by admin_HRWF | Jan 2, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
– By Alexei Druzhinyn – – RAPSI (28.12.2018) – http://rapsinews.com/legislation_news/20181228/293092110.html -Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law mitigating punishment for extremism and incitement of hatred and enmity. The...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 2, 2019 | Christians, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
– By Oleg Krasnov and Liudmila Maratova – Kavkazskii Uzel / Russia Religion News (28.12.2018) – https://www2.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/181228b.html – The sentence of Jehovah’s Witness* Arkady Akopian should be cancelled because of the...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 23, 2018 | Russia, Ukraine
– A screening of the feature-documentary “License for Crimes” is being planned in Kyiv for February 2019. According to the organizers of the project, Ukrainian non-governmental organization Cavalier, the documentary is dedicated to the history of...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 19, 2018 | China, Christians, Church of Almighty God, EU, European Parliament, France, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights in the World, Islam, Muslims, North Korea, Religion, Religion LGBT people & human rights, Russia, Security x Religion, Terrorism, Trafficking in Human Beings, Ukraine, Uncategorized, Uyghurs, Women's Rights & Gender Equality
– Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/wgOK0_XA6Vg Panelists Elisa Van Ruiten, a Gender Specialist at Human Rights Without Frontiers International; Mohinder Watson, a researcher and activist against child marriage, who escaped a forced marriage of her own as...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 27, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Religion, Russia, Ukraine
Pictures: https://bit.ly/2LKUYHu Heads, members of 10 local Orthodox Churches to celebrate 1030th anniversary of Baptism of Rus in Moscow Moscow, July 27, Interfax – www.interfax-religion.com/ – Representatives of ten local Orthodox Churches from around...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 27, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia, Ukraine
Ukrinform (27.07.2018) – https://bit.ly/2Oo00IH – A religious procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has ended in Kyiv without any incidents. The pilgrims marched from Saint Volodymyr Hill to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra...
