by admin_HRWF | May 23, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Meliana, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for blasphemy, has been released on parole. By Aisyah Llewellyn Al Jazeera (23.05.2019) – https://bit.ly/2wfvGbq- Meliana, a woman from Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority sentenced last year to...
by admin_HRWF | May 23, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
World Watch Monitor (22.05.2019) – https://bit.ly/2K0N1Nk- Gornath Chalanseth, one of seven Christians jailed for life for the murder of a Hindu swami in the Kandhamal district of Odisha state in eastern India, has been freed on bail by India’s Supreme Court...
by admin_HRWF | May 23, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (23.05.2019) – Today, the three-judge panel of the Oryol Regional Court denied the appeal of Dennis Christensen, a Danish citizen and Jehovah’s Witness,and upheld the six-year sentence he received in February. About 80 people, mostly Jehovah’s Witnesses,...
by admin_HRWF | May 22, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Pamela Constable The Washington Post (18.05.2019) – https://wapo.st/2VUYzsv – One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out drinking. Another is a U.S.-trained...
by admin_HRWF | May 22, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Pakistan’s other woman blasphemy victim and her disabled husband still await an appeal against their blasphemy conviction By Wilson Chowdhry British Pakistani Christian Association (12.05.2019) – https://bit.ly/2JV7bYP – Following the joyous...
by admin_HRWF | May 21, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Rebecca Paveley Church Times (17.05.2019) – https://bit.ly/2JQu3Jb – Clergy have been drafted in to teach religious literacy to Home Office case workers tasked with deciding on asylum claims that involve religious conversion and persecution. The...
