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European Union Parliament Condemns Religiously-Motivated Violence in Nigeria

On 16 January 2021, the European Union Parliament issued an official resolution regarding the deteriorating security in Nigeria due of course to many factors, but specifically religiously motivated violence at the hands of radical Islamist jihadists such as Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province: “The European Parliament, whereas according to the Humanitarian Aid …

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Universal Periodic Review 37th Session: Mauritania & Nepal

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Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

Prisoners of Conscience, Released / By Jubilee Campaign

Name: Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee Country/Area of Origin: Iran Reason for Arrest: Iraee is an Iranian accountant, writer, and human rights advocate whose major target for activism is abolishing the inhumane punishment of stoning which is used in Iran. In September 2014, following Iraee’s writing of an article condemning the cruel practice, authorities barged into her …

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In Algeria, Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims Continues Unabated

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Over the past few years, international religious freedom advocates and Ahmadiyya communities around the world have campaigned for an end to escalating persecution against Ahmadi Muslims in Algeria. As reported by USCIRF and the United States Department of State, Algeria has routinely denied formal recognition to the Ahmadiyya community, seeing them as violators of traditional …

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China’s National Security Legislation Imposes Upon Essential Freedoms in Hong Kong

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Uttar Pradesh First Arrest Under New Anti-Conversion Laws

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United States Makes Landmark Designation of Uyghur Genocide

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On January 19th, the final full day of President Trump’s Administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a landmark decision, designating China’s persecution and treatment of Uyghurs as genocide. Sticking true to his word, Secretary Pompeo asserts that “the United States of America has led the world in holding the perpetrators of the most heinous …

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Lord Alton: “Genocide should no longer be allowed to be the crime that dares not speak its name.”

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On January 18, 2021, Lord Alton of Liverpool issued a press release highlighting the plight of the Uyghurs under China’s repressive and even genocidal persecution, and called upon the UK Parliament to take decisive steps to hold China accountable and provide justice to the thousands of victims under its regime. The list of atrocities committed …

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