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European Parliament condemns Nigerian speech laws putting musician on death row for blasphemy

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Near-unanimous resolution urges Nigeria to “repeal the blasphemy laws at federal and state level”   Supreme Court of Nigeria to hear case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sentenced to death for blasphemy on Whatsapp   Brussels (20 April 2023) – ADF...
Asia

Bitter Winter and European experts go to Taiwan: Witnessing for Freedom of Religion or Belief

Massimo Introvigne -
From April 5 to 11, Bitter Winter, its parent organization CESNUR, and the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers organized a fact-finding tour of Taiwan, where they had decided to organize the 2023 edition...
Asia

Pakistan Forced Conversion situation

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By Sumera Shafique Every year, human rights estimate that several hundred minor girls are forcibly married in Pakistan. While this is an issue that affects minor girls from all communities, girls from religious minorities are...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses mass killing in Hamburg, interview with Raffaella Di Marzio

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
On March 9, 2023, 7 Jehovah’s Witnesses and an unborn child were killed by a mass shooter during a religious service in Hamburg.
Europe

Tragedy of March 9, 2023 Christian Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Hamburg-Winterhude

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In these painful moments, the NGO CAP-LC (Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience) expresses its sorrow, support and solidarity to the Christian congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg-Winterhude. We are...
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RUSSIA, Six years and five months of prison for a Jehovah’s Witness

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Konstantin Sannikov sentenced to six years and five months of prison
Asia

Japan Tibet Support Group Warns China Not to Interfere in Tibetan Religious Matters

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Tokyo: Japan Tibet Support Group members passed a five-point resolution today, in which, among other things, the members warned China not to interfere in Tibetan religious matters, including the selection of high Tibetan Lamas,...
Buddhism

Tibetans stage protest ahead of Chinese FM’s visit

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By  — Shyamal Sinha Tibetan activists from Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT) and Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) staged a protest at the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi against...
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Georgia’s New Defense Code Is Going to Discriminate Against Minority Religions

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An interview with Prof. Dr. Archil Metreveli, Head of the Institute for Religious Freedom of the University of Georgia Jan-Leonid Bornstein: We have heard from you about a new legislative initiative of the Government of Georgia concerning submitting...
Europe

Spain – Sikh boy asked to remove turban-patka during a football match

Juan Sanchez Gil -
In a press release from the worldwide organization UNITED SIKHS, it stated that they are “disheartened to learn that a 15-year-old Sikh soccer player was asked by the referee to remove his turban during a football...
Europe

French deputy Minister Sonia Backes wants to enlist Europe against new religions

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
Sonia Backes, deputy Minister of the Interior for Citizenship, announced she plans to engage Europe on the issue of “cults” and social media
Christianity

The persecution of Christians in the world, especially in Iran, highlighted at the European Parliament

Willy Fautre -
The persecution of Christians in Iran was the focus of the presentation of the 2023 World Watch List of the Protestant NGO Open Doors
America

5th Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue World Congress sets “A Path to Peace”

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The 5th World Congress on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue “A Path to Peace” was held on 8 and 9 November at CEMA University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This year, under the slogan “Thinking about...
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ECHR new decision: Why French Miviludes is in trouble

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
Miviludes had some troubles due to its long-term association with anti-Ukrainian Russian extremists, and recently Miviludes has seen its operational chief resigning,
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Russia has set new records in 2022 in its campaign of persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses

Willy Fautre -
The campaign of persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses continues, this year, Russian courts sentenced over 40% more Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Russia – Four Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison for up to seven years

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Four Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison for up to seven years for supposedly organizing and financing extremist activities while they were in fact merely exercising their right to freedom of religion and assembly.
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QATAR – In the shadow of the Football World Cup, a forgotten issue: the situation of the Baha’is

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During Football World Cup in Qatar, voices of non-Muslims have been heard and listened to at the European Parliament at a conference “Qatar: Addressing the limitations of religious freedom for Bahá’ís and Christians.”
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FECRIS under fire: 82 prominent Ukrainian scholars ask MACRON to stop funding it

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FECRIS, entirely funded by the French government, provides important support to its Russian members and the Kremlin in their outrageous propaganda against Ukraine and the West.
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TAJIKISTAN: Repeated calls for the release of an elderly ill Jehovah’s Witness

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TAJIKISTAN – Shamil Khakimov, a critically ill elderly Jehovah’s Witness unlawfully imprisoned for his faith in Tajikistan since February 2019, filed a formal petition for his release to the nation’s president on 8 November. The same petition was...
Culture

Neither new nor foreign, says new exhibition launched at First Forum of Municipalities for Tolerance in Spain

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Neither new nor foreign (Ni Nueva, Ni Ajena) – Spanish Federation of Municipalities (FEMP) and the state Foundation Pluralismo y Convivencia, have launched an exhibition to promote tolerance, diversity and coexistence between religions. On the...
Culture

INTERVIEW: Is trying to ban Halal slaughtering a concern for Human Rights?

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Is trying to ban Halal slaughtering a concern for Human Rights? This is the question our special contributor, PhD. Alessandro Amicarelli, a renowned human rights attorney and activist, who chairs the European Federation on Freedom...
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Barcelona hosts KAICIID Conference on Dialogue for Social Inclusion in Cities

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Castelldefels/Barcelona, SPAIN. Under the theme “Social Inclusion in Cities – Strengthening Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Bring Communities into Dialogue”, the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), the Blanquerna Observatory for Media, Culture and Religion, the European Council for...
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Interview: “Religion on Fire”, Russia is ruining cultural and spiritual heritage

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
We have just had the opportunity to interview two academics working on the Ukrainian project "Religion on Fire"
FORB

Patriarch Kirill remains silent after Gorbachev’s passing

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
When the last President of the Soviet Union passed away a few days ago, Kirill remained silent, offering no condolences, and issuing no statement. That does not seem to be a mistake.
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Six more Jehovah’s Witnesses firmly sentenced to prison in Russia in August

Willy Fautre -
The persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is going on unabated. In the last eight months, 26 of them have been sentenced for merely practicing their religion in private and put behind bars. Here is the...
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