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ESTONIA: On the border between national security and freedom of religion
ANTISEMITISM as the Universal Scapegoat
NIGERIA: Lynched for “Blasphemy”
Hungary Needs to Ensure Religious Liberty
MEDIA: Framing Faith
JAPAN: The Dissolution of the Family Federation is “Arbitrary”
Combating Hate Speech
TIBETAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM – Urgent Appeal To Foreign Minister
FOREF Europe Welcomes Dr. Ján Figeľ as Its New President
DIE MACHT DER MEDIEN: Wie Worte Gewalt entfesseln oder Freiheit schützen
MEDIA’S POWER: Uplifting or Undermining Religious Freedom
St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna light up in red to signal "Red Wednesday" in remembrance of Christian Persecution worldwide
AUSTRIA – RED WEDNESDAY: Raising Awareness for Religious Freedom in Church and State
GENEVA: Dr. Aaron Rhodes Addresses the Global Crisis of Religious Freedom
UN: END VIOLENCE AGAINST AHMADIS IN PAKISTAN NOW!!!
RUSSIA – Human Rights Defender (70) Jailed
REPORT – PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN CHINA
ВІДКРИТИЙ ЛИСТ: Заклик озброїти Україну – від правозахисників до урядів та громадянського суспільства вільних і демократичних націй  
FRANCE – Religious freedom under threat – Open Letter to the Government
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RUSSIA: The Termination of SOVA – Final Blow to Civil Society?
PAKISTAN: Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan Intensifies
ITALY: China slams Italian media – OPEN LETTER
Between Aggression and Accommodation
PAKISTAN: ANOTHER MERCILESS KILLING OF AHMADI
HONG KONG – THE TRAGIC ARREST OF CARDINAL ZEN (90)
RUSSIA: NGO CALLS FOR PROSECUTION OF PATRIARCH KIRILL
FRANCE: Jehovah’s Witnesses take MIVILUDES to court
WHY PUTIN’S FEAR OF NATO IS IRRATIONAL
OPEN LETTER TO GUTERRES: SAY NO TO BEIJING 2022 GAMES!
Prospects for Religious Freedom in Russian-occupied Ukraine
RUSSIA: COURT SHUTS DOWN TOP HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
ECHR: MODEL FOR ALGERIA’S REPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH
GREECE 🇬🇷 STUDENTS ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING AGAINST ‘BEIJING 2022’ OLYMPICS
Over 40 Countries Stand Against Anti-Semitism at the UN
ABORTION NOT A HUMAN RIGHT
Uyghur Tribunal Concludes After Hearing Chilling Evidence
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE
FECRIS and affiliates: Defamation is in their DNA
#No Beijing 2022 – WELT-OLYMPIATAG
WIEN: HEFTIGE KRITIK WEGEN EHRUNG VON CHINAS BOTSCHAFTER
VIENNA AWARD FOR CHINESE AMBASSADOR SPARKS INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN THE 21st CENTURY – This isn’t Xinjiang! This is Japan!
BELGIUM: The decision of the Court of Ghent against Jehovah’s Witnesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Beijing Olympics 2022 & Human Rights
China 🇨🇳 must be held liable for letting the Covid pandemic spread to the world
JAPAN: ‘Deprogramming’ of Believers – Damages Awarded in Unification Church Case
FOREF President Aaron Rhodes Honored by Moscow Helsinki Group
BELARUS: Reform Movement Facing Crushing Regime Violence
PAKISTAN: 82 YEAR OLD AHMADY MUSLIM SHOT FOR HIS FAITH
🇫🇷 FRANCE 🇫🇷 The “Law Against Separatism” Targets “Cults” as well as Islam
FRANCE: The Proposed Law on Separatisms Should Not Target Religion
ÖSTERREICH: Die Bundesstelle für Sektenfragen nimmt COVID-19-Andersdenkende ins Visier.  Ein Orwellsches „Wahrheitsministerium”?
AUSTRIA: Federal Office of Sect Issues Targets COVID-19 Dissenters.  An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”?
