Minority rights

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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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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World Evangelical Alliance and Partners Condemn Azerbaijan’s Actions in Nagorno-Karabakh and Call for Immediate Release of Armenian Prisoners

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Geneva, 11 November 2024 – The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC), Christian Solidarity International (CSI), and a coalition of global organizations, has issued a joint statement urging international attention on Azerbaijan’s actions in Nagorno-Karabakh as COP29 begins in Baku. The statement expresses concern over Azerbaijan’s use of

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WEA encourages the High Commissioner for Human Rights to keep monitoring closely religious minorities in situations of conflict

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The World Evangelical Alliance encouraged the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and relevant special procedures to keep monitoring closely the situation of religious minorities in situations of conflict. In its statement, the WEA also addressed situations in Afghanistan, Sudan, and Nigeria, where religious communities fear for their lives and are forced

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WEA calls people of all faiths to model tolerance and compassion towards other religious groups

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The World Evangelical Alliance called for collaboration across faith traditions to promote a shared understanding of how our increasingly pluralistic societies can be inclusive, tolerant, welcoming and flourishing, at the Human Rights Council. The WEA stressed that addressing drivers, root causes, and Human Rights impacts of religious hatred needs to account for the presence and

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WEA appeals for the repeal of blasphemy legislation in more than 70 countries

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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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WEA addresses situations in Nagorno-Karabakh, India, Pakistan, and Ethiopia at the Human Rights Council

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The World Evangelical Alliance echoed the appeal of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to cultivate humanity’s natural reflexes of empathy, justice and compassion, and addressed the situation of the ongoing blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan, the deadly violence in Manipur – India, the burning of churches and houses of Christians in Pakistan,

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Event: The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India

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The World Evangelical Alliance, on behalf of a coalition of NGOs, invites you to attend our Human Rights Council side-event: “The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India“, on Tuesday 19 September at 4 p.m. At Room XXV, Building E, Palais des Nations. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube at

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Multi-faith coalition urges India to address rights violations against religious minorities

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The World Evangelical Alliance, Open Doors International, the Indian American Muslim Council, Hindus for Human Rights, Justice For All, and the International Commission for Dalit Rights, called on India to guarantee the safety of all Dalit and Adivasi Indians, to investigate and condemn all cases of religious violence and discrimination on religious grounds, to repeal

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