This report addresses the situation of freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression, and the rights of persons belonging to religious minorities in Kyrgyzstan. In particular, it addresses concerns with the Law on Freedom of Religion and Religious Associations and related legislation, as well as cases of rights violations perpetrated by both state and non-state actors.
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This report outlines how the enjoyment of human rights, particularly freedom of religion
and expression, continues to be contingent on state permission under the pretext of
strengthening religious tolerance and dialogue.
This report addresses the situation of religious minorities in Iraq, including particularly the impact of laws criminalizing religious offenses, as well as discriminatory legislation on legal identity and personal status on their enjoyment of freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression. The report also highlights the continued displacement of many Christians and Yazidis as well as acts of targeted violence perpetrated by militias and other armed groups.
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This report addresses the adverse impact of laws criminalizing blasphemy and the prohibition of proselytism and apostasy on the enjoyment of the human rights to freedom of religion and freedom of expression in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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This report addresses the situation of religious minorities in Egypt, especially Coptic Christians, particularly the impact of laws prohibiting blasphemy and other religious expression on their enjoyment of freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression. Furthermore, the report highlights the ongoing barriers to the registration and maintenance of churches, as well as attacks against Christians across the country, including incidents of mob violence targeting places of worship, extremist violence, and the abduction, forced marriage, and forced religious conversion of women and girls.
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This report addresses violations of the right to education, including freedom of education, as well as parental rights in Bolivia.
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This report highlights the urgent need for the government of Albania to intensify its efforts to eradicate the practice of prenatal sex selection within its territory. It points out that the imbalance in the sex ratio at birth is deeply ingrained in the country’s prevalent culture of son preference, and offers recommendations aimed at addressing the root causes behind the occurrence of this harmful practice.
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This report illustrates the state of homeschooling in Costa Rica, highlighting that relevant restrictions violate its obligations to respect freedom of education and parental rights under international human rights law.
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This report contends that Ethiopia must repeal its blasphemy laws in order to safeguard the full enjoyment of the human rights to freedom of religion and expression. It also addresses the urgent need to prevent and end all forms of religiously motivated persecution and violence. This includes preventing and responding to attacks directed against followers of Orthodox Christianity, Protestantism, Islam, and indigenous religions.
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This report acknowledges the positive trend of fewer children being placed in alternative care, which prevents their separation from families, and commends the legislative progress made in this regard. Nevertheless, it expresses serious concern over Norway’s ongoing practice of unjustifiably separating children from their parents, a process that hinders efforts towards family reunification and disproportionately impacts migrant families.
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