Statements

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

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

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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Freedom of Religion or Belief in Nepal: Joint Statement to the HRC (41st Session)

Statement calls on Nepalese authorities to repeal articles in the Criminal Code which criminalize legitimate religious activities, and to stop arresting or intimidating members of religious minorities on the false charge of attempting to “convert” others, jointly submitted by the WEA, Baptist World Alliance and Christian Solidarity Worldwide – 3 June 2019. Written statement submitted

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WEA denounces nationalist populism at the Human Rights Council

The World Evangelical Alliance affirmed that Christian values are not compatible with anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and xenophobic discourses and reaffirmed the unique value of each and every member of the human family, as stated in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights, in an oral statement during the Panel Discussion on Countering Nationalist Populism at the

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Viet Nam: Legislative and Governmental Restrictions on Freedom of Religion or Belief – Written Statement to the HRC 39th session

Written statement submitted by the World Evangelical to the Human Rights Council’s thirty-ninth session (10-28 September 2018) under agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. 23 August 2018.

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Sudan: Ongoing Imprisonment and Intimidation of Church Leaders, Confiscation and Destruction of Church Property – Written Statement to the HRC 39th session

Written statement submitted by the World Evangelical Alliance to the Human Rights Council’s thirty-ninth session (10-28 September 2018) under agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. 23 August 2018.

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Nepal: Criminalization of Religious Conversion Amid Increasing Hostility Towards Christians – Joint Written Statement to the HRC 39th session

Written statement submitted by the World Evangelical Alliance, the Baptist World Alliance, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide to the Human Rights Council’s thirty-ninth session (10-28 September 2018) under agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention.

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Nigeria: Government Needs to Do More to Stem the Herdsmen-Farmers Violence – Joint written statement to the HRC 39th session

Joint written statement submitted by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches and the World Evangelical Alliance to the Human Rights Council’s thirty-ninth session (10-28 September 2018) under Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention.

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Sri Lanka: Persistence of Religiously Motivated Violence, Intimidation, and Discrimination – Written Statement to the HRC 39th session

Written statement submitted by the World Evangelical Alliance and the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka to the Human Rights Council’s thirty ninth session (10-28 September 2018) under Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention (General Debate).

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India: The Situation for Religious Minorities Has Worsened – Joint written statement to the HRC 39th session

Joint written statement submitted by World Evangelical Alliance and the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India to the Human Rights Council’s thirty-ninth session (10-28 September 2018) under Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. 23 August 2018.

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