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...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Church of Almighty God: False demonstrations in Korea – Again By Liu Ya’nan Bitter Winter (26.08.2022) – https://bit.ly/3e1uJfS – The testimony of a CAG devotee on how the CCP brought his father to “look for his son” in Korea—but things didn’t go as...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
International Conscientious Objector Day: Alternative civilian service violates international standards APAJW (13.05.2022) – As the world prepares for International Conscientious Objector Day on May 15, over 800 Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Korea who have chosen...