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UN Lawyer Arielle Silverstein Under Scrutiny Over Anti-Religious Online Posts
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A senior lawyer within the United Nations system is facing renewed scrutiny after a series of archived online posts surfaced in which she mocked and denigrated multiple religious communities and…
Europe
The OSCE's 2026 report on France praises efforts against antisemitism but criticizes MIVILUDES for lacking transparency. Delegates note that strict secularism often discriminates against minority groups like Scientologists and Jehovah's…
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PARIS, France— In a case that has sent ripples of concern through religious communities and civil liberties advocates across France, a French abbot has been convicted under a controversial new…
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PARIS — In the heart of the French Republic, the century-old bedrock of laïcité—the strict separation of church and state—is facing its most profound challenge in decades. A sweeping new…
Europe
As of 27 March 2026, Europe still has only a limited number of clearly named freedom of religion or belief envoys, commissioners or special representatives. Across the European Union, most…
Europe
Breaking News! White smoke for Mairead McGuinness. - Human Rights Without Frontiers hails this appointment
Europe
Mairead McGuinness is reportedly set to become the European Union’s next Special Envoy on freedom of religion or belief, ending a politically awkward vacancy that, over the past year, drew…
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A remark in Vienna could reopen one of Slovakia’s longest-running religious-freedom disputes. Slovakia’s long-running dispute over how the state recognizes religion resurfaced on Tuesday at the OSCE ODIHR meeting in…
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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…
