by admin_HRWF | Feb 18, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
French evangelicals denoucend that his comments « offended many evangelicals in France and several European countries ». Minister promised that « this bad experience will not happen again ». Evangelical Focus (16.02.2021)- https://bit.ly/3u9NjGk – The President...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 17, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
A significant proportion of Iranians seeking asylum in France say they are persecuted because of their conversion to Christianity By Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner La Croix International (17.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/2N7kObE – When Ali (not his real name) went to...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 15, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse, amid growing public pressure and a wave of online testimonies about rape and other sexual violence by parents and authority figures. By...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 28, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
A member of the government claims that “Evangelical branches from the US” require a “certificate of virginity” from women before marriage. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (28.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/3chDz6j – 31 NGOs and religious bodies, including...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 10, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Experts question the 1905 Law and make proposals HRWF/ Bitter Winter (11.01.2021) – While the bill Consolidating Respect for the Principles of the Republic (former bill on separatism) is currently being examined by a special committee of the French...