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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

Picture of Hadee Laepankaeo’s family in Poland

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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Ukraine now imposes sanctions on blogger Anatoliy Sharij and wife

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

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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...
News

Amhara voices of despair from East Wellega

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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...
Human Rights

Ukrainian neo-Nazis threaten a Ukrainian blogger in Spain

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Anatoliy Sharij, a Ukrainian videoblogger, has been on the run in Europe since he left his country in 2011 to save his life which...
Christianity

FECRIS fined for repeated derogatory statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses

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HRWF (09.07.2021) - On 27 November 2020, the District Court of Hamburg condemned FECRIS (European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults...
America

Ethiopia: In the shadow of the elections, Amharas are massacred in silence

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Ethiopia: In the shadow of the elections, Amharas are massacred in silence
Europe

Flemish government ‘cleaning up’ Islamic communities

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Flemish government ‘cleaning up’ Islamic communities
News

The decision of the Court of Ghent against Jehovah’s Witnesses is dangerous for the Catholic Church

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The decision of the Court of Ghent against Jehovah’s Witnesses is dangerous for the Catholic Church
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BELGIUM: Jehovah’s Witnesses and sexual abuse (Fake news debunked in a recent webinar)

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BELGIUM: Jehovah’s Witnesses and sexual abuse (Fake news debunked in a recent webinar)
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City diplomacy offers opportunities

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Published originally on December 26th 2020 at the TaipeiTimes. This year has been unusual on many levels. In the midst of a global health crisis...
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