Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest Jan 16-31 Buddhists 24.01.2023 – Report offers fresh examples of destruction of religious sites in eastern Tibet A new report by a rights group details fresh evidence of destruction of religious...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAN: The persecution of Christians in the world, especially in Iran, highlighted at the European Parliament By Willy Fautré The European Times (26.01.2023)- The persecution of Christians in Iran was the focus of the presentation of the 2023 World Watch List of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SOUTH KOREA: Conscientious objection to military service to be on the agenda of the United Nations HRWF (24.01.2023) – On 26 January, the human rights record of the Republic of Korea will be examined by the United Nations in the framework of the Universal...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: Hate speech and incitement to violence of a Turkish AKP lawmaker in Neuss By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (25.01.2023) – “Just as we won’t give them the right to live in Turkey, we won’t give them the right to live in Germany,...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
INDIA: Concern in Goa as Hindu group storms Catholic college The student wing of ruling pro-Hindu party stage a protest and disrupt classes in Goa’s St. Xavier’s College UCA News (25.01.2023) – https://bit.ly/3HvvslL – Church leaders in Goa, a former...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: First known wartime conscientious objector jailing Felix Corley Forum18 (17.01.2023) – 46-year-old Christian Vitaly Alekseenko expects to be taken to begin his one-year jail term on 19 January. On 16 January, Ivano-Frankivsk Appeal Court rejected his...