by admin_HRWF | Jun 25, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (25.06.2020) – On 2 March 2020, Professor Mahmoud Jama Ahmed-Hamdi informed HRWF about alarming death threats targeting him in Somalia. HRWF and Humanists International helped him relocate to a neighbouring country. As he was also a human rights defender,...
by admin_HRWF | May 26, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Egyptian authorities legalised 70 church buildings for worship purposes on Tuesday 19 May CSW (21.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/2XBdZ3k – The decision was issued following a meeting of the Government Committee that oversees the legalisation of...
by admin_HRWF | May 19, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
A prominent actor’s disclosure about his daughter’s transition has been met with a rare show of support in a conservative society with little tolerance for gender nonconformity. By Shahira Amin Al-Monitor (12.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/3e2VOKr –...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 3, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Rami Galal AL-MONITOR (26.08.2019) – https://bit.ly/2lznUqq – Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments granted on Aug. 7, for the first time since 2014, Vice President of the Salafist Call Sheikh Yasser Borhami a preaching permit for Friday...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 20, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
ChristianHeadlines.com (18.06.2019) – https://bit.ly/2Ne82aD – A young Coptic Christian man has been arrested near Cairo, Egypt for allegedly insulting Islam after a hacker posted material on his Facebook page, he and family members said. Fady...
