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Comments on the UNHRC’s views on the vio...

Comments on the UNHRC’s views on the violation by France
Comments on the UNHRC’s views on the violation by France of Ranjit Singh’s right to wear a turban on his ID photo: Mrs Praneet Kaur, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs: ‘I am very happy with the UN’s decision and congratulate the UNITED SIKHS team for making everyone realise what the turban means to Sikhs, their identity and pride. I am very pleased that the UN has...

SIKHS Win Turban Case Against France at ...

SIKHS Win Turban Case Against France at the UN
“The UN Human Rights Committee has asked France to submit a report by March 15th on measures it is taking to remedy the violation of the religious freedom of 76 year old Ranjit Singh,who was asked to remove his turban for his ID photo” said Mejindarpal Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Legal Director, whois in the fore-front  of a legal campaign for French Sikhs’ right to wear their turban.  ...

Susan Palmer : The New Heretics of Franc...

Susan Palmer : The New Heretics of France
Description Since the Age of Enlightenment, France has upheld clear constitutional guidelines that protect human rights and religious freedom. Today, however, intolerant attitudes and discriminatory practices towards unconventional faiths have become acceptable and even institutionalized in public life. Susan Palmer offers an insightful examination of France’s most stigmatized new...

Japan Fails to Protect Citizens

Japan Fails to Protect Citizens
Japan Fails to Protect Citizens from Abductions and Confinement for Forced Religious De-Conversion « One Cannot State that there is Freedom of Religion in Japan » HRWF Brussels (31.12.2011) - Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF Int’l), an independent nongovernmental organization, today released a 62-page report that documents the abduction...

Russia is an ally of China in the fight ...

Russia is an ally of China in the fight against Falun Gong
 HRWF (26.12.2011) – Moscow is helping Beijing in its fight against Falun Gong by persecuting this spiritual movement and its members on the basis of two treaties: the Treaty of friendship between Russia and China, and the Shanghai cooperation Organization. Treaty of friendship between Russia and China On 16 July, 2001 a Treaty of friendship was signedbetween the Russian...

Falun Gong material banned as extremist

Falun Gong material banned as extremist
 HRWF (26.12.2011) – On October, 27 2011 Pervomaisky district court of Krasnodar banned the following material used by Falun Gong in Russia: Zhuan Falun book (author: Li Hongzhi, published by « Cameron » in Moscow in 2006, printed in the « Nauka » publishing house); the brochure « Report into Allegations of Organ...

Hare Krishna believers demonstrate with ...

Hare Krishna believers demonstrate with their cows in front of the Hungarian Parliament
  By Krishna-lila Dasi   ISKCON News (05.12.2011) / HRWF (15.12.2011) – http://www.hrwf.net – In order to protect their land and their cows, Hungarian Krishna believers will hold a peaceful demonstration in front of the Parliament in Budapest on December 13th, 2011. In order to protect their land and their cows, on December 13th, 2011, Hungarian Krishna believers will...

This isn’t about freedom of consci...

This isn’t about freedom of conscience or censorship
Forum 18 News (02.12.2011) / HRWF (09.12.2011) – http://www.hrwf.net-Russian state censorship of religious literature is now extending to websites – and possibly also to Hare Krishna sms announcements, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Some religious books – especially Russian-language translations of works of the late Turkish Muslim theologian Said Nursi and many...

Provincial court rules in Jehovah’...

Provincial court rules in Jehovah’s Witness’ favor
Implementation of decision to prosecute 64-year-old Jehovah’s Witness widow cancelled Portal-credo.ru (08.11.2011) – A Tver provincial court, on review, quashed the implementation of a decision to prosecute Liubova Belimovaia, who is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization, on the basis of article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Procedure of RF...

Scientologists win request for appeal ag...

Scientologists win request for appeal against ‘extremism’ ruling
Moscow provincial court orders acceptance of Scientologist appeal of decision of city court finding Ron Hubbard’s books « extremist »   Portal-credo.ru (08.11.2011) – A session of the appeals college of the Moscow provincial court regarding appeals from Scientologists was held 8 November. As a Portal-credo.ru correspondent reports, Judge Svetlana...

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