Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: Administrative court finds MIVILUDES’ statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses defamatory The Paris Administrative Court has concluded that it is “factually incorrect” to claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not report cases of child sexual abuse to secular...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BULGARIA: Russian pressure weighs heavily on Orthodox Church election Andreja Bogdanovski Balkan Insight (18.06.2024) -The election of a new patriarch is intensifying divisions within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church between pro-Russian and anti-Russian factions....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 01-15 16.06.2024 – Russia tries to erase evangelical churches from occupied Ukraine Wall Street Journal – The church’s erasure from view is part of a sweeping crackdown inside Russian-held...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 01-15 Falun Gong 14.06.2024 – Disabled Falun Gong practitioner taken to horrific Heilongjiang provincial women’s prison Bitter Winter – On June 5, co-religionists told “Bitter Winter” that in late...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
TURKEY: Nine foreign Christians to be expelled for missionary activities Highest Court Rules in Support of Government’s Expulsion of Nine Foreign Christians for Alleged “Missionary Activities The highest court in Türkiye has issued a decision supporting the government...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: Court tells Christian woman to convert to Islam Rudaw (10.06.2024) – A Christian woman whose mother converted to Islam when she was 15 was told by Iraqi authorities that she and her children should also convert. Iraq’s Personal Status Law, passed in 1959,...