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WEA Publishes Speeches at the International Human Rights Conference in Prague

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The Department of Theological Concerns of the World Evangelical Alliance has published two speeches of its members at a Human Rights Conference of the Anglo-American University held at the Czech National Bank. Professor Thomas Schirrmacher’s speech is available on the YouTube channel of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF). Professor Thomas K. Johnson’s speech […]

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WEA Submits Joint Report to the United Nations on Freedom of Religion and Christian Persecution in Iran

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The World Evangelical Alliance, Open Doors International, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Middle East Concern, and Article 18 submitted jointly a report to the Human Rights Committee in May 2020 on the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Iran, and the persecution of Christians. The Human Rights Committee will issue in July a List of Issues

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Report: the Legal Status of the Evangelical Churches in Iraq

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With the exception of the Presbyterian Evangelical Protestant church and the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Iraq’s Evangelical churches are not legally recognized. Since 2003, the General Society for Iraqi National Evangelical Churches (GSINEC) has requested from the consecutive Iraqi governments the legal recognition of the Evangelical churches and affiliation with the Christians, Yezidi, and Sabaean-Mandaean

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First-Ever Joint WEA-UN Session Takes Place in the German UN Hub in Bonn

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By WEA Sustainability  Center Last week, the first ever joint session between the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and United Nations Agencies took place in Bonn, Germany. High-level WEA leaders met with representatives of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the SDG Action Campaign. All three UN

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At UN HRC, WEA Calls for Recognition of the Right to Conscientious Objection to Abortion

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Deerfield, IL – March 4, 2020 In a statement read at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) took note of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief’s recently published report to the UNHRC and commended it for a number of its findings. However, speaking on behalf of

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Freedom of Religion or Belief, Freedom of Expression and Discrimination in Sri Lanka – Report to the Human Rights Committee

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Joint report submitted by World Evangelical Alliance and the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka to the Country Report Task Force on Sri Lanka of the Human Rights Committee, 13 January 2020. Access the Report

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WEA Statement by Iranian Pastor Dabrina Bet Tamraz during the Universal Periodic Review Iran pre-session – October 2019

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Dabrina Bet Tamraz, Iranian pastor, made a statement on behalf of the World Evangelical Alliance and Christian Solidarity Worldwide during a civil society panel where she presented on the situation of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Iran to an audience of diplomats, U.N. and civil society organizations. After sharing her personal story, Ms. Bet

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Freedom of Religion in Spain: Challenges faced by the Protestant minority – Joint Report to the Human Rights Committee 127th Session

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Joint report submitted by World Evangelical Alliance and the Spanish Evangelical Alliance to the Country Report Task Force on Spain of the Human Rights Committee as part of its 127th Session – 30 August 2019. Access the Report

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Freedom of Religion or Belief in Algeria: Joint Statement to the HRC (42nd Session)

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Calling on Algerian authorities to grant permission to all forcibly closed churches to re-open and grant permission to EPA-affiliated churches to continue to use rented premises as places of worship, submitted jointly by the WEA, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and the Protestant

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