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KAZAKHSTAN: One district, four police raids, seven fines
KAZAKHSTAN: One district, four police raids, seven fines By Felix Corley Forum18 (03.05.2024) - Police in Shu District of southern Kazakhstan raided four meetings for worship...
CHINA: USCIRF: China’s religious liberty and “malignant influence” getting worse
CHINA: USCIRF: China’s religious liberty and “malignant influence” getting worse The 2024 USCIRF report notes a deteriorating situation in several countries. “Bitter Winter”...
GAMBIA and religious liberty: A return to the bad old days?
GAMBIA: Gambia and religious liberty: A return to the bad old days? Proposals that a “license” will be needed to preach are reminiscent of the dark era of dictator Jammeh. By...
RUSSIA: How Putin humors Xi Jinping: Crackdown on Moscow’s Falun Gong
RUSSIA: How Putin humors Xi Jinping: Crackdown on Moscow’s Falun Gong A woman has been arrested on May 3 and three other practitioners held as witnesses. By Massimo Introvigne...
WORLD: 2024 World Press Freedom Index – Journalism under political pressure
2024 World Press Freedom Index – Journalism under political pressure Press freedom around the world is being threatened by the very people who should be its guarantors –...
FRANCE: Police raids on Romanian yoga centers (II): Fact-checking
FRANCE: Spectacular simultaneous SWAT raids on Romanian yoga centers (II): Fact-checking of the operation in Buthiers Disproportionate use of police forces in search of…...
FRANCE: Raids de police dans des centres de yoga roumains (II)
FRANCE: Raids spectaculaires de police dans des centres de yoga roumains (II) : Analyse des faits de l'opération à Buthiers Utilisation disproportionnée des forces de police à la...
EU:European democracy too immature to address freedom of religion or belief?
EU:European democracy too immature to address freedom of religion or belief? By Jonathan de Leyser, CSW’s Senior EU Advocate FoRB in Full (30.04.2024) - While the situation of...
JORDAN: Fleeing from Jordan to Greece because of their change of religion
JORDAN: Fleeing from Jordan to Greece because of their change of religion By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (03.05.2024) - It has...
УКРАИНА: Нужны итальянские деньги для поврежденного войной Одесского собора
УКРАИНА: Обещанные Италией деньги на реставрацию разбомбленного Россией Одесского собора, нужны безотлагательно Обещанная Западом помощь религиозным объектам, пострадавшим от...
UKRAINE: Italian money for Odesa’s Cathedral damaged by the war urgently needed
UKRAINE: Italian money for Odesa’s Cathedral heavily damaged by Russian shelling urgently needed Promised Western assistance for religious places of worship damaged by Russia’s...
УКРАЇНА: Терміново потрібні кошти Італії на Одеський собор
УКРАЇНА: Кошти Італії для Одеського собору, який важко постраждав від російських обстрілів, потрібні терміново Обіцяну Заходом допомогу релігійним об'єктам, які постраждали від...
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Freedom of Religion or Belief
Women’s Rights & Religion
This HRWF report explores the ways in which religious texts and practices as well as cultural influences and patriarchal systems influence the infringement of women's rights. It aspires to highlight the powerful potential that religion and religious leaders have to help guarantee these rights around the world.