Human Rights in the World
The role of NGOs to protect civilians in armed conflicts Paper presented at a side-event at the UN in Geneva on 26 March By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (29.03.2024) – Armed conflicts are very often triggered despite...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: Pew Global survey shows rising religious restrictions Providence (19.03.2024) – On March 5, 2024, the Pew Research Center released its fourteenth annual survey on the status of religious freedom worldwide. Due to the amount of work involved in collecting...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: A record 365 million Christians persecuted worldwide, says Open Doors The evangelical NGO “Open Doors” publishes its annual Watch List that ranks the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. North Korea is still No. 1....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: Missionaries and pastoral care workers killed in 2023 Agenzia Fides (01.01.2024) – According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, 20 missionaries were killed in the world in 2023: 1 Bishop, 8 priests, 2 non-religious men, 1 seminarian, 1 novice and 7...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: Strong and deep nexus between human dignity and religious freedom By Jan Figel, Former EU Commissioner and FoRB Special Envoy HRWF (10.12.2023) – Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked by various groups representing ideologies, violent...
