Our study of the Xinjiang Police Files reveals one of the strangest collections ever of crimes for which Uyghurs are detained.
Religious Liberty
Religious Liberty in the World in 2023: Worse Than Ever
USCIRF 2023 Annual Report shows serious regression in several countries and a few new entries. In China and Russia, minorities continue to be persecuted.
「宗教に関係する児童虐待」: 日本における信教の自由に対する新たな攻撃 2.“心理的虐待”
厚生労働省が作成したガイドラインで“宗教に関係する心理的虐待”とされていることの多くは，信教の自由の行使に過ぎない。
「宗教に関係する児童虐待」: 日本における信教の自由に対する新たな攻撃 1.“虐待”の新たな定義
厚生労働省のガイドライン 親が子どもに宗教を教える権利を大幅に制限
Liquidating the SOVA Center: The Official End of Religious Freedom in Russia
By destroying the leading organization monitoring religious liberty violations, the Putin regime can no longer pretend that relics of freedom of religion remain in Russia.
“Deadly Fasting” in Kenya: What We Know So Far
Pastor Paul Makenzie Nthenge of Good News International Church is accused of having persuaded several dozen members to fast until death.
After the China Fiasco: Macron’s Strange Relationship with Human Rights and Religious Liberty
It is not the first time the French President shows a dangerous tolerance of dictators and a bizarre disregard for freedom of religion or belief.
Bitter Winter Goes to Taiwan: Witnessing for Freedom of Religion or Belief
A week of initiatives allowed human rights scholars from different countries and continents to discuss religious liberty throughout the world and in Taiwan.
Russia, Pastor Moskvitin’s Church Headed for Liquidation
After its leader’s arrest, the Ministry of Justice is now seeking a “final solution” destroying the New Creation Church.
Georgia Becomes First U.S. State to Pass an Anti-Hinduphobia Resolution
Some media have criticized the text as an “answer” to the so-called “Seattle Caste Law.” But the campaign for the Resolution had started before the Seattle controversies.