by admin_HRWF | Feb 26, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
A criminal court in Ghent is called to examine how the Jehovah’s Witnesses deal with some of their ex-members. They maintain they just follow the Scripture. by Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers Bitter Winter (26.02.2021) –...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 15, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Human Rights Without Frontiers will follow this trial starting on 16 February By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers (*) HRWF (16.02.2021) – On 16 February, a trial will start against the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (CCJW) at...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 24, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
New Europe (22.12.2020) – The European Court of Justice ruled that authorities in European countries may ban the practice of ritual slaughter to promote animal welfare. The ruling was factually wrong, legally problematic, discriminatorily hypocritical and...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 21, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter, court rules The Court of Justice of the EU said that member countries could impose non-lethal stunning before the killing of animals. Picture: The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg | Julien Warnand/EFE...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 11, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By Gabriela Galindo The Brussels Times (09.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/36wunXk – Belgium’s new government will introduce gender-neutrality throughout its term and make it possible for non-binary citizens to use the gender identifier “X.” ...