Reports

India: Anti-Conversion Laws Threaten Freedom of Religion of Belief and Religious Harmony

Freedom of Religion, Geneva, HRCouncil, Human Rights, India, Reports / /

Though religiously-motivated violence has existed for years in India, evidence suggests Hindu extremists have created an environment of hate and intolerance toward minority religions in the recent years, primarily against Christians and Muslims. This environment has seen an escalation of violence, social ostracism, property destruction, hate speech, disruption and condemnation of peaceful non-Hindu religious activities, […]

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Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Australia

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AUSTRALIA: Freedom of the press, freedom of expression, freedom of religion or belief, indigenous people, refugees, adequate standard of living. Report submitted to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Australia during the UPR 37th session. Submission date: 9 July 2020. Report submitted jointly by: The World Evangelical Alliance and Ethos

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Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Nepal – Report to the Universal Periodic Review 37th Session

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NEPAL: Freedom of Religion or Belief. Report submitted to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal during the UPR 37th session. Submission date: 8 July 2020. Report submitted jointly by: The World Evangelical Alliance, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, Baptist World

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Report on Trafficking of Nigerians in Austria

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AUSTRIA: Trafficking of Nigerians. Report submitted to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Austria during the UPR 37th session. Submission date: 8 July 2020. Report submitted jointly by: The World Evangelical Alliance, Austrian Evangelical Alliance, European Evangelical Alliance, and Herzwerk – Initiative for People in Prostitution. Download Report

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

Freedom of Religion, Geneva, HRCommittee, Iran, Reports / /

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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Iraq: Freedom of Religion and the Status of the Status of the Evangelical Churches

Freedom of Religion, Geneva, HRCommittee, Iraq, Reports / /

On 20 April 2020, we submitted a report to the Human Rights Committee ahead of the consideration of the List of Issues for Iraq during the Committee’s 129th session in June 2020, calling on the Committee to raise with the government of Iraq the question of legal status of the Evangelical Churches in Iraq, and

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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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Report on Spain, Calling for an End to the Discrimination Protestants Face in Pension Treatment in Spain, and Appeal for Protection of Places of Worship of All Religious Communities – Joint Report for the Universal Periodic Review 35th session

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Report on Spain, calling for an end to the discrimination Protestants face in pension treatment in Spain, and appeal for protection of places of worship of all religious communities, following the closure of Evangelical churches in the Catalonia region, submitted jointly by ADF International, the WEA and the Spanish Evangelical Alliance – July 2019. Access

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Sweden: Freedom of Religion or Belief and Minority Rights – Joint Report for the Universal Periodic Review 35th Session

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Report on Sweden addressing (1) targeted hatred and violence against vulnerable groups, including the rising number of Christianophobic attacks, (2) the protection needs of asylum seekers who converted to Christian faith, and (3) the right to conscience objection of nurses who do not want to partake in abortion, submitted jointly by the WEA, the Swedish

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