European Court of Human Rights: Belgium Found Guilty of Tax Discrimination Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
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French Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ says Human Rights Council
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French Interior Ministry agency launches “cult” attack on respected kibbutz
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Anti-Muslim policies in France reach ‘threshold of persecution’
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Asylum for Christian converts, midwives’ rights, religious education, religious slaughter, hate speech laws considered in Swedish report to UN
The Swedish Evangelical Alliance, along with the European and World Evangelical Alliances, submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council for Sweden’s Universal Periodic Review in May 2025. The report highlights concerns about religious freedom in Sweden, covering issues such as asylum for Christian converts, midwives’ right to conscientious objection in abortion, religious education,…