Statelessness can be seen as “most extreme violation” of international law, says NGO head
The existence of statelessness can be viewed as the “most extreme violation” the international law, according to the president of German NGO, Bread for the World. In comments made at a conference on the issue held in Berlin last week, Rev Dr Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, whose organisation is the development and relief agency of Protestant churches in […]
Russia a major violator of religious freedom, says US commission
RNS The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: 2017 Annual Report. PICTURE: USCIRF The US State Department should add Russia to its list of the worst violators of religious freedom, a US commission declared in its annual report. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, founded to advise the Federal Government on the issue, […]
Religious freedom violations continue in Cuba despite developments in international relations, says report
The Cuban Government continued to actively restrict religious freedom last year with a new report showing a slight increase on the 2,300 violations recorded in 2015 – then a record high, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The UK-based religious freedom advocacy recorded some 2,380 separate violations of religious freedom in 2016, […]