by admin_HRWF | Sep 16, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The two Catholics have been held in Jharkhand since 6 September. A court has rejected their request for bail. In a note, Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop says, “It is clear that those who are not happy with the social and educational activities of the missionaries among...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 28, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Interview with a Chinese believer who fled from China, currently residing in the Netherlands, and still fears for her life HRWF (28.02.2019) – Zhao Y, whose full name is withheld for security reasons, was forced to leave China because of her Catholic faith. As...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 29, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Two suicide bombers detonated explosive belts inside the church and near the parking lot. Five soldiers, a Coast Guard member and 12 civilians were killed in the attack, while another 83 people were injured. From Pamama, Pope Francis expresses “the most firm...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 19, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Pakistan has released the purported blasphemer against Islam. Now what nation will have the courage to grant her asylum? By Nina Shea National Review (16.11.2018) – https://bit.ly/2A0wodU – Asia Bibi, the Catholic mother imprisoned in...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 28, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
World Watch Monitor (23.11.2017) – http://bit.ly/2zB5Wdp – Optimists are hard to find ahead of Vietnam’s impending introduction of its new Law on Belief and Religion, scheduled to come into effect on 1 January, 2018. Vietnam’s Catholic and Evangelical...
