Willy Fautre

3 weeks ago | hrwf.eu | Willy Fautre

PAKISTAN: Former EU Special Envoy on FORB spoke about human dignity in Pakistan at the UNOn 26 March, CAP/ Liberté de conscience and Human Rights Without Frontiers organized a side-event about the situation of Human Rights in Pakistan. The keynote speaker was Mr Jan Figel, EU Commissioner for Education (2004-2009) and former EU Special Envoy of Freedom of Religion or Belief (2016-2019). Here are the main insights of his presentation.

1 month ago | europeantimes.news | Willy Fautre |Juan Sanchez Gil

Anna Safronova, 59, a Jehovah’s Witness, convicted for her faith, is subjected to inhuman treatment in penal colony No. 7 in Zelenokumsk (Stavropol Territory), and she also does not receive proper medical care. The reason for this punishment was that her religious beliefs prevented her from wearing the St. George ribbon (a patriotic symbol). Safronova has been in the colony for 2 years and 9 months. During 2024, her blood pressure began to rise noticeably and one day she even lost consciousness.

1 month ago | bitterwinter.org | Willy Fautre

by Willy Fautré**A paper presented via video at the International Forum on World Citizenship Day 2025 “Transitional Justice Through Effective Relief: The Tai Ji Men Case as an Example,” Taipei, April 1, 2025. One of the best ways to build up a global citizenship identity is through travel. Throughout the years Tai Ji Men has offered such an opportunity to thousands of dizi (disciples) through self-funded trips to more than one hundred countries.

1 month ago | bitterwinter.org | Willy Fautre

by Willy FautréJapan remains deaf to repeated visit requests of several UN Special Rapporteurs      in the shadow of the case of the Unification Church, which now officially calls itself the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. The dissolution of the church was ordered on March 25 in first degree by the Tokyo District Court after a government request spurred by the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

1 month ago | bitterwinter.org | Willy Fautre

by Willy Fautré**Introduction to the second session of the webinar “Spreading the Truth About the Tai Ji Men Case,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on March 24, 2025, United Nations International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and the Dignity of the Victims.