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Willy Fautre

Willy Fautré, former chargé de mission at the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the Belgian Parliament. He is the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), an NGO based in Brussels that he founded in December 1988. His organization defends human rights in general with a special focus on ethnic and religious minorities, freedom of expression, women’s rights and LGBT people. HRWF is independent from any political movement and any religion. Fautré has carried out fact-finding missions on human rights in more than 25 countries, including in perilous regions such as in Iraq, in Sandinist Nicaragua or in Maoist held territories of Nepal. He is a lecturer in universities in the field of human rights. He has published many articles in university journals about relations between state and religions. He is a member of the Press Club in Brussels. He is a human rights advocate at the UN, the European Parliament and the OSCE. If you are interested in us following up your case, get in touch.

Argentina, a yoga school in the eye of a media cyclone
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Argentina, a yoga school in the eye of a media cyclone

Since last summer, the Buenos Aires Yoga School (BAYS) has been pilloried by Argentinian media outlets which have published over 370 news and articles vilifying the school for allegedly trafficking…

8 June 2023 · 7 min read

Turkey, Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers
Ahmadi spokesperson interviewed by Willy Fautre for The European Times (about members of the "Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light")

Europe

Turkey, Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers

On 24 May, over 100 members of the Ahmadi Religion – women, children and elderly people – from seven Muslim-majority countries, where they are considered heretics, presented themselves at the…

5 June 2023 · 5 min read

HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis
Members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Kapikule border crossing, the gateway between Turkey and Bulgaria on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Pictures owned by Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Used with permission.

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HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis

Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon the UN, the EU and the OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order for 103 Ahmadis Today, a Turkish court has…

29 May 2023 · 7 min read

UKRAINE, 110 damaged religious sites inspected and documented by UNESCO
A fallen dome lies near the Church of the Holy Mother of God (‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’), destroyed by a Russian aerial bomb on January 18, 2023 in Bohorodychne, Ukraine. Global Images Ukraine

Europe

UKRAINE, 110 damaged religious sites inspected and documented by UNESCO

UKRAINE, 110 damaged religious sites inspected and documented by UNESCO - As of 17 May 2023, UNESCO has verified damage to 256 sites since 24 February 2022 – 110 religious sites, 22…

25 May 2023 · 5 min read

Ukrainian region of Kirovohrad in search of partnerships in Brussels to feed the world
Sergii Shulga, Head of the regional council of Kirovohrad Oblast with MEP Lucas Mandel at the European Parliament

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Ukrainian region of Kirovohrad in search of partnerships in Brussels to feed the world

On 9-10 March, the head of the regional council of Kirovohrad Oblast (region), Sergii Shulga, visited European institutions in Brussels to raise awareness about the future of his region in…

17 March 2023 · 4 min read

ECtHR, Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses
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ECtHR, Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), having considered seven complaints from Jehovah’s Witnesses from Russia, recognized the disruption of worship services from 2010 to 2014 as a violation of…

24 February 2023 · 4 min read