Human Rights Without Frontiers

Iran: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest September 2026    Christians Imprisoned convert denied access to Bible, threatened with death for apostasy Article 18 (22.09.2026) – A Christian convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison has gone on hunger strike to protest against being denied access to a Bible and […]

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PAKISTAN: The silent disinheritance of women – Inheritance right only on paper Only a tiny fraction of women actually inherit or own land, despite being overwhelmingly employed in the agriculture sector UCA News (06.10.2026) – Farheen Bibi lost her father in 2020. Three years after his death, her name was recorded as a nominal owner […]

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Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest September 16-30   30.09.2026 – Four years in a Penal Colony for hospitality — Court in Chelyabinsk sentences 58-year-old local believer JW – On September 28, 2026, the Sovetskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk found Yelena Mironova, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, guilty of extremism for discussing the Bible […]

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AUSTRIA: Headscarf ban shows what happens when law replaces integration Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price. By Alaa Alkhatib (*) Social Europe (25.09.2026) – At the start of the 2026/27 school year, a 12-year-old Muslim girl will enter school in Austria knowing that the law […]

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EU: COMECE, EU Court Advocate General’s Opinion and erasure from baptismal registers COMECE (05.10.2026) – On Monday, 5 October 2026, the Secretariat of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expressed concern about the initial indications emerging from the Court of Justice of the European Union case C-12/25, Bisdom Gent, concerning […]

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