China’s policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang to new jobs often far from home is leading to a thinning out of their populations, according to a high-level Chinese study seen by the BBC.
Amid warnings that a papal visit is the last chance to save them, Iraq’s rapidly dwindling Christian community has worked hard to prepare for Francis’s arrival, hoping that he can end their persecution.
Despite article 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998 claiming freedom of religion and belief, it doesn’t account for the discrimination and antagonism people may feel from claiming a specific religion, which will inevitably infringe on their freedom.
A robust understanding of the right to religious freedom is being eroded in the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Vatican’s foreign minister said in a video message to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday.
“Despite the veneer of legality, many of those in Xinjiang’s prisons are ordinary people who were convicted for going about their lives and practicing their religion.”
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has today published its latest Commentary on the Current State of International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB).
Prime Minister Bondevik highlighted the need of interfaith harmony and establishment of forums for dialogue between state and ethnic and religious minorities.
