by HRWF | Dec 21, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions By Imran Qureshi BBC (20.12.2021) – https://bbc.in/3petmxy – One Sunday in October, Pastor Somu Avaradhi got a shock when he entered his church in Hubballi city in the southern Indian state of...
by HRWF | Oct 6, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Church sex abuse: Thousands of paedophiles in French Church, inquiry says BBC News (04.10.2021) – https://bbc.in/2YlkNWE – Thousands of paedophiles have operated within the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses...
by HRWF | Sep 28, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Taliban ban Helmand barbers from trimming beards BBC News (26.09.2021) – https://bbc.in/2WjSbMO -The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law....
by HRWF | Jun 29, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
More churches burn down on Canada indigenous land BBC News (27.06.2021) – https://bbc.in/3gYXiJP – Two more Catholic churches burned down in indigenous communities in western Canada early on Saturday. The fires at St Ann’s Church and...
by HRWF | Aug 4, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
A man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has been shot dead in a courtroom during his trial in the northern city of Peshawar. By Secunder Kermani BBC News (29.07.2020) – https://bbc.in/2D999UM – He had been facing charges for allegedly claiming...
