UN Rights Experts Send 2nd Letter To India Voicing Concern Over Persecution Of Muslims

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In a second joint letter — based on reports and testimonies — sent to India, the experts, numbering seven, extensively documented events surrounding the Delhi pogrom, suggesting that hate speech by several leaders of the BJP ruling party triggered violent attacks against Muslims and their places of worship well as properties in February.

Violating Rights: Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws

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Focusing on five-year period of 2014 to 2018, this report provides extensive data and illustrative examples to demonstrate the plethora of ways that governments’ enforcement of blasphemy laws undermines human rights, including freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression.

Is religious freedom a liberal or conservative value?

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The Supreme Court’s recent decision to enjoin the governor of New York from enforcing strict numerical limits on church gatherings has triggered strong reactions from liberal commentators who see it as a signal of the court’s shift to the right.

US places Pakistan, nine others on violators of religious freedom list

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Secre­t­a­ry of State Michael Pompeo announced on Mon­day that the United States had designated Pakis­tan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turk­m­enistan, Nigeria, Nor­th Korea, Myanmar and Eritrea as “countries of part­ic­ular Concern” (CPC) under its International Religious Freedom Act.

Concerns Raised Over Armenian POWs

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Human Rights Watch has published a report voicing concerns over the inhumane treatment Armenian prisoners of war are experiencing by Azerbaijani forces. These Armenian troops were captured during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The total number of POWs is unknown.