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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. The killer was a former member of the congregation, who had...
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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 aware that your entire international community is saddened by this tragedy that will remain in the memory of all people.
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RUSSIA, Six years and five months of prison for a Jehovah’s Witness

Willy Fautre -
Despite Russia’s war in Ukraine and a decision of the European Court in 2022 urging Russia to stop all pending criminal proceedings against Jehovah’s Witnesses, Putin has not halted his repression policy against Jehovah’s Witnesses. Konstantin Sannikov sentenced...
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Georgia’s New Defense Code Is Going to Discriminate Against Minority Religions

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
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...
Christianity

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

Willy Fautre -
Jehovah’s Witnesses - Russia - On January 31, 2023, the European Court of Human Rights, having considered seven complaints from Jehovah's Witnesses from Russia, recognized the disruption of worship services from 2010 to 2014 as...
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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...
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French deputy Minister Sonia Backes wants to enlist Europe against new religions

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
In an interview with French magazine Le Figaro on January 30, Sonia Backes, deputy Minister of the Interior for Citizenship, announced that she intends to engage Europe on the issue of “cults” usage of...
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Experts Decry Japan’s Human Rights Violations

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The human rights defense organization CAP LC (Coordination des Associations et Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience), in co-sponsorship with UPF and its affiliated organization Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP), held the side event on the occasion of the Universal Periodical Review of Japan at the Human Rights Council.
Christianity

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

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The persecution of Christians in Iran was the focus of the presentation of the 2023 World Watch List of the Protestant NGO Open Doors yesterday, Thursday 25 January, at the European Parliament (EP). According...
Asia

The Cham of Cambodia as a Divided People: From Refuge to Genocide

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Vadim Atnashev, PhD, Dr Professor at North-West Management Institute, published the paper "The Cham of Cambodia as a Divided People: From Refuge to Genocide", as part of the book "Proceedings of Topical Issues in...
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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Alexandre Novopashin: We are fighting the cannibalistic Nazi ideology!

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
We are doing a good deed: we are not fighting Ukraine and Ukrainians, but the cannibalistic Nazi ideology, which has enslaved the minds of many people
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ECHR new decision: Why French Miviludes is in trouble

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
For more than two decades, the French governmental “anti-cult” agency Miviludes (acronym for French Inter-ministerial mission for monitoring and combating cultic deviances) has been making money hand over fist by calling some religious minorities...
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Russia has set new records in 2022 in its campaign of persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses

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JW. New York - This year, Russian courts sentenced over 40% more Jehovah’s Witnesses (45) to prison than last year (32). This resulted in a peak of 115 men and women in prison at...
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Russia – Four Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison for up to seven years

Willy Fautre -
On 19 December 2022, Judge Yana Vladimirova at the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region passed harsh sentences to four Jehovah’s Witnesses for supposedly organizing and financing extremist activities while they were...
Asia

TAIWAN – UN Human Rights Day and the Tai Ji Men Case

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UN Human Rights Day and the Tai Ji Men Case HRWF (20.12.2022) – The 10th of December is the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948 and it is commemorated...
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Freedom of religion or belief fosters peaceful coexistence

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In this video, Mariam Gavtadze, member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, explains how respect for the freedom of religion or belief fosters peaceful coexistence. Unfortunately, freedom of...
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Kishan Manocha: “this extraordinary document [UDHR] is not a monument to human progress to be admired from afar”

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EINPRESSWIRE - Geneva, Switzerland. 74th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) - Over 30 speakers from Civil Society, Government, supranational organizations, Academia and Faith Communities, gathered in Room XVIII of the...
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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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In the shadow of the Football World Cup in Qatar, voices of non-Muslims have been heard and listened to at the European Parliament at a conference organized on 6 December by Dutch MEP Bert-Jan...
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Ukraine: Draft law on banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church

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HRWF (28.11.2022) – On 24 November, the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine published the text of draft law No. 8221 banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church represented on the territory of...
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FECRIS under fire: 82 prominent Ukrainian scholars ask MACRON to stop funding it

Jan Leonid Bornstein -
On November 11, 82 of the most prominent religious scholars of Ukraine, wrote a letter to the French President Emmanuel Macron about the funding of FECRIS.
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...
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TAJIKISTAN: Repeated calls for the release of an elderly ill Jehovah’s Witness

Willy Fautre -
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...
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Iranian government detains dozens more Baha’is during national crisis

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GENEVA—18 November 2022—Twenty-nine Baha’is in Iran have been arrested since September, the latest incidents in a crackdown that began in late July, even as the Iranian government faces unprecedented scrutiny around the world over...
Europe

#EPDF European Policy Dialogue Forum Tackles Hate Speech and Urban Challenges for Refugees and Migrants

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Press release KAICIID and The European Times. // 4th EPDF - Policymakers, religious leaders, journalists and civil society representatives converged in Castelldefels, Spain this week for the 4th European Policy Dialogue Forum on...
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