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The Right to Mourn: Special Rapporteur Presents Report on Funeral Rights at HRC 61st Session
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At the HRC 61st session in Geneva, Special Rapporteur Nazila Ghanea presented a report arguing that freedom of religion extends unequivocally to death. She asserted that denying funeral rites constitutes…
Africa
The article examines the re-emergence of Islamist influence in Khartoum during Sudan’s ongoing civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Reports indicate increasing pressure on…
Europe
In the meantime, the Council of Europe appoints a Secretary General’s Special Representative on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred, and all forms of religious intolerance 15 months after the end of the…
Council of Europe
Council of Europe move targets antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred, and wider religious intolerance As hate incidents and polarisation spill across borders, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has tied the…
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The Church of Almighty God (CAG) released its 2026 annual persecution report on February 13, documenting the most severe year of state repression since the organization began systematic record-keeping in…
Events
Humanists International will unveil the latest edition of its global benchmark on the treatment of humanists, atheists and the non-religious at a hybrid event in the EU quarter. On Wednesday,…
Europe
By Willy Fautré & Hans Noot, Director and Associate Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (07.02.2026) – On 4 February, Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) sponsored the launch of the Central Europe Forum…
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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…
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At ICAM, Martínez-Torrón explained why Spain stopped signing new religious agreements—and what that means for equality, funding, and rights. At a commemorative session marking the seventh anniversary of the Canon…
ECHR
A Rigorous Examination of How Modern Legal Systems Protect Religious Conscience in Life-or-Death Medical Decisions In a comprehensive analysis recently published in Religions, University of Seville legal scholar Mar Leal-Adorna has…
