by admin_HRWF | Jun 17, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Also religious oath was abolished! By Vassilis Tsarnas Greek Helsinki Monitor (14.09.2019) – https://bit.ly/31zMfgF – Blasphemy law will be abolished in Greece from 1 July 2019, when new criminal law comes into effect. The change comes as part of a...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 17, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
For the first time, the article of the Criminal Code against ‘xie jiao’ (“heterodox teachings”) is used in Xinjiang to indict 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (14.06.2019) – https://bit.ly/2FiniwG – ChinaAid reports...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 14, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Minghui (10.06.2019) – https://bit.ly/2IgcYXP – According to information compiled by Minghui.org, the month of April 2019 recorded 38 new cases of Falun Gong practitioners sentenced to prison by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) court system. Falun...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 13, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Shamil Rasulovich Khakimov is a 68-year-old pensioner. He was arrested in February and was interrogated in the absence of a lawyer. The ban on the sacred text of his religion violates international norms on the treatment of prisoners. AsiaNews.it (08.06.2019)...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 13, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Marlo Safi National Review (12.06.2019) – https://bit.ly/2Iblrvg – While attacks on Christians in Egypt such as bombings of churches by Islamists break into our news cycles in the U.S., smaller attacks often go without making much of an...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 11, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 6 June (Volume 798) APPG (11.06.2019) – To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much United Kingdom aid has been given to Pakistan in the last ten years; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which...
