by admin_HRWF | Jan 22, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The offence of blasphemy has been officially removed from the Irish constitution. By Jack Beresford The Irish Post (18.01.2020) – https://bit.ly/2ulCzdu – Ireland voted to repeal the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution by a huge majority in a...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 21, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
COMECE Press release (21.01.2020) – An ecumenical delegation composed of representatives from Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met in Zagreb on Monday, 20 January 2020 with Mr....
by admin_HRWF | Jan 20, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Sun Hwa KIM HRWF (20.01.2020) – In December 2018, Hwa Baek SEO was released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence for the murder of his wife, Sun Hwa KIM, in 2007. HRWF met Sun Gyeong KIM, the victim’s younger sister, in Seoul. On 7 October 2007,...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 15, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his Christmas message to express sympathy for Christians “who are facing persecution” around the world The Telegraph (11.01.2020) – https://bit.ly/2FS8DYS – Persecuted Christians abroad will have their...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 14, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Arrests, Prison, Harassment for Peaceful Religious Practice Human Rights Watch (09.01.2020) – http://bit.ly/2snXE6h – Law enforcement authorities across Russia have dramatically escalated the nationwide persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the past 12...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 13, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
European Parliament Think Tank (09.01.2020) – https://bit.ly/309MqyW – The 2018 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world has just been published. It is a comprehensive exercise that takes stock of all European Union (EU) actions in the...
