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UK Bar Council raises concern over treatment of Ahmadi Muslim lawyers in Pakistan
Ahmadiyya
The Bar Council is profoundly concerned by recent announcements in parts of Pakistan that Ahmadi Muslims lawyers must renounce their religion in order to practise at the Bar. Both the…
Asia
15 million people in Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance - MEP György Hölvényi together with AVSI Foundation held a conference, titled “What kind of help are Syrians asking…
America
Cristal Logothetis (Cristal Munoz-Logothetis) at Scientology Network’s MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST, the weekly series spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists from around the world and all walks of life, announces an…
Asia
Jehovah's Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, was released from prison in Tajikistan after serving the full term of his four-year sentence. He had been imprisoned on spurious charges of “inciting religious hatred.”
Asia
Blasphemy, a mob in the city of Mardan, Pakistan, murdered a local cleric who was accused of making a blasphemous remark
Asia
China’s mediating role in Iran-Saudi deal signals a wider shift from wolf warrior to more constructive diplomacy.
Asia
European and US human rights academics concerned about post-authoritarian persecution and the Tai Ji Men Case INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY: Chen Chu acknowledges the importance of the issue and discusses Tai Ji Men…
Asia
Not only Russian citizens disagreeing about Russia’s war on Ukraine or asking Putin to stop the war are sentenced to heavy prison terms. Jehovah’s Witnesses whose organization was banned by…
Asia
Experts appointed called for Singapore to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment, the Government’s continued use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
Asia
From April 5 to 11, Bitter Winter, its parent organization CESNUR, and the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers organized a fact-finding tour of Taiwan, where they had decided to…
