Freedom of Religion and Belief
Repeated calls for the release of an elderly ill Jehovah’s Witness By Willy Fautré Shamil Khakimov, a critically ill elderly Jehovah’s Witness unlawfully imprisoned for his faith in Tajikistan since February 2019, filed a formal petition for his release to the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest (01–15.11.2022) 15.11.2022 – In Novosibirsk, 67-year-old Aleksandr Seredkin was sentenced to six years in prison for reading the Bible Link to full text in...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Seven Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to six years in prison in October 40 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been sentenced to heavy prison terms since 1 January By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (02.11.2022) –...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
An 80-year old Jehovah’s Witness in prison for 11 years The US Commission on International Religious Freedom calls for his release HRWF (21.10.2022) – USCIRF Commissioner Frederick Davie has called on the US State Department to secure the release of 80-year-old...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Recognition of religions raised at the OSCE: the Belgian delegation uses its right of reply After HRWF raised the issue of the Belgian discriminatory system of recognition of religions criticized in a recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, the Belgian...