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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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Jehovah Witnesses in Russia

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

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On 25 October, 46-year-old Jehovah's Witness Roman Mareev was released after having served his prison term but many others are still behind barbed wires: 147 according to the database...
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PANAMA, the cradle of the fourth edition of the Faith and...

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Panama, a reference for its successful accommodation of the de facto religious diversity and the peaceful coexistence between historical, tribal and new religions This year,...
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Fleeing from Jordan to Greece because of their change of religion

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It has been almost one year since Basir Al Sqour, a 47-year-old former military officer in the Jordanian army with the rank of "major,"...
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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...

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Operation Villiers-sur-Marne: Testimony On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m., a SWAT team of around 175 policemen wearing black masks, helmets, and bullet-proof vests,...
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Fleeing Persecution, The Plight of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light...

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Namiq and Mammadagha's Story Exposes Systematic Religious Discrimination It has been almost one year since best friends Namiq Bunyadzade (32) and Mammadagha Abdullayev (32) left...
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Russia, Jehovah’s Witness Tatyana Piskareva, 67, sentenced to 2 years and...

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She was just participating in a religious worship online. Earlier, her husband Vladimir received six years in prison on similar charges. Tatyana Piskareva, a pensioner from...
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ECtHR, Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), having considered seven complaints from Jehovah’s Witnesses from Russia, recognized the disruption of worship services from 2010 to 2014 as a violation of fundamental freedoms.

The aura of the ‘famous’ Cuban doctors smashed in the European Parliament

Cuban doctors and healthcare personnel assigned to work abroad are victims of human trafficking and exploitation similar to slavery by their own state,

Relationships between Morocco and the European Parliament at a low ebb

Morocco and the European Parliament – On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted a strong resolution urging Morocco to respect media freedom and the...

The persecution of Christians in the world, especially in Iran, highlighted at the European Parliament

The persecution of Christians in Iran was the focus of the presentation of the 2023 World Watch List of the Protestant NGO Open Doors

Russia has set new records in 2022 in its campaign of persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses

The campaign of persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses continues, this year, Russian courts sentenced over 40% more Jehovah’s Witnesses

Russia – Four Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison for up to seven years

Four Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison for up to seven years for supposedly organizing and financing extremist activities while they were in fact merely exercising their right to freedom of religion and assembly.

QATAR – In the shadow of the Football World Cup, a forgotten issue: the situation of the Baha’is

During Football World Cup in Qatar, voices of non-Muslims have been heard and listened to at the European Parliament at a conference “Qatar: Addressing the limitations of religious freedom for Bahá’ís and Christians.”

Ukraine – Draft law on banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church

The website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine published the text of draft law banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church on the territory of Ukraine

TAJIKISTAN: Repeated calls for the release of an elderly ill Jehovah’s Witness

TAJIKISTAN – Shamil Khakimov, a critically ill elderly Jehovah’s Witness unlawfully imprisoned for his faith in Tajikistan since February 2019, filed a formal petition for his...

Voices raised in Brussels for a ban on all forced labour products from China

The European Commission “to propose an import ban on all products produced by forced labour and on products produced by all Chinese companies
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