Media

The following is a compilation of media sources that have either mentioned, referenced, interviewed, or has been co-authored by Human Rights Without Frontiers International.

 

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VIDEOS

HRWF Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/HRWFinternational

HRWF Director Willy Fautré Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=willy+fautre

Other HRWF videos –

CHINA: China named as violator of freedom of religion in the European Parliament (NTDTV – 23.04.2013)

ROMANIA: Human Rights Without Frontiers Conference on Law and Justice in Romania, Brussels – (24.01.2018), Discussion on the European Arrest Warrant (HRWF – 08.02. 2017), & #EuropeanArrestWarrant: Willy Fautre (EUReporter – 07.02.2017)

FoRB: China named as violator of freedom of religion in the European Parliament (NTDTV- 23.04.2013)

 

AFGHANISTAN

NATO, EU reaffirm long-term commitment to Afghanistan (NATO – 29.03.2012)

 

ALBANIA

EU and leading NGO unite in calling for adoption of key judicial reform in #Albania (EUReporter – 24.02.2017)

ARMENIA

Between EU and Eurasia: Which future for human rights in Armenia? (The Parliament Magazine – 02.12.2015)

AZERBAIJAN

IDPs in Azerbaijan call upon the European Union to speed up their return (NewEurope – 06.03.2011)

BAHRAIN

Expatriate Christians from Bahrain address European Parliament (Kuwait News Agency – 27.01.2012)

Reform and progress will continue unabated, HRH the Premier pledges (Bahrain News Agency – 26.10.2011)

Labor Minister receives HRWF Director (Bahrain News Agency – 26.10.2011)

Interior Minister receives Willy Fautre (24/7 News – 25.10.2011)

Bahrain’s unblemished human rights record help to earn praise (24/7 News – 26.10.2011)

Bahrain’s rights record praised (Gulf Daily News – 27.10.2011)

Human Rights Minister receives HRWF Director (Bahrain News Agency – 29.10.2011)

BELGIUM

Political (mis)management of linguistic diversity in the Ukrainian daily newspaper DEN (The Day Newspaper – 22.03.2011)

CHINA

Une répression sans précédente de toutes les religions (Le Soir – 14.02.2019)

Film exposing China’s on-demand killing moves audiences in EU Parliament building – (NTD News – 06.12.2018)

China erases religion – (The Parliament Magazine, issue 484, page 7 – 05.11.2018)

The denial of religious freedom in China and the case of The Church of Almighty God exposed at the 37^th session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations – (01.03.2018)

Religious refugees from China denied asylum in Europe – (The Parliament Magazine – 09.01.2018)

European Committee Blasts Forced Organ Harvesting in China (End Organ Pillaging – 23.03.2014)

Organ Harvesting in China: Europe Must Act Now (Madi Marishma Official Website – 14.03.2014)

Rights group slams China for human rights violations in Tibet (Tibet Nature – 14.02.2014)

Rights group slams China for human rights violations in Tibet (The Tibet Post – 20.01.2014)

Human Rights Without Frontiers Int’l. China: Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights (Ansley and Company – 19.11.2009)

EU arms embargo against China and human rights (EU Observer – 07.06.2009)

Human Rights in China, Conference at the European Parliament (Turkish News – 07.12.2008)

NGOs must focus on defending Chinese citizens (European Voice – 03.12.2008)

Unnatural selection in China (European Voice – 09.07.2008)

Winning gold medals for hypocrisy (European Voice – 02.04.2008)

Press conference with Chinese dissidents at the European Parliament (Europarl – 26.11.2007)

Christians Jailed for Aiding North Korean Refugees in China (Worthy News – 18.08.2003)

EU has moral responsibility to challenge China on human rights (The Parliament Magazine – 10.12.2012)

Trying hard to be better partners (European Voice – 06.03.2009)

Unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet sends a message to the Chinese authorities (European Voice – 29.07.2009)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DRC election crisis is the litmus test for a true EU-Africa partnership (The Parliament Magazine – 17.01.2019) 

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Human Rights Without Frontiers debate on Child Marriage (EU Reporter – 14.10.2018)

FRANCE

French Government Confronted on Its Funding of Religious Hate – (19.01.2018)

FRANCE/RUSSIA

Antisect movements and Laïcité:
 The French-Russian Orthodox Connection – (01.03.2018)

INDIA

India calls for action as world remembers anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks (EU Reporter – 26.11.2020)

MOROCCO

EU’s soft power to improve human rights in Morocco (EURACTIV – 29.06.2018).

