AZERBAIJAN: 11 members of a religious group arrested for publicly expressing their faith
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TAIWAN – CHINA exchanges between Taoist temples manipulated by the CCP
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VIETNAM: 11 jailed Christians missing, an issue to be raised by Josep Borrell in Vietnam
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UKRAINE: Italy’s money for destroyed Cathedral of Odesa still blocked by UNESCO
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NICARAGUA: Full-scale crackdown on Catholic and Protestant communities
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NICARAGUA: Inter-American Court on Human Rights orders Nicaragua to free jailed Protestants
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UKRAINE: UNESCO goes on blocking 500,000 EUR for Odesa’s Cathedral destroyed by Moscow
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ЮНЕСКО продовжує блокувати італійські 500 000 євро на розбомблений Одеський собор
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TURKEY: 40 Asylum-seekers in Edirne under threat of an imminent humanitarian crisis/ 10 NGOs call for help
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NORTH KOREA: Diplomat defects to the South
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NORTH KOREA: UN report on forced labour, grave violations of human rights
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RUSSIA: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest July 01-15
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HRWF Prisoners Database
Human Rights Without Frontiers tracks incidents worldwide where people are imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief.
Report on Human Rights and Political Repression in Benin
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This HRWF report explores the ways in which religious texts and practices as well as cultural influences and patriarchal systems influence the infringement of women's rights. It aspires to highlight the powerful potential that religion and religious leaders have to help guarantee these rights around the world.