The World Evangelical Alliance, together with its commission, the Peace and Reconciliation Network, urged all States to respect rights and dignity through interfaith social cohesion and peace education initiatives. The WEA further expressed its commitment to and called on other religious actors to commit to stronger recognition of faith-based female leadership in reconciliation, mediation, and […]
The World Evangelical Alliance urges the Government of India to find long-term solutions to ethno-religious tensions through dialogue and peaceful negotiation, and calls on the Government of Nigeria to strengthen capacity of police and armed forces to ensure timely responses against attacks on civilians, and provide essential goods to Internally Displaced Persons while supporting their
The World Evangelical Alliance strongly urged States to consult religious communities in shaping burial policies, ensure equitable access to burial space for all faith groups, and protect families from violence and intimidation during funeral rites. The statement recalled WEA’s previous report on raising concerns in India, where several families have reportedly been compelled to transport
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Geneva, 17 September 2025 – The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), together with the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN), Musalaha, Healing Hearts Transforming Nations (HHTN), ONE Coaching & Conflict Management, and the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), will host an interactive workshop entitled “Reclaiming Identity: A Pivotal Stage in Continued Reconciliation for Fractured Communities” at the upcoming
The World Evangelical Alliance called on India to repeal the Freedom of Religion laws that are being systematically misused to harass religious minorities and restrict legitimate worship activities, and recommended that India take swift action under existing criminal law provisions against organizations and groups involved in orchestrating hate campaigns and violence against Christians, including prosecution
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
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
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
The World Evangelical Alliance urged the government of India to advise states to repeal their anti-conversion laws, including in Uttar Pradesh, and to foster inter-religious harmony as the key to a peaceful, pluralistic society. In its statement, the WEA stated that in Uttar Pradesh, since the anti-conversion law was passed in 2021, there have been
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The World Evangelical Alliance appealed for the repeal of blasphemy laws in more than seventy countries and called on India to hold accountable perpetrators of deadly violence and sexual violence in Manipur, at the Human Rights Council. The WEA further expressed that it looked forward to reading Pakistan’s update to the High Commissioner on the
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