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  ALBANIA: Erion Veliaj, mayor of Tirana, fights for his release from pretrial detention The Mayor of Tirana has warned he will take his case against his continued detention to the European Court of Human Rights. By Martin Banks (Credit: Unsplash) HRWF (11.05.2026) – Erion Veliaj has been held in what is termed “pre-trial detention” (PTD) since […]

BANGLADESH: The 1971 genocide in Bangladesh must be officially recognised By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers   Harry van Bommel with a 90-years old survivor in Jaga at Raozan village, Chittagong District. (Source: Bitter Winter) HRWF (11.05.2026) – An official recognition of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh is about more than the past—it […]<...

GERMANY: UN called upon to investigate Germany’s “religious screening” in EU tenders HRWF (14.05.2026) – On 16 March 2026, at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the European Union was targeted by a declaration which highlighted its condoning of the systemic religious discrimination in tenders from Germany/ Bavaria. The Church of Scientology has […]

Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest April 2026   Christians Why did a Teheran church host a memorial service for Ali Khamenei? Article 18 (14.04.2026) – A memorial service for the assassinated former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, was held in a Tehran church last week. The service at the Armenian cathedral of […]

IRAQ: Religious minorities in Kurdistan discussed at the European Parliament Speech at the conference “The Future of Kurds and Christians in the Middle East” hosted by Romanian MEP Georgiana Teodorescu (European Parliament, 6 May 2026)   By Awring Shaways (*) for Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (09.05.2026) – It is a privilege to address you […]