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Belgium discusses the work of Orthodox prison chaplains
On February 7, a seminar of the Orthodox prison ministry in Belgium was held at the St. Andrew’s parish in Ghent. The event began with a Divine Liturgy in the...
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UN Special Session on El-Fasher Spotlights Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis Fueled by Arms and Commerce
As the Human Rights Council prepares to convene on February 9, growing evidence links external support—to atrocities in the Darfur region, while the gum arabic trade emerges as a critical…
Christianity
Orthodox Fundamentalism: Social Portrait and Sources (part 1)
By Konstantin Kostyuk Among the social changes in the post-Soviet period, a phenomenon such as Orthodox fundamentalism has increasingly attracted attention. Due to the long atheistic tradition and the secular...
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[Press Release] Human Rights for Youth: Scientology’s Community Focus
KINGNEWSWIRE // Press release // United for Human Rights and Youth for Human Rights expand rights-literacy resources used by educators, civic groups and local partners across Europe BRUSSELS, Belgium —...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses, the most persecuted religious minority in Putin’s country
Since 2017, over 900 criminal prosecutions, resulting in over 1,000 years of prison sentences on bogus charges of extremism Apart from several religious minorities in China, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia are...
Human Rights
Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children’s nursery, hospital
As Sudan’s civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state – and the targeting of first...
Human Rights
Myanmar elections marked by fear as UN warns civilians are coerced from all sides
As Myanmar approaches elections scheduled for 28 December, the UN’s top human rights official has said that civilians are being coerced from all sides – forced by the military to...
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A Jehovah’s Witness in Russia released after several years of detention
Another 126 believers continue to serve real prison terms. Sergey Melnik, 53, a Jehovah's Witness from Volgograd, spent more than four years and nine months in prison. His sentence for his faith ended on...
Human Rights
UN urges calm in Bangladesh after killing of protest leader sparks unrest
The United Nations has urged calm in Bangladesh after the killing of a prominent youth protest leader sparked fresh unrest, raising concerns about political violence and the safety of civic...
Human Rights
Sudan war: World urged not to ignore ‘gruesome sexual violence’
Harrowing new details emerged on Thursday in a UN report detailing targeted sexual violence and summary executions in Sudan’s North Darfur region, attributed to paramilitary fighters who overran the city...