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KINGNEWSWIRE / PRESS RELEASE / BRUSSELS, Belgium — 19 February 2026 — The European Office of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights has launched “Europe’s Values, Your Rights”, a new...
Europe
A complaint by Montenegro’s Human Rights Action, prompted by leaked preliminary findings linked to the Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee, has put the Special Psychiatric Hospital in Dobrota back under...
Health
After years of criticism from disability-rights advocates, UN experts and civil society, the Council of Europe is under renewed pressure to abandon its draft protocol on involuntary placement and treatment...
Economy
When a public authority makes access to a contract, job, or subsidy conditional on a declaration about personal belief or religious practice, the issue is not only constitutional or human-rights...
Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) in a unanimous decision reiterated its long-term position against a possible new protocol on the involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of...
Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) debated involuntary and coercive measures in psychiatry. In a unanimous decision the Assembly reiterated its long-term position against such measures and...
Christianity
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...
Africa
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
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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Europe
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 —...