EU’s growing role as a “soft power” aids Human Rights in #Morocco (EU Reporter – 27.06.2018).

Présentation à Bruxelles d’un rapport européen mettant en avant les progrès du Maroc en matière des droits de l’homme (Atlas Info – 26.06.2018)

Legal Experts Warn ECJ not to Involve Political Dimension in EU-Morocco Fisheries Case – (23.02.2018)

EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement, Mutually Beneficial – Rights NGO Says – (18.02.2018)

Moroccan-Spanish Delegation Visits Dakhla to Explore Opportunities for Investment in Fisheries Sector – (18.02.2018)

Fisheries agreement with Morocco is an instrument of soft power for EU – (16.02.2018)

NORTH KOREA

HRWF discussion programme in cooperation with the EU Reporter on North Korean workers in Poland – (08.11.2018)

South Korea Urged to Include Human Rights in Talks – (10.04.2018)

North Korea Defector Describes Gruesome Forced Abortions – (12.12.2017)

MEP calls EU to face ‘atrocious’ situation in North Korea (New Europe – 11.06.2013)

North Korean defectors call to an end to all aid (New Europe – 06.06.2013)

Human rights in North Korea (Brussels Diplomatic – 14.01.2013)

UN Universal Periodic Review of North Korea (Asahi – 20.04.2012)

London Conference. Commemorating Human Rights Day 2011: How Far Have We Progressed? (European Leadership Conferences – 10.12.2011)

Commemorating Human Rights Day 2011, Houses of Parliament. Human rights in North Korea: An International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity (Universal Peace Federation – 09.12.2011)

North Korean ‘slaves’ in Europe? (Forum.md – 09.11.2010)

LFNKR’s Kato Addresses Int’l Conference (North Korean Refugees – 28.09.2008)

2008 North Korean Human Rights Campaign (DailyNK – 03.09.2008)

Activists plan to float radios into North Korea (CNSNews – o7.07.2008)

Forced Labour: North Koreans working abroad (The Distributed Republic – 01.05.2008)

Ex-filtration by HRWF of 12 North Korean refugees to the South Korean embassy in Laos on 27 March 2008. Some articles: 1 2 3 & 4

Promoting North Korean Human Rights: What The Free World Can Do. (US Department of State – 06.11.2007)

North Koreans in Czech jobs: Slave labor? (New York Times & International Herald Tribune – 08.11.2006)

Christians jailed for aiding North Korean Refugees in China. (Worthy Christian news – 18.08.2003)

North Korean Babies (BBC news – 13.08.2002)

US Congressional Record Vol. 148, Pt. 7 (23.05.2002 to 12.06.2002)

N.Korea killing prison babies, defectors say. (Chicago Tribune – 12.06.2002)

Escapees Allege Newborns Killed In N. Korean Jails (Sun Sentinel – 10.06.2002)

Defectors From North Korea Tell of Prison Baby Killings. James Brooke. (The New York Times – 10.06.2002)

North Korea Engages in Forced Abortion, Infanticide (Catholic World News – 10.06.2002)

North Korean Refugees Face Forced Abortion and Infanticide (National Right of Life – 2002)

Forum Focuses on N. Korea’s Rights Abuses. Asia: Defectors describe horrors of prison camps. Activists say aid isn’t reaching the needy. They seek a tougher stance by the West toward regime (Los Angeles Times – 10.02.2002)

North Koreans talk of baby killings (The New York Times – 10.06.2002)

In prisons, swift death for babies (Partito Radicale – 06.12.2002)

POLAND

European arrest warrant: ECJ ruling a ‘stark warning’ to Poland (The Parliament Magazine – 30.07.2018).

