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Willy Fautré, former chargé de mission at the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the Belgian Parliament. He is the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), an NGO based in Brussels that he founded in December 1988. His organization defends human rights in general with a special focus on ethnic and religious minorities, freedom of expression, women’s rights and LGBT people. HRWF is independent from any political movement and any religion. Fautré has carried out fact-finding missions on human rights in more than 25 countries, including in perilous regions such as in Iraq, in Sandinist Nicaragua or in Maoist held territories of Nepal. He is a lecturer in universities in the field of human rights. He has published many articles in university journals about relations between state and religions. He is a member of the Press Club in Brussels. He is a human rights advocate at the UN, the European Parliament and the OSCE.
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Faith-based organizations making the world better through social and humanitarian work

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A conference at the European Parliament to make the world better The social and humanitarian activities of minority religious or belief organizations in the EU...
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Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses banned since 20 April 2017

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World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses (20.04.2024) - April 20th marks the seventh anniversary of Russia’s nationwide ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has led to hundreds of peaceful believers...
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Spectacular simultaneous SWAT raids on Romanian yoga centers in France: Fact checking

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Fleeing Persecution, The Plight of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light members in Azerbaijan

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Russia, Jehovah’s Witness Tatyana Piskareva, 67, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of forced labor

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Talking with Alona Lebedeva, a woman in leadership and a heart for children

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RUSSIA, Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to three to seven years in prison

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Thailand persecutes the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Why?

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EU-MOLDOVA – Does Moldova repress media freedom or sanction abusive propaganda? (II)

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EU-MOLDOVA: Does Moldova unduly repress media freedom? (I)

Russia, TV Channel of an Orthodox Oligarch Under EU Sanctions

Russia, TV Channel of an Orthodox Oligarch Under EU Sanctions

President Mackey Sall (Senegal), widely praised for his democratic decision to stand down

Senegal February 2024, When a statesman steps down in Africa

Three Jehovah’s Witnesses taken away in a paddy wagon after being sentenced to 6.5, 7 and 7.5 years in prison (Credit: jw-russia.org)

In Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are the most persecuted religion, with 127 prisoners as of January 1, 2024

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Argentina, a yoga school falsely described as a “horror cult” close to acquittal from any crime

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RUSSIA, 6 and 4 years in prison for a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses

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Elections in Bangladesh, Massive arrests of opposition activists

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Human Rigths Day, Do not forget the thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped and deported by Russia

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Children in Armed Conflicts, the UN and the EU

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INDIA – Bomb attempt against Jehovah’s Witnesses’ gathering, three dead and dozens injured

After his release from the penal colony, Seidkuliev was kept in a deportation center and expelled from the country (Credit: Jehovah’s Witnesses Russia)

RUSSIA, A Jehovah’s Witness deprived of his citizenship and deported to Turkmenistan

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Argentina: PROTEX’s Dangerous Ideology. How to Fabricate “Victims of Prostitution”

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PROTEX, an Argentinian agency fighting human trafficking, has faced criticism for fabricating imaginary prostitutes and causing real harm. Learn more here.
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Over 2000 homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses searched in 6 years in...

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Discover the shocking reality faced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Over 2,000 homes searched, 400 jailed, and 730 believers charged. Read more.
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Five Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 30 years in prison in...

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Discover the ongoing persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, where believers face imprisonment for practicing their faith in private.
Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral, international uproar about Putin’s missile strike (II)

Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral, international uproar about Putin’s missile strike (II)

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Bitter Winter (09.01.2023) - 23 July 2023 was a Black Sunday for the city of Odesa and for Ukraine. When Ukrainians and the rest of...
The Orthodox Cathedral of Odesa destroyed by Putin’s missile strike: calls for funding its restoration (I)

The Orthodox Cathedral of Odesa destroyed by Putin’s missile strike: calls...

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Bitter Winter (31.08.2023) - On the night of 23 July 2023, the Russian Federation launched a massive missile attack on the center of Odesa which...
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2 minutes for believers of all faiths in prison in Russia

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At the end of July, the Court of Cassation upheld the 2 years and 6 months in prison sentence against Aleksandr Nikolaev. The court had found him...
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A Catholic priest from Belarus testified at the European Parliament

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European Parliament / Belarus // On 31 May, MEPs Bert-Jan Ruissen and Michaela Sojdrova organized an event at the European Parliament about religious freedom in Belarus...
America

Argentina, a yoga school in the eye of a media cyclone

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Since last summer, the Buenos Aires Yoga School (BAYS) has been pilloried by Argentinian media outlets which have published over 370 news and articles...
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Turkey, Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers

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On 24 May, over 100 members of the Ahmadi Religion – women, children and elderly people – from seven Muslim-majority countries, where they are...
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HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis

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Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon the UN, the EU and the OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order for 103...
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UKRAINE, 110 damaged religious sites inspected and documented by UNESCO

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UKRAINE, 110 damaged religious sites inspected and documented by UNESCO - As of 17 May 2023, UNESCO has verified damage to 256 sites since 24 February...
Asia

Tajikistan, Release of Jehovah’s Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, after four years in prison

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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 charges of “inciting religious hatred.”
Asia

In March-April, 12 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 76 years in prison in all

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Not only Russian citizens disagreeing about Russia’s war on Ukraine or asking Putin to stop the war are sentenced to heavy prison terms. Jehovah’s...
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Ukrainian region of Kirovohrad in search of partnerships in Brussels to feed the world

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On 9-10 March, the head of the regional council of Kirovohrad Oblast (region), Sergii Shulga, visited European institutions in Brussels to raise awareness about...
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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
News

ECtHR, Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), having considered seven complaints from Jehovah’s Witnesses from Russia, recognized the disruption of worship services from 2010 to 2014 as a violation of fundamental freedoms.
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