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Honduras: Freedom of Religion and Indigenous Peoples – Report to the UPR 50th Session

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On 7 April 2025, the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America (OLIRE), the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Honduras scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our joint […]

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Libya: Freedom of Religion or Belief – Report to the UPR 50th Session

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Middle East Concern, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), ADF International, Jubilee Campaign, Open Doors, Stefanus Alliance International, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), and the Danish European Mission submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Libya, scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our

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United States of America: Refugees and Right to Life – Report to the UPR 50th Session

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On 7 April 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) submitted a report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States of America, scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our submission reported on human rights violations in the U.S. relating to refugee deportation and the

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Bulgaria: Freedom of Religion, Rights of Minorities, Rule of Law, and Political and Public Participation Rights – Report to the UPR 50th Session

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On 7 April 2025, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the United Evangelical Churches (UEC) in Bulgaria submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Bulgaria scheduled for November 2025 during the UPR 50th session. Our joint submission addressed the right

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WEA calls on Portugal to ensure legislation protects religious conscience and expression

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The World Evangelical Alliance, along with its national member, the Portuguese Evangelical Alliance (Aliança Evangélica Portuguesa), encouraged Portugal to promote more widespread training in various ministries and government departments so that all public servants can effectively comply with the Religious Freedom Law without discrimination, and to Integrate through legislation evangelical theological schools and seminaries into

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WEA addresses situations in India, DRC, Syria, Gaza and Sudan at the Human Rights Council

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The World Evangelical Alliance expressed its concern and called on States to end violence, to increase humanitarian aid, and guarantee humanitarian access to alleviate the suffering in several crises, including India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Syria, Gaza, and Sudan. The oral statement was made at the Human Rights Council 58th session, during

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India: Religious Minorities Face Discrimination and Violence – Written Statement to the Human Rights Council 58th Session

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The World Evangelical Alliance urges the government of India to repeal anti-conversion laws, to prevent and punish false accusations of forced religious conversion, and to enact a comprehensive legislation against targeted and communal violence, in a written statement to the Human Rights Council 58th session. The WEA also calls on India to address the ongoing

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Registration and Legal Status of Places of Worship: Negative Impacts on Religious Minorities – HRC58 Side Event

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“Registration & Legal Status of Places of Worship: Negative Impacts on Religious Minorities” is a Human Rights Council 58th session side event co-organized by the World Evangelical Alliance, the Anglican Communion, the World Council of Churches, Open Doors International, and Stefanus Alliance. The event took place on 5th March 2025, 1PM, at the Palais des

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WEA calls on States to guarantee the prohibition of coercion against people who decide to change from one religion to another

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The World Evangelical Alliance urged the UN Human Rights Council to call for the implementation of the recommendations made in the latest report by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, and to guarantee the absolute prohibition of coercion against people who decide to change from one religion to another. The Special

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WEA urges Afghanistan to restore the fundamental human rights of women

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The World Evangelical Alliance, including its Women’s Commission, urged the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the restrictions imposed to women under the “Law on propagation of virtue and prevention of vice”, and strongly urged the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to restore the fundamental human rights of women in Afghanistan. The video statement was submitted

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