On 2 December 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful and assembly and association and the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, sent a letter to the government of Algeria about the church closures. The UN experts referred to an earlier submitted communications …
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In late January 2021, multiple human rights and religious freedom organizations, including Open Doors, Article 18, Middle East Concern, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide published their 2020 Annual Report regarding the violations of Iranian Christians’ right to freedom of religion or belief. Unsurprisingly, especially considering the US State Department’s designation of Iran as a Country of …
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For Indian Christians, the turn of the new year has regrettably ushered in more of the same persecution- according to Persecution Watch, a project coordinated by the Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission, in just the first month of 2021, there have been 29 incidents of violations of religious freedom against the nation’s Christian …
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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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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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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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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 …
On Friday, January 12, it was announced that United Kingdom organizations and companies whose standards of production do not meet their obligations under the Modern Slavery Act would be imposed heavy fines. This decision was made in efforts to encourage and incentivize British companies to cut ties with Chinese partner companies involved in Uyghur forced …
Months ago, in March 2020, and at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus came under fire when it was revealed that over 50% of the nation’s coronavirus cases could be traced back to Shincheonji Church members. Subsequently, elderly church leader then-88-year-old Lee Man-hee was accused by government …
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On Thursday, December 24, eight Iranian Baha’i citizens were sentenced to a collective 14 years in prison, as well as 2 years of banned participation in political and social groups. Judge Ali Blader, presiding over Branch 2 of the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court, charged Adib Haghpajooh, Farhad Amri, Maral Rasti, Arash Rasekhi, Mahnaz Jan Nisar, …
