‘They realised their guns weren’t fast enough’

As we mark the second anniversary of the Pentecost Sunday massacre in Ondo State, Nigeria, the UK government needs to be doing more to advance FoRB through its foreign policy commitments. As Margaret…

La démocratie européenne est-elle assez mûre pour aborder la question de la liberté de religion ou de conviction?

Si la situation des populations d’autres pays est trop rarement un enjeu électoral prioritaire, une certaine politisation de la question du respect des droits humains est néanmoins fréquente. Pour un…

Elections in Mexico: Freedom of religion or belief remains an unaddressed issue

This weekend Mexico will elect 20,286 representatives, including a new president, 128 new senators, 500 federal deputies, governors, municipal presidents and members of state legislatures. Although…

Elecciones en México: La libertad de religión o de creencias sigue siendo una asignatura pendiente

Este fin de semana México elegirá a 20 mil 286 representantes, incluyendo un nuevo Presidente, 128 nuevos senadores, 500 diputados federales, gobernadores, presidentes municipales y miembros de las…

Twenty years is too long: The Eritrean government must release imprisoned church leaders

Twenty years ago today the Eritrean authorities arrested Reverend Haile Naizge and Dr Kuflu Gebremeskel. Both were prominent religious leaders in the country, the former serving as the chair of the…

Reflexiones sobre mi amada India en un año electoral

La India está celebrando actualmente elecciones generales en siete fases, que se celebrarán del 19 de abril al 1 de junio de 2024. El investigador de CSW en la India, cuyo nombre se ha mantenido en…

Protestante, católico, crítico o aliado: Nadie está a salvo en Nicaragua

El gobierno decide a quién extender su mano y a quién cerrarla, las iglesias protestantes que hoy estrechan la mano de la dictadura podrían mañana ser estranguladas por la misma mano. Un defensor de…

Protestant, Catholic, Critic, Ally: No-one is safe in Nicaragua

The government decides to whom to extend its hand and to whom to close it, the Protestant churches that today shake the hand of the dictatorship could tomorrow be strangled by the same hand. A…

Reflections on my beloved India in an election year

India is currently holding general elections in seven phases which are due to run from 19 April to 1 June 2024. CSW’s India Researcher, whose name has been withheld for security reasons, lives in…

139 cristianos protestantes ahora viven en auditorio debido a que el Gobierno Mexicano no ha hecho su trabajo

En 2015, los líderes de la comunidad informaron a miembros de una minoría religiosa que vivía en pueblos vecinos de la región de la Huasteca del estado de Hidalgo, México, que ya no se les permitiría…

139 Protestant Christians are now living in an auditorium because the Mexican government has not done its job

In 2015, members of a religious minority living in neighbouring villages in the Huasteca region of Hidalgo State, Mexico were informed by their village leaders that they would no longer be permitted…

Is European democracy too immature to address freedom of religion or belief?

While the situation of people in other countries is too rarely a priority electoral issue, some politicisation of human rights is nevertheless common. From the perspective of an advocate for freedom…