Minority rights

Addressing the Situation of Religious Minorities in Sri Lanka and in Afghanistan during the Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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On 14 September 2021, at the Human Rights Council 48th Session, the World Evangelical Alliance urged the High Commissioner to include Christian and other religious minorities in her reporting on Sri Lanka and on Afghanistan. Our statement highlighted incidents of religious violence and intolerance against Protestant Christians in Sri Lanka, and that religious minorities in […]

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WEA denounces nationalist populism at the Human Rights Council

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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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