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.
Europe
Mohamad Alkayali, a Syrian refugee victim of the weaponization of INTERPOL by Saudi Arabia
A Syrian Refugee Trapped by a Politically Motivated Red Notice In the early hours of December 28, 2024, Mohamad Alkayali, a Syrian refugee who has lived legally in Turkiye since…
11 February 2025 · 6 min read
Europe
Peaceful Iranians arrested in Turkey for publicly manifesting their religious beliefs
On 5 January 2025, police officers in Karaman (Turkey) raided the home of an Iranian couple looking for an opportunity to apply for asylum in an EU country and belonging…
1 February 2025 · 3 min read
Human Rights
Who is Mihai Stoian, the Romanian yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?
On 20 and 26 December 2024, the City Court of Tbilisi held hearings to decide whether Georgia should extradite Mihai Stoian and his wife Adina arrested in August 2024 on…
20 January 2025 · 7 min read
Europe
Who is Adina Stoian, the female yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?
On 20 and 26 December 2024, Tbilisi City Court held hearings to decide whether Georgia should extradite Adina Stoian and her husband Mihai arrested in August 2024 on the Turkish-Georgian…
18 January 2025 · 6 min read
Editor's choice
Statistics about the harsh repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia in 2024
From the point of view of the Russian judicial system, Jehovah's Witnesses are more dangerous than any other religious group. Over 140 prisoners and record sentences of over 8 years.…
29 December 2024 · 6 min read
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Georgia Police violence in Tbilisi while President Zurabishvili calls for quick EU actions
Police violence // According to the Public Defender of Georgia (Ombudsperson’s Office) that I visited while in Tbilisi, 225 out of 327 detainees interviewed by their representatives claimed to have…
19 December 2024 · 5 min read
Europe
Georgia, Election of an ex-footballer as the new president booed by demonstrators
By Willy Fautré from Tbilissi - During yesterday’s demonstrations at the parliament, some citizens have brought diplomas – to mark the fact that the “Georgian Dream” presidential candidate, ex-footballer Mikheil…
16 December 2024 · 4 min read
Europe
Iran, the EU and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) should be recognized by the EU as a terrorist group” was the main message of a conference hosted at the European Parliament by MEP…
9 December 2024 · 6 min read
Europe
Hindu Forum Belgium celebrated a first step to state recognition of Hinduism
On 22 November, the Hindu community of Belgium celebrated the first legal step to the recognition of Hinduism by the Belgian Government and Parliament with their decision last year to grant a subsidy…
4 December 2024 · 4 min read
