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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.

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The UPF: Moon Front or a Respected NGO?

The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) might not be known to most readers of The European Times but it enjoys the UN ECOSOC general consultative status reserved to “fairly large, established…

13 February 2022 · 6 min read

Anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses claim some Nazi-time archives from Germany
Jehovah’s Witnesses - Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany. Credit: Trip Advisor

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Anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses claim some Nazi-time archives from Germany

Germany: Property of archives in a German military museum claimed by anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses As reported by The New York Times on 25 January, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany are seeking to obtain…

26 January 2022 · 3 min read

Ukraine now imposes sanctions on blogger Anatoliy Sharij and wife
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Ukraine now imposes sanctions on blogger Anatoliy Sharij and wife

Ukraine: Controversial law on sanctions imposed on video-blogger Anatoliy Sharij and his wife BRUSSELS/1 December 2021// On 20 August 2021, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) imposed…

1 December 2021 · 5 min read

PAKISTAN: MEPs visit in Islamabad: Interview of MEP Tomáš Zdechovsky
Official reception of MEPs in Pakistan. Photo credit: "The News"

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PAKISTAN: MEPs visit in Islamabad: Interview of MEP Tomáš Zdechovsky

BRUSSELS/ISLAMABAD - On 10 February 2021, MEP Peter Van Dalen, a Dutch member of the European Parliament and co-chair of the Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief addressed a…

28 November 2021 · 5 min read

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Amhara voices of despair from East Wellega

Photo credits: SM/Borkena – TPLF militia On 4 November, the EU High Representative issued a declaration about the situation in Ethiopia in which he stressed that “the EU is particularly…

8 November 2021 · 7 min read