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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…
FORB
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…
FORB
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…
Editor's choice
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…
Europe
Brussels — Serious concerns are emerging in Brussels about the conduct of Vincent Depaigne, the European Commission’s Coordinator for dialogue with churches, religious associations, and non-confessional organisations under Article 17…
ECHR
Two 74-year-old JW sentenced to three years in prison and immediately detained. Nowadays, 175 JWs are behind bars in Russia On 12 November, a Russian court imprisoned two 74-year-old men—Valeriy…
FORB
Sixty years after the Second Vatican Council’s declaration Nostra aetate, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s firm rejection of antisemitism and called for deeper friendship and collaboration among all…
Editor's choice
Vatican City — 28 October 2025. At the 60th anniversary of the landmark Second Vatican Council declaration Nostra Aetate, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed that the message of interreligious dialogue, respect,…
