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Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and countries where extramarital sex is prohibited

Gaston de Persigny -
Sex has always been something completely normal, but in most cases it seems to be a taboo subject that people are afraid to talk about openly. Of course, there is the other extreme, where everything...
Europe
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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...
Human Rights

Prison for the mayor of Istanbul

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A Turkish court today sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and banned the opposition politician, who is seen as a strong potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in next year's election, from political...
Human Rights

Footballer sentenced to death in Iran for “women’s rights campaign”

Gaston de Persigny -
An Iranian soccer player faces the death penalty for "campaigning for women's rights," Anadolu Agency reported, adding that earlier in the day the world players' union FIFPRO called on Tehran to overturn his punishment. "FIFPRO...
Human Rights

Bulgaria will extradite a Turkish colonel suspected of murdering a famous writer 20 years ago

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Goktash will remain in custody until he is handed over to the Turkish side Court of Appeal - Plovdiv overturned the decision of the Haskovo District Court, which refused to extradite the murder suspect, the...
Christianity

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...
Human Rights

In North Macedonia, the chairman of the Bulgarian club in Bitola is being tried as a racist

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An accusation of racism and xenophobic acts has been officially brought against the chairman of the Bulgarian cultural club "Ivan Mihailov" in Bitola in the Republic of N. Macedonia, Lyupcho Georgievski. Georgievski must "appear as...
Bahai

QATAR – In the shadow of the Football World Cup, a forgotten issue: the situation of the Baha’is

Willy Fautre -
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...
Human Rights

A Chechen opposition blogger liquidated

Gaston de Persigny -
A Chechen opposition Telegram channel reports that prominent blogger and dissident Tumso Abdurakhmanov has been killed in Sweden, RFE reports. Channel 1ADAT on December 5 quoted unidentified sources as saying that Abdurakhmanov had been shot...
Human Rights

After 2 months of protests: Iran disbands moral police

Gaston de Persigny -
Iran has abolished its morality police after more than two months of protests sparked by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict women's dress code, local media reported. Women-led protests...
Human Rights

This year‘s Nobel Peace Prize winner faces 12 years in prison

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This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bilyatsky, a long-time defender of human rights in Belarus, is threatened with a sentence of up to 12 years in prison in a case of currency smuggling,...
Human Rights

Actresses in Iran were photographed without hijab

Gaston de Persigny -
They supported the protests in the country Several Iranian actresses have photographed themselves without a hijab as a sign of support for the country's protests, AFP reported, citing a video shared on social networks. It is...
Human Rights

Patriarchate of Constantinople won a case in Strasbourg for church property in Istanbul

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A few days ago, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg announced that it respects the appeal of the board of trustees of the Church of the Holy Archangels in the Arnautkoy district...
Human Rights

Ayatollah‘s niece called on world to sever ties with Iran, arrested

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A niece of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is a prominent human rights activist, has called on governments around the world to sever ties with Iran over the Iranian authorities' violence against demonstrators, Reuters reported. A...
Editor's choice

Ukraine: Draft law on banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church

Willy Fautre -
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...
Editor's choice

FECRIS under fire: 82 prominent Ukrainian scholars ask MACRON to stop funding it

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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.
Human Rights

Maryland investigation finds 158 pedophiles in Catholic church, 600 victims

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An investigation by the attorney general of the US state of Maryland has identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Diocese of Baltimore who are accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600...
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

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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...
Human Rights

The EU has deployed police in Serb-populated northern Kosovo

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Tensions in the area rose due to the government's request for re-registration of cars with old Serbian license plates Police officers from the EU mission (EULEX) were deployed in the Serb-populated northern Kosovo, the head...
Bahai

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...
Christianity

The government of Egypt legalized 125 Christian temples

Petar Gramatikov -
The government of Egypt legalized 125 churches and their adjacent buildings, which until now functioned without a permit for use, Al-Ahram reported. This brings the total number of Christian churches and service buildings granted...
Africa

Qatar, the World Cup and human rights

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Some Arab countries can buy anything and everything, even the conscience of those who lead football. The country with the highest per capita income in the world, around 128,000 euros on average, compared to...
Christianity

Algerian authorities close 16 evangelical churches

Petar Gramatikov -
A new report from a US government watchdog warns that the Algerian government has closed at least 16 evangelical churches in recent years, imposing strict regulations on religion to arrest individuals on charges of...
Human Rights

Violations of the right to life

Gaston de Persigny -
The authorities in the US states of Arizona and Texas carried out the death sentences of two prisoners convicted of brutal murder, the Associated Press reported today. One executed took the lives of two...
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