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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.
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Georgia Police violence in Tbilisi while President Zurabishvili calls for quick...

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Police violence // According to the Public Defender of Georgia (Ombudsperson’s Office) that I visited while in Tbilisi, 225 out of 327 detainees interviewed...
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Georgia, Election of an ex-footballer as the new president booed by...

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By Willy Fautré from Tbilissi - During yesterday’s demonstrations at the parliament, some citizens have brought diplomas – to mark the fact that the...
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Iran, the EU and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

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Thousands of conscientious objectors in Ukraine under threat of 3-year prison terms

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Police raids on Romanian yoga centers in France, one year later

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Ukraine, Suspicion of Fabrication of a Criminal Case

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Germany Systemic mass-scale religious segregation condoned by the European Union for 10 years

Jehovah Witnesses in Russia

Russia, 147 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to heavy terms languish behind bars

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PANAMA, the cradle of the fourth edition of the Faith and Freedom Summit. Why?

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France – Yoga: Disproportionate widescale police raids with abuses starting from a personal settlement of scores

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In NORWAY the Russian Orthodox Church still financed by the State despite security concern

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The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on mission in Pakistan

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UKRAINE The UOC, the historical branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, on the path to be banned

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FRANCE Police raids on peaceful yoga practitioners and abuses in police custody

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Russia, A court fined a disabled Jehovah’s Witness suffering from cancer to 4500 USD

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European Court: Russia to pay 160,000 EUR to 16 Jehovah’s Witnesses, but no chance they will ever see that money

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One year after the Russian shelling of Odesa and its Cathedral, still no financial assistance from UNESCO

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Argentina – BAYS Yoga School, Nullity of elevation to trial confirmed by the Cassation Court

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Russia – Three Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 78, 74 and 27 months in prison

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FRANCE – I was a victim of a police raid and...

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Inappropriate and disproportionate use of massive police raids on several yoga centers and abusive detention of dozens of yoga practitioners. Still no progress in...
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RUSSIA: Shootings in several cities of Dagestan, a synagogue and churches...

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At least 19 people were victims of an attack on police officers, Orthodox churches and synagogues in Dagestan Derbent and Makhachkala on Sunday evening....
Sergey Filatov, a Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to 6 years in a penal colony for worshipping in private

RUSSIA: Heavy prison terms for 9 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the occupied...

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Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the occupied territory of Crimea are currently serving heavy prison terms of 54 to 72 months for exercising their...
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Beware of the infiltration of pro-Putin journalists in the Brussels-EU Bubble 

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Researchers of the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) have just discovered an infiltration attempt by a pro-Putin Ukrainian media activist in the Brussels-EU...
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The EU and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, a fortress under...

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East of the European Union, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, 84, courageously holds a vulnerable fortress defending the historical presence of Christianity in Turkey,...
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Qatar regularly rescues Ukrainian children illegally transferred and kept by Russia

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On 22 May, it was announced that 13 Ukrainian children were returned from Russian-occupied territories to their homeland thanks to the mediating role of...
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Europe

Children in Armed Conflicts, the UN and the EU

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In 2022, a total of 2,496 children, some as young as 8-years-old, were verified by the United Nations as detained for their actual or...
Asia

INDIA – Bomb attempt against Jehovah’s Witnesses’ gathering, three dead and dozens injured

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A former Jehovah’s Witness claims responsibility. After Germany (March 2023) and Italy (April 2023), Jehovah’s Witnesses are now killed in a bomb attack in...
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RUSSIA, A Jehovah’s Witness deprived of his citizenship and deported to Turkmenistan

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On September 17, 2023, employees of the Federal Migration Service, contrary to a court decision, deported Rustam Seidkuliev to Turkmenistan. Earlier, at the initiative...
America

Argentina: PROTEX’s Dangerous Ideology. How to Fabricate “Victims of Prostitution”

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PROTEX, an Argentinian agency fighting human trafficking, has faced criticism for fabricating imaginary prostitutes and causing real harm. Learn more here.
Asia

Over 2000 homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses searched in 6 years in Russia

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Discover the shocking reality faced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Over 2,000 homes searched, 400 jailed, and 730 believers charged. Read more.
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Five Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 30 years in prison in all

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Discover the ongoing persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, where believers face imprisonment for practicing their faith in private.
Europe

Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral, international uproar about Putin’s missile strike (II)

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Bitter Winter (09.01.2023) - 23 July 2023 was a Black Sunday for the city of Odesa and for Ukraine. When Ukrainians and the rest of...
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The Orthodox Cathedral of Odesa destroyed by Putin’s missile strike: calls for funding its restoration (I)

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Bitter Winter (31.08.2023) - On the night of 23 July 2023, the Russian Federation launched a massive missile attack on the center of Odesa which...
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2 minutes for believers of all faiths in prison in Russia

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At the end of July, the Court of Cassation upheld the 2 years and 6 months in prison sentence against Aleksandr Nikolaev. The court had found him...
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Hate speech and intolerance: the case of a philosophical yoga school (II)

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Discover the alarming collaboration between PROTEX and Pablo Salum in Argentina's anti-cult movement, as they target religious communities. Read more.
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