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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.

Russia: A Danish Jehovah’s Witness released after five years in prison
Dennis Christensen was the first Jehovah’s Witness to be convicted on extremism charges in Russia.Courtesy of Jehovah’s Witnesses

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Russia: A Danish Jehovah’s Witness released after five years in prison

After five years spent in prison, Dennis Christensen was released this Tuesday 24th May. He is expected to be deported to Denmark on Wednesday morning. Dennis Christensen has served 5…

24 May 2022 · 3 min read

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Putin recruits ‘Muslims’ for his war in Ukraine

In the name of the alleged defence of the “Russian World” and the Russian-speaking inhabitants of Ukraine (against their will), President Vladimir Putin has recently involved Muslims in his “special…

29 March 2022 · 7 min read

RUSSIA: Jehovah’s Witness deported to… Ukraine (!) after his release
Photo: Jehovah’s Witness Konstantin and Irina Bazhenov at the Russian-Ukrainian border (Credit: jw-russia.org)

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RUSSIA: Jehovah’s Witness deported to… Ukraine (!) after his release

Konstantin Bazhenov was deprived of his citizenship due to his criminal prosecution. See a video report and his testimony in Russian. In 2021, one of the first Jehovah's Witnesses that was sent behind…

26 February 2022 · 4 min read

Jan Figel responds to HRWF on FoRB in Pakistan
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Jan Figel responds to HRWF on FoRB in Pakistan

About laws to be amended; Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis and Muslims in prison or on the death row on blasphemy charges; the EU monitoring of the implementation of the GSP+; the…

21 February 2022 · 11 min read