The European Union has reportedly formed an association to protect the rights of Christians in countries where they face persecution. “We’ve set up a working group and are defining what bilateral action can be taken between Europe and the individual countries where Christians’ rights are in danger,” said Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
Jeff King, president [...]

Persecution seems to be heightened in Uzbekistan as several more Christians are imprisoned or fined for sharing their faith with children.
Baptist deacon Pavel Nenno in Uzbekistan was sentenced to 15 days in prison for feeding needy children. According to Forum 18, other believers say that he was simply “feeding neglected children from poor families.” As [...]

Ivan Mikhailov, a Messianic Jew, has today (1 February) had a three-month jail term imposed on him by a court in Belarus for refusing compulsory military service. His brother-in-law told Forum 18 News Service that “The sentence has nothing to do with justice.” His lawyer, Svetlana Gorbatok, argued that the absence of an Alternative Service [...]

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The human rights tour in support of Belarus, arranged by a society “The Other Europe” and “Libery of Faith continued”. In Stockholm (Sweden) on Monday took place a meeting with local Christian intellectuals. On the meeting conversation turned to creation of a prayer chain around Baltic sea. The participants of the chain would pray for [...]

On November 19-20 in Tallin (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland) a Belarussian human rights advocate, expert of the Humanitarian Technologies Agency (Minsk), Denis Hil made a speach. The subject of the meeting was a presentation of the report about problem of faith right violations in Belarus.
Representatives of Finish and Baltic public organizations took part in [...]

Many scientists from different Russian regions send their responces to support the all-Russian open-ended action “No inquisitors!”, informs the Slavik Legal Center.
Yelena Volkova, a philologist and culture expert, professor of the Moscow State University, says: “I support your action with my whole heart! We should stop Dvorkin and other anticultists, who have already much grieved [...]