A Catholic priest from Belarus testified at the European Parliament
European Parliament / Belarus // On 31 May, MEPs Bert-Jan Ruissen and Michaela Sojdrova organized an event at the European Parliament about religious freedom…
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Turkey, Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers
On 24 May, over 100 members of the Ahmadi Religion – women, children and elderly people – from seven Muslim-majority countries, where…
Did anti-cult Federation FECRIS lose at once 38 member-associations, or did it fake numbers?
FECRIS is the European Federation of Centers for Research and Information on Sects and Cults, an umbrella organization funded by the French…
Tajikistan, Release of Jehovah’s Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, after four years in prison
Jehovah's Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, was released from prison in Tajikistan after serving the full term of his four-year sentence. He had been imprisoned on spurious…
Cleric killed in Pakistan by mob following blasphemy accusation
Blasphemy, a mob in the city of Mardan, Pakistan, murdered a local cleric who was accused of making a blasphemous remark
BitterWinter.org exposes how FECRIS fabricated a cover-up of Russian links
FECRIS – Yet once more, the specialized human rights magazine BitterWinter.org, founded by expert Massimo Introvigne, broke the news this morning with…
Secular States Struggling with Religious Freedom, conference at ETF of Leuven
The right to religious freedom is recognised and implemented by the vast majority of countries that value the UDHR. But the extent…
In March-April, 12 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 76 years in prison in all
Not only Russian citizens disagreeing about Russia’s war on Ukraine or asking Putin to stop the war are sentenced to heavy prison…
Russia, Moscow City Court orders oppressive liquidation of human Rights NGO SOVA Center
As reported by SOVA Center, the remaining most active human rights NGO in Russia, the Russian oppressive fist is now falling on them. We reproduce here the statement of SOVA: On April 27, 2023 Judge Vyacheslav…
European Parliament condemns Nigerian speech laws putting musician on death row for blasphemy
Brussels (20 April 2023) – ADF International – In an urgency resolution the European Parliament has called for the release of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu,…