Executive Director of Jubilee Campaign, Ann Buwalda, is on the leadership team for the Religious Liberty Partnership. Please read the following press release of the RLP annual conference that recently took place in Brazil. PRESS RELEASE: Religious Liberty Partnership Holds First Ever Consultation in Latin America; Meets with Brazilian President and Foreign Minister (Brasilia, Brazil) …
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Good Friday and Easter services took place in Egypt without incident, following the twin bombings and massacres within two Coptic Orthodox churches on Palm Sunday. Reportedly, during the Good Friday and Easter services police surrounded Coptic churches in battle gear and blocked off streets in front of churches in an effort to thwart any further …
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March 2017 Agenda Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Situation in DPRK Topic: Human Rights in DPRK Organisation: Jubilee Campaign Speaker: Sini Maria Heikkila Jubilee Campaign together with Christian Solidarity Worldwide thanks the Special Rapporteur Tomás Ojea Quintana for his new report and urges international community to implement its recommendations …
On March 17, Executive Director, Ann Buwalda, and staff delivered remarks at an event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, co-sponsored by Jubilee Campaign. The event was titled North Korean Women: Destitution and Human Trafficking in China. The event featured three North Korean women defectors: Grace Jo, Lim Hye-jin, and Lee So-yeon. Each …
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UN: Justice for North Korean Women and Children ICNK Co-Sponsors Panel Discussion in Geneva on March 10 (Geneva, March 10, 2016) – The North Korean government needs to answer for its systematic violations of the rights of women and children, a coalition of expert groups said today, ahead of a panel discussion on the …
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On March 6, 2017 Jubilee Campaign held a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council titled Terrorism in Nigeria: Boko Haram succeeded by rising Fulani militancy. Panelists of the press conference included Mr. Mark Lipdo, founder of Stefanos Foundation; Ms. Fatima Njoku, lawyer for Stefanos Foundation; …
Jubilee Campaign addressed the UN Human Rights Council on March 6, 2017 by holding a side event at the Palais des Nations. This event was held to bring to the Council’s attention to the human rights violations that are occurring in Nigeria. It is imperative that the international community gets involved. -Mirjam Bos, Jubilee Campaign …
This week Jubilee Campaign is highlighting cases of religious persecution and discrimination in Pakistan in light of World Day of Social Justice on February 20th. Pakistani Christians in Thailand This past week we discussed multiple accounts of persecution and discrimination of Christians in Pakistan. Unfortunately, the stories we shared are only a very small fraction …
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This week Jubilee Campaign is highlighting cases of religious persecution and discrimination in Pakistan in light of World Day of Social Justice on February 20th. Discrimination in Media In October of 2016 the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PERMA) ordered a mass shutdown of Christian TV stations, stating that they were illegal. The shutdown affected …
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This week Jubilee Campaign is highlighting cases of religious persecution and discrimination in Pakistan in light of World Day of Social Justice on February 20th. The Brick Kiln Couple On November 4, 2014, a young Christian couple was brutally murdered by a Muslim mob. Shahzad Masih and his pregnant wife Shama Bibi, commonly referred to …
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