by admin_HRWF | May 19, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Protestants exposed to discrimination, deportation and hate speech By Uzay Bulut Providence Mag (16.05.2022) – https://bit.ly/3wzUA49 – Only 0.1 percent of Turkey’s population is Greek, Armenian, or Assyrian Christian. The collapse of Turkey’s...
by admin_HRWF | May 17, 2022 | China, Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Freedom of religion or belief – Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (01-15.05.2022) Catholics 14.05.2022 – WSJ: calls on Vatican to renounce the Faustian pact with Beijing and says “A regime that fears a 90-year-old priest must have profound doubts...
by admin_HRWF | May 16, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Algerian Christians receive reduced fine for “unauthorized worship” Persecution.org – International Christian Concern (09.05.2022) – https://bit.ly/3wdlQq5 – A group of 11 Algerian Christians, originally arrested at the end of 2021, received a...
by admin_HRWF | May 15, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah Witnesses, Russia
RUSSIA : Freedom of religion or belief – Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.05.2022) 13.05.2022 – Appeal in Nizhny Novgorod approved the sentence of Victoriya Verkhoturova – 4 years suspended Link to full text in...
by admin_HRWF | May 12, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
International Conscientious Objector Day: Alternative civilian service violates international standards APAJW (13.05.2022) – As the world prepares for International Conscientious Objector Day on May 15, over 800 Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Korea who have chosen...
by admin_HRWF | May 12, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
USCIRF Hearing on freedom of religion or belief in Syria Peace can only be achieved through justice By Dr Zsuzsa-Anna Ferenczy for Human Rights Without Frontiers (*) HRWF (05.11.2022) – On May 10, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)...