The World Evangelical Alliance urged the Sri Lankan government and the incoming president to uphold their obligations to protect the freedom of religion or belief for all citizens, to refrain from mandating registration for places of worship, and to repeal the Online Safety Act. The oral statement was made at the Human Rights Council 57th […]
On 16 July 2024, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the Italian Evangelical Alliance (AEI) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Italy scheduled for January 2025 during the UPR 48th session. Our joint submission reported on the right to
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On 12 July 2024, the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America (OLIRE), the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), the National Association of Evangelicals of Bolivia (ANDEB), and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Plurinational State of
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On 9 July 2024, 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 El Salvador scheduled for January 2025 during the UPR 48th session. Our
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The World Evangelical Alliance urged the government of Nigeria to disarm members of violent armed groups including Fulani herdsmen, boost security presence in Middle Belt communities that are vulnerable; investigate the perpetrators of violence, hold them accountable to the justice system and break the cycle of violence that is expanding to other areas of the
The World Evangelical Alliance, jointly with several other partner organizations, urges the international community to bring much greater international humanitarian support to mitigate the enormity of the suffering of the Sudanese people. It is one year since the people of Sudan were plunged into extreme humanitarian emergency following the outbreak in mid-April 2023 of fierce
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On 8 April 2024, the International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education (OIDEL), the Norwegian Council on Mission and Evangelism (NORME), the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), and other organizations, submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Norway scheduled for November 2024
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On 8 April 2024, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), PeaceCorea, and the Korea Evangelical Fellowship (KEF) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea scheduled for November 2024 during the UPR 47th session. Our joint submission reported on three cases
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On 5 April 2024, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the Portuguese Evangelical Alliance (AEP) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Portugal scheduled for November 2024 during the UPR 47th session. Our joint submission reported on the right to
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The World Evangelical Alliance and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada jointly called on the government of Canada to halt eligibility for euthanasia on the basis of mental illness, to repeal medical assistance in dying provisions for those whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, and to protect persons from feeling pressured or induced to request