Freedom of Religion and Belief
KYRGYZSTAN: US Commission on International Religious Freedom alarmed by regressive amendments to the religion laws USCIRF (31.01.2025) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) decries recent amendments to the religion law and related...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: Arrest of a female Jehovah’s Witness, six months pregnant, an emblematic case HRWF (29.10.2024) – Recently, News Agency Dire has reported on serious violations of human rights in Eritrea, especially affecting Jehovah’s Witnesses who have 64 people in...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: Justice long delayed, Jehovah’s Witnesses and a somber 30th anniversary On October 25, 1994, a presidential decree stripped members of the religious organization of Eritrean citizenship and inaugurated decades of persecution. by Donald A. Westbrook Bitter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NICARAGUA: Full-scale crackdown on Catholic and Protestant communities Excerpts of USCIRF Report Arrest, imprisonment, and exile of members of the Catholic Church USCIRF (24.07.2024) – The Nicaraguan government’s campaign to arrest, imprison, and exile Catholic...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
PAKISTAN: USCIRF condemns violence against Christians Nazir Gil Masih, lynched by a mob in Sargodha, died in the hospital. The situation is no longer tolerable, the American commission says. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (11.06.2024) – Nazir (Lazar)...
