by admin_HRWF | Jul 3, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah's Witnesses, Russia
HRWF (03.07.2020) – Danish Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen’s early release has been halted because a prosecutor, Mr. Aleksei Shatunov, has filed to appeal the June 23 ruling allowing his liberation. Dennis Christensen’s alleged “crimes” were...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 2, 2020 | Christians, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Iran
– Article 18 (29.06.2020) – https://articleeighteen.com/news/6263/ – Seven Christian converts in the south-western Iranian city of Bushehr have been given sentences ranging from prison and exile to work restrictions and fines. The seven, including...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 29, 2020 | China, Christians, Church of Almighty God, EU, Freedom of Religion and Belief
– HRWF calls upon the relevant Spanish authorities to grant asylum to Wang Dongdong and other members of The Church of Almighty God whose case is similar. HRWF (30.06.2020) – Wang Dongdong is from Jiaozuo City in Henan Province, China. In 2001, his...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 28, 2020 | China, Freedom of Religion and Belief
– U.N. (26.06.2020) – UN independent experts have repeatedly communicated with the Government of the People’s Republic of China their alarm regarding the repression of fundamental freedoms in China. They have denounced the repression of protest and democracy...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 25, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The report is largely based on testimony from 76 people in the eight countries surveyed By Harriet Sherwood The Guardian (25.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/31dB9Qq – Atheists and humanists are facing discrimination and persecution in some...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 24, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Dennis Christensen has been on HRWF’s database of FoRB prisoners since 2017. HRWF welcomes this decision as it has heavily campaigned for years for its release HRWF (24.06.2020) – On 23 June, the Lgovskiy District Court in the Kursk Region decided to grant early...
