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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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Faith-based organizations making the world better through social and humanitarian work

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A conference at the European Parliament to make the world better The social and humanitarian activities of minority religious or belief organizations in the EU...
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Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses banned since 20 April 2017

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World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses (20.04.2024) - April 20th marks the seventh anniversary of Russia’s nationwide ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has led to hundreds of peaceful believers...
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Spectacular simultaneous SWAT raids on Romanian yoga centers in France: Fact checking

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Fleeing Persecution, The Plight of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light members in Azerbaijan

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Russia, Jehovah’s Witness Tatyana Piskareva, 67, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of forced labor

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Talking with Alona Lebedeva, a woman in leadership and a heart for children

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RUSSIA, Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to three to seven years in prison

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Thailand persecutes the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Why?

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EU-MOLDOVA – Does Moldova repress media freedom or sanction abusive propaganda? (II)

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EU-MOLDOVA: Does Moldova unduly repress media freedom? (I)

Russia, TV Channel of an Orthodox Oligarch Under EU Sanctions

Russia, TV Channel of an Orthodox Oligarch Under EU Sanctions

President Mackey Sall (Senegal), widely praised for his democratic decision to stand down

Senegal February 2024, When a statesman steps down in Africa

Three Jehovah’s Witnesses taken away in a paddy wagon after being sentenced to 6.5, 7 and 7.5 years in prison (Credit: jw-russia.org)

In Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are the most persecuted religion, with 127 prisoners as of January 1, 2024

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Argentina, a yoga school falsely described as a “horror cult” close to acquittal from any crime

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RUSSIA, 6 and 4 years in prison for a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses

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Elections in Bangladesh, Massive arrests of opposition activists

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Human Rigths Day, Do not forget the thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped and deported by Russia

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Children in Armed Conflicts, the UN and the EU

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

After his release from the penal colony, Seidkuliev was kept in a deportation center and expelled from the country (Credit: Jehovah’s Witnesses Russia)

RUSSIA, A Jehovah’s Witness deprived of his citizenship and deported to Turkmenistan

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

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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...

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Discover the ongoing persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, where believers face imprisonment for practicing their faith in private.
Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral, international uproar about Putin’s missile strike (II)

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...
The Orthodox Cathedral of Odesa destroyed by Putin’s missile strike: calls for funding its restoration (I)

The Orthodox Cathedral of Odesa destroyed by Putin’s missile strike: calls...

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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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Six more Jehovah’s Witnesses firmly sentenced to prison in Russia in August

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The persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is going on unabated. In the last eight months, 26 of them have been sentenced for merely practicing their...
Asia

South Korea: Conscientious objectors, a legal battle against punitive alternative service

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Conscientious objectors: a legal battle against punitive alternative service Hye-min Kim, a Jehovah’s Witness and an objector to military service, is the first person known to have...
Asia

Final sentences to prison terms for 20 Jehovah’s Witnesses since 1 January 2022

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The persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is going on unabated. In the last six months, 20 of them have been sentenced for practising their religion...
Asia

Czech MEP Zdechovsky : ”Organ harvesting is a lucrative state-sponsored business in China”

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“Organ harvesting is a lucrative business that is state-sponsored in China and specifically targets Falun Gong practitioners as well as other prisoners of conscience,...
Europe

BELGIUM: Jehovah’s Witnesses acquitted on appeal for alleged discrimination and incitement to hatred

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Jehovah's Witnesses acquitted on appeal for alleged discrimination and incitement to hatred On 7 June 2022, the Ghent Court of Appeal acquitted the Belgian Association of Jehovah's...
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Russia: A Danish Jehovah’s Witness released after five years in prison

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After five years spent in prison, Dennis Christensen was released this Tuesday 24th May. He is expected to be deported to Denmark on Wednesday...
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Putin recruits ‘Muslims’ for his war in Ukraine

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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...
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Why was a British Brussels-based journalist abusively detained and interrogated in Calais?

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Martin Banks, a well-known British journalist in the EU Bubble in Brussels, was stopped and detained by the British police authorities at the Eurotunnel...
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RUSSIA – “Evil forces” fight against Putin’s army in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill says

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Surprisingly and shockingly, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia declared “about the events going on in Ukraine,” in his homily on Sunday 27...
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RUSSIA: Jehovah’s Witness deported to… Ukraine (!) after his release

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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...
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