by HRWF | Sep 30, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Christians Iranian-Armenian pastor begins 10-year sentence for his ‘disturbing’ teachings Article 18 (18.09.2023) – As Iran’s president was flying to New York this morning, an Iranian-Armenian pastor was handing himself in to prison in Tehran to begin a...
by HRWF | Sep 18, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAN: Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s killing: USCIRF publishes a new FORB Report USCIRF (15.09.2023) – – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) marks the one-year anniversary of Iranian security forces’ killing of Mahsa...
by HRWF | Sep 6, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest August Christians Renewed crackdown on Christians in Iran underway Catholic Herald (17.08.2023) – Britain is an increasingly impoverished society: spiritually and financially. Still, anyone born here has...
by HRWF | Sep 4, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: Mowlavi Abdolhamid, the top religious leader of Iran’s largely Sunni Baluch population IRAN: Top cleric decries Iran’s discrimination against Sunnis IranIntl (01.09.2023) – Iran’s leading Sunni cleric has criticized the regime for persecuting...
by HRWF | Jul 7, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
TURKEY: UN urges Turkey not to deport persecuted Ahmadi asylum-seekers “Türkiye must not deport members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light seeking asylum”: UN experts The European Times (05.07.2023) – UN human rights experts* asked Turkey last Tuesday not...