Freedom of Religion and Belief
Human rights activists call for indictment of Russian Patriarch Kirill European activists who usually defend religious groups from state persecution and now defending the public from church-incited violence By Aaron Rhodes The Moscow Times (22.04.2022) –...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Ukrainian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate under threat of being banned By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.04.2022) – The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC/MP) in communion with the Russian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Interactive map of churches and religious buildings destroyed by the Russian army The interactive map is available here HRWF (12.04.2022) – During the first month of the war, the Russian army destroyed more than 60 Ukrainian churches and religious facilities in at...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Muslim followers of peaceful new religious movements prosecuted Two-year prison term for a Tablighi Jamaat follower SOVA CENTER/ HRWF (31.03.2022) – https://bit.ly/3qX6mDO – In January, a court in Omsk fined three followers of Tablighi Jamaat under Art....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Putin recruits Muslims in his war in Ukraine Putin hires Muslim fighters in his ‘holy’ war against Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill keeps silent about it and turns a blind eye By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (29.03.2022) –...