ROMANIA

Romania must take bold action to tackle the legacy of corruption before assuming EU Council presidency (The Parliament Magazine – 23.08.2018).

Anti-corruption ‘success’ masks human rights failures in #Romania – (13.04.2018)

Deterioration of Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe – (28.03.2018)

Countries extradite individuals back to #Romania despite human rights abuses – (28.03.2018)

Praise for #Romanian “crackdown” on corruption groundless – (26.03.2018)

Systematic human rights violations in Romania’s judicial system – HRWF – (23.03.2018)

Weaknesses and dangers of the European arrest warrant used in Romania – (09.03.2018)

Fresh concerns raised about ‘deteriorating’ conditions in #Romania penal system – (06.03.2018)

EU concerned about rights abuses in Romania – (25.01.2018)

‘Serious concerns’ raised over independence of #Romania judiciary – (24.01.2018)

The complex case of the Adamescu family and the Romanian government – (21.12.2017)

HRWF | The European Arrest Warrant in Question (The Parliament Magazine – 20.03.2017)

Renewed call for reform of European Arrest Warrant in wake of Romanian businessman’s death (The Parliament Magazine – 08.02.2017)

Subiectul condițiilor de detenție în România este fierbinte (Amos News –  06.02.2017)

România: Omul de afaceri de top Dan Adamescu a murit în închisoare (Amos News – 26.01.2017)

‘Ordonanta pentru gratiere si amnistie, ingrijoratoare’ (Bursa – 26.01.2017)

Romania: Leading businessman Dan Adamescu dies in prison (EUReporter – 25.01.2017)

Comunicat de presă – Avocatul Poporului (Agerpres – 20.01.2017)

Avocatul Poporului, discuții cu un ONG pe tema situației din penitenciarele românești (Stiripesurese.ro – 20.01.2017)

RUSSIA

Russia: Over a hundred believers of several faiths behind bars (Our World – 18.12.2019)

Religion in Russia: Orthodox Christian anti-cult activist accused of targeting, harassing leading Hindu Guru ( Newseek – 06.02.2018)

Human Rights Without Frontiers Censures Russian Ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Scientology – 13.07.2017)

SAUDI ARABIA

Commuting death sentences of Jamal Khashoggi’s killers a ‘travesty’, say MEPs and NGO (The Parliament Magazine – 11.09.2020)
Netflix accused of ‘cowardice’ for pulling comedy show following Saudi complaint (The Telegraph – 02.01.2019) 

SPAIN

Spanish authorities harass Kokorev despite his worsening health (EU Political Report – 19.02.2020)
Treatment of detainees in Spain ‘not in line with European Law’ (International Policy Digest – 06.02.2020)
Spain faces fresh questions of use of “incommunicado” detention (EU Today – 01.02.2020)
Spain condemned over its human rights record (EU Political Report – 24.01.2020)
Will #Spain remain deaf to repeated calls at the #UN in Geneva for ending the abuse of pretrial detention? (EU Reporter – 18.01.2020)
Abuse of pre-trial detention and terrorism charges by #Spain to be denounced at the #UN (EU Reporter – 08.01.2020)
Abuse of an anti-terrorism law in Spain spotlighted at the UN in Geneva and the OSCE in Warsaw (EU Reporter – 23.09.2019)
Spanish judiciary’s abuse of #HumanRights to come under scrutiny before UN and #ECtHR (EU Reporter – 31.07.2019)
#Kokorev case, miscarriage of justice in Spain spotlighted at the UN in Geneva (EU Reporter – 27.06.2019)

THAILAND

Thailand set to vote on controversial constitution (The Parliament Magazine – 05.08.2016)

TURKEY

Turkey: Murder of gay Syrian refugee raises further doubts over EU deal (The Parliament Magazine – 05.08.2016)

UNITED KINGDOM

MEP warns Brexit could put an end to human rights campaign in Kashmir (The Parliament Magazine – 26.06.2016)

UKRAINE

251 Ukrainian citizens detained in the separatist Donbass regions (EU Reporter – 14.12.2020)

UKRAINE: FECRIS correspondent in Ukraine campaigns with China against Falun Gong in Ukraine (European Coordination for Freedom of Conscience – 12.05.2014)

FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF

13 NGOs urge China, Iran and Russia to release of religious prisoners (The European Times – 10.12.2020)

Algeria should improve its religious legislation, says European Parliament (Bitter Winter – 02.12.2020)

Is France using political Islam to target religion as such? (The European Times – 20.11.2020)

Intra-Muslim Conflict and Anti-Muslim Sentiment (Scientology – 09.01.2018)

JAPAN: A landmark court decision! Kidnappers and deprogrammers to pay dozens of million yen for attempted forceful change of religion (Forum for Religious Freedom Europe – 12.11.2014)

Abduction and confinement of a couple for forceful change of religion: Criminal charges brought against a pastor of Kobe City (European Coordination for Freedom of Conscience – 17.11.2014)

European Parliament: Azerbaijan a Land of Religious Tolerance (Alateia – 16.05.2014)

International Archon Religious Freedom Conference: “Tearing Down Walls: Achieving Religious Equality in Turkey” – Berlin, December 3, 4 and 5, 2013 (Antibaro – 21.11.2013)

Eastern Europe: Freedom of Religion or Belief Still Under Serious Threat (Religious Information Service of Ukraine – 23.09.2013)

ENP Countries Should Reconsider Their Stance on Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Anti-semitism Before Signing Association Agreement With the EU (PR Newswire – 19.09.2013)

Duizenden mensen zitten gevangen wegens geloof (De Redactie – 23.04.2013)

Duizenden mensen gevangen wegens geloof (Standaard – 23.04.2013)

Report on Undemocratic Practices of Anti-sect Movements (SOTERIA. International Spiritual Human Rights – 13.03.2013)

Fides et Libertas: The Journal of the International Religious Liberty Association (International Religious Liberty Association – 2013)

European Leadership Conference Human Rights and the Protection of the Unempowered and Dispossessed. (Universal Peace Federation – 06.2012)

Freedom of religion in Russia faces increased limits (Presbyterian Church (USA) – 22.11.2011)

Joint Statement. On the Proposed Religion Law before the Parliamentary Assembly of Hungary. “The Right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion, and the Status of Churches, Religions, and Religious Communities” (Hungarian Civil Liberties Union – 11.07.2011)

Members of the Opus Dei to be taken to court in Paris. Accusations of sectarian drifts and abuse of the state of weakness could now be used against Catholic institutions (Strasbourg Consortium – 09.07.2011)

Newsletter: Belgium. The draft law on abuse of weakness is dangerous despite its good intentions (Strasbourg Consortium – 04.07.2011)

RUSSIA: Evangelical rehabilitation mission faces liquidation. Russian Supreme Court finds suspension of activity of “Transformation of Russia” legal (Strasbourg Consortium –  07.06.2011)

New Europe Special Issue “Religious Freedom” (New Europe – 15.11.2010)

Full veil, burqa, niqab, hijab… a challenge to ‘European’ values? (New Europe – 15.11.2010)

Pakistan: Societal attitudes toward a foreign Christian woman who is married to a Muslim man (Refworld, UNHCR- UN Refugee Agency –  29.09.2009)

EUROPEAN PLATFORM ON RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION AND INTOLERANCE. OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism and on other forms of intolerance. Cordoba June 8 and 9, 2005 (OSCE – 09.06.2005)

Religionsfreiheit, Intoleranz, Diskriminierung in EU (FOREF Europa – 08.2004)

Jehovah’s Witnesses and the responsibility of religious freedom: the European experience (Facts About Jehovah’s Witnesses – 22.06.2001)

Europe Resists American Religious Cults (Lermanet – 11.05.2001)

The Protection of Religious Minorities: Religious Freedom and Human Rights in Post-Communist Europe. David Murgio, Conference Rapporteur (Columbia East European Center – 19.03.1998)

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

HRWF Paper: Early, Child and Forced Marriage & Religion (APPG Freedom of Religion or Belief – 25.01.2018)

OTHER ISSUES

A Year for Human Rights Begins in Amsterdam (Scientology – 18.01.2018)