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...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 13, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
i24NEWS (12.01.2020) – http://bit.ly/2siIcZ6 – Jews in Uman, place of final rest for Rabbi Nachman, setting up self-defense group after pogrom-style attack. At least four people were hospitalized after an angry mob of at least 30 people armed with...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 9, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
JW.ORG (01.01.2020) – Jehovah’s Witnesses in Turkmenistan are not able to worship freely. Since September 2018, there has been an increase in government interference with the Witnesses’ religious activity. The Witnesses experience the following violations of...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 8, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Excerpt: Attacks on churches, Centre-Nord, Sahel and Est regions Human Rights Watch (06.01.2020) – https://bit.ly/2tHbzVb – On May 12, 2019, about 30 armed Islamists carried out an attack on the Catholic Church in Dablo, Centre-Nord region. Six...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 8, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Vatican (01.01.2020) – According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, in 2019 29 missionaries were killed throughout the world, mostly priests: 18 priests, 1 permanent deacon, 2 religious men, 2 nuns, 6 lay people. After eight consecutive years in which the...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 8, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (08.01.2020) – MEP Tomáš Zdechovský is a Czech citizen born in Havlíčkův Brod on 2 November 1979. He is a politician, media and communication expert, poet and author. He received his bachelor’s degree at the Salesian Pontifical University in political...
