Davit Nazaretyan a two-year jail sentence for “Avoidance of mandatory military or...