PAKISTAN: Another Ruthless Murder Of An Ahmadi Muslim In Peshawar
IN PRISON FOR THEIR FAITH – NEW REPORT (13 Religious Groups)
Yuri Orlov 1924-2020
WHO ARE THE UYGHURS? CANADIAN SCHOLARS GIVE PROFOUND INSIGHTS
POLICE BRUTALITY IN BELARUS: A first-hand account
Huawei enables China’s grave human rights violations
New Assaults on Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh and Pakistan
The 53 countries supporting China’s crackdown on Hong Kong
EU-China Summit: Europe Can, and Should Hold China to Account
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM “CHALLENGED” WORLDWIDE, BUT EUROPEAN COMMISSION TERMINATES FoRB SPECIAL ENVOY MANDATE
GERMANY: Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister embarrasses Germany by soft-pedaling on Hongkong & Joshua Wong
FRANCE: Covid-19 – Scapegoating an Evangelical church in Mulhouse
PAKISTAN: State Sanctioned Discrimination Against Ahmadi Muslims
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2020 REPORT
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WORLDWIDE 2020
INTERNATIONAL POLICY EXPERTS BLAST CHINA’S CORONAVIRUS COVERUP, CALL IT THEIR ‘CHERNOBYL MOMENT’
REPORT 2020 “Religious Persecution in China” by Christian Solidarity Worldwide
SOUTH KOREA – Coronavirus and Shincheonji: Stopping the Witch Hunt – Urgent Appeal from Human Rights Groups
BREAKING NEWS: A Russian Jehovah’s Witness to be extradited from Belarus to Russia?
The Long Arm of the Dragon: Chinese Harassment of Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution
Religious Freedom under Attack in Pakistan according to CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE (CSW)
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD
The ‘Untouchables’ In Europe – 10 Years After the Murder of Their Saint
CHINA: Open Letter concerning Asylum Seekers from The Church of Almighty God
RUSSIA: Another Minority Religion Under Attack
Today in Seoul, Korea: Press Conference by Chinese Christians Who Fled From Persecution
Forced Conversion in South Korea Should Be Put to an End: An Open Letter to President Moon Jae-in
Religion ist (doch) keine Privatsache!
1o Jahre nach dem Attentat im Shri Guru Ravidass Tempel in Wien
CHINA Arrested over 11,000 Church of Almighty God Believers in 2018
RUSSIAN NEO-INQUISITOR ALEXANDR DVORKIN AGAIN CHARGED WIT DEFAMATION
CHINA & UN: What if Nazi Germany’s human rights record had been reviewed by the UN?
CHINA – CCP Cracks Down on Another Heretical Group: Winnie the Pooh and His Friends
RUSSIA : NGOs express serious concerns about rights of defense violations in Russian Scientology case
THE HOAX：False Demonstrations Against Chinese Refugees in Seoul South Korea
PRESSEMITTEILUNG – ÖSTERREICH: Werden Blasphemiegesetze aus der Mottenkiste geholt?
PRESS-RELEASE: ECHR Upholds Ruling that Criminalizes Islam-Critique
CHINA’S BLACKLIST OF FORBIDDEN RELIGIONS – The Chinese Communist Party’s War on Religious Liberty
China’s Persecution of Christians Beyond it’s Borders
US Statement on Religious Freedom – OSCE / ODIHR in Warsaw (Annual Meeting, 2018)
OSCE / HDIM Warsaw: Russia’s Persecution of the Jehovah Witnesses – Joined Statement by HRWF & FOREF Europe
Stop the Persecution of Chinese Refugees in South Korea
Do Not Forget Religious Liberty – Open Letter to Giovanni Tria
DEUTSCHLAND / CHINA: Appell an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel
CHINA: RELIGION UNDER ATTACK
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
Human Rights Organizations say: Decision shows failure of Islam Law
PRESSEMITTEILUNG: FOREF & HRWF fordern Religionsfreiheit in Russland
PAKISTAN: New Assault on Ahmadiyya Muslims
Religious Freedom in the Russian Federation
Bitter Winter: Daily News Online of Religion in China
REPORT: Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan
Open Letter by FOREF Europe
Joint Statement: Stop FoRB violations against minority religion in China and East Asia!
