Freedom of Religion and Belief
SOUTH KOREA: The Shincheonji Paju Case: An open letter to the President of South Korea Scholars and human rights activists protest the scandal of the rental of a park by Shincheonji cancelled at the last minute on a pretext after a slander campaign. Bitter Winter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
A scandal in South Korea: Shincheonji’s park rental for a mass meeting cancelled at the last minute Under the futile pretext that it may “provoke North Korea,” authorities compelled the religious movement to cancel a peaceful event with the expected attendance of...
LGBTQI People and Human Rights
ASIA: LGBTQ+ rights – Progress and setbacks in 2023 Nepal gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages this year, while courts upheld bans in Japan and India By Randy Mulyanto Thomson Reuters Foundation (19.12.2023) – There have been gains and setbacks on LGBTQ+...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SOUTH KOREA: Conscientious objection to military service to be on the agenda of the United Nations HRWF (24.01.2023) – On 26 January, the human rights record of the Republic of Korea will be examined by the United Nations in the framework of the Universal...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Conscientious objectors: a legal battle against punitive alternative service By Willy Fautré The European Times (02.09.2022) – https://bit.ly/3AJooNL – Hye-min Kim, a Jehovah’s Witness and an objector to military service, is the first person known to have...
