Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious issues & persecution – Bimonthly Digest Dec. 01-15 15.12.2023 – Believers were searched in Vladivostok. One was beaten, the other was arrested JW – On December 7, 2023, searches were carried out in Vladivostok at at least five...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
KAZAKHSTAN: Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusion: Analysis of a case raised at the OSCE By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (16.12.2023) – In 2022 and in October 2023, a Kazakh citizen taking part in the annual conference...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: Strong and deep nexus between human dignity and religious freedom By Jan Figel, Former EU Commissioner and FoRB Special Envoy HRWF (10.12.2023) – Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked by various groups representing ideologies, violent...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Entrance of the Ministry of Interior in Paris, which promotes the new controversial law. Crédits. FRANCE: Religious freedom under threat of a new law/ Sign the petition Support the call of the European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom with an email to...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Willy Fautré, speaking at the European Parliament about how media often persecutes minority faiths. Photo credit: www.bxl-media.com. EU: How media demonize religious minorities Media outlets in the EU have a responsibility in fueling hostility, hate speech, and...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Six years in prison for a Jehovah’s Witness from Kazan JW-Russia (08.12.2023) – On 7 December 2023, the criminal case against Jehovah’s Witness Aleksey Gerasimov was completed in the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan. Judge Anna Kryuchenkova...