FoRB in Pakistan: Announcement of upcoming UPR Side Event in Geneva
Intervention at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB) as a universal, fundamental right must not be compromised by the pretext of “spiritual” or “cultural” security
Condemn Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban
International Conference “Our Aid to the Persecuted for Religious Belief” 12 June 2017
Both Ukraine and Russia violate religious freedom
RUSSIA: Statements on the recent Jehovah’s Witness Ban
RUSSIA: Press Release by FOREF and HRWF
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
Christian Solidarity Worldwide: “UN actively blocking civil society”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard call shooting an act of terrorism
Maintaining diversity is key to counter extremism, Open doors reports
China aspires to global leadership, undermines fundamental human rights
86 members of the country’s Muslim minority have been killed since 9 October, with 34,000 fleeing across the border to Bangladesh
Three Recommendations to Stop the Persecution of Christians
Winter coat saved her life
45-year old Mother-of-five in Solitary Confinement since 2010, ongoing Mass Killings of Christians
PRESS RELEASE
Participating States and Civil Society Representatives searching for methods to defend FoRB rights of Christians
Ahmadis “break the law” by commemorating prophet Mohammad’s birthday
Anti-Semitism: The rhetorical and physical manifestations of hatred toward Jews
Human Rights Day: Challenges and Opportunities of Our Time
Understanding the Ideology behind the Soviet-style Crackdown on Religious Minorities
Snapshot of Austria’s Anti-Cult Scene: Over-ageing of Main Actors and Decline of Public Interest
Rogers: “Church must take a stand against Xi Jinping’s brutality as it did against Caesar’s, Stalin’s and Hitler’s”
New Legislation to block Registration of Religious Minorities – Media Crackdown on “Sects”
A Contribution in Commemoration of the Annual International Day of Religious Freedom
Freedom of Religion ensured as the Foundation for All other Liberties
FOREF Europe promoting FoRB rights at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2016
New documentary exposes financial exploitation of parents by anti-cult activists in Ukraine and Russia
“Sekte” kein existierender Rechtsbegriff, Kooperation mit Russisch-Orthodoxer Kirche trotz Laicité
Internatinoal bureaucratization could be watering down the Idea of Human Rights
FOREF Europe expanding
Statement of FOREF Europe at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2016
On September 7, 1974, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed, declaring Ahmadis to be non-Muslims
Mrs. Maria Kapar attacks Jewish group in order to cover up illegal business in Odessa, collaborates with Russian FECRIS affiliate organization
When “physical discipline” in accord with the Bible conflicts with child welfare
Review of A Perilous Path: The Misguided Foreign Policy of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton & John Kerry – by Anne R. Pierce
Persecution of Religious Minorities in the Middle East urges EU to act
Attempts to inhibit any kind of “discrimination” lead to discrimination against the free practice of Judaism and other faiths
Human Rights being turned into instrument for “big” governments, protection of individual freedom neglected
Freedom of Conscience, Freedom of Expression under Attack. Religious Liberty expected to be severely restricted.
Relevant reports by the European Intergroup on FoRB & RT, HRWF Int’l and the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe
Recurrent abuse of blasphemy laws, forged charges against school director
Sociologists criticizes methods of anti-cult movements, including FECRIS
Apostates must repent or be killed, Grand Imam el-Tayyib says on TV
Press-Release by FOREF Europe and SMPF
“Freedom Restoration Act” required
Moral Principles vs. Islamism
Czech embassy in Manila unwilling to meet a human rights delegation from Brussels
Česká ambasáda v Manile není ochotna setkat se s delegací pro lidská práva z Bruselu
Jan Figel to promote FoRB outside the EU border
Increase of repression of Christians expected
Romania must pay EUR 291,000 to the Victims
Duval: “Draft Law violates International Human Rights Standards”
Report about the Imprisonment of Two Members of a Minority Religion
International Religious Freedom Act not adequately implemented
Conference Report
Arbitrary Detention of Two Members of Minority Religion
Germany: Victory for Freedom of Speech
Concessions by Hungarian Government, but slow Progress
Germany: Campaign against Family Values financed with Tax-Payers’ Money
History and Human Rights: 600th Anniversary of the Execution of Jan Hus
Side Event at the OSCE HDIM 2015 in Warsaw