70 years since universal declaration, human rights “ignored and abused all over the world”, says rights group
World Watch Monitor Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday, 10th December, rights group ADF International has called for “recommitment” to the founding principles, which it says are being “consistently ignored and abused…all over the world”. Chief among those rights, ADF notes, is the “foundational principle of freedom of religion and belief, […]
European Court questions Russia over deportations under religion law
World Watch Monitor The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has asked for clarification over how Russia applies its religion law to foreign citizens, reports news agency Interfax. The case that triggered their interest was that of an Evangelical Christian of Indian descent, who was one of the first people to be deported under the law, […]
US missionary appeals to European Court of Human Rights over Russian law
World Watch Monitor US Baptist preacher Donald Ossewaarde has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that his right to religious freedom has been violated. Mr Ossewaarde had held weekly Bible meetings at his home in the Russian city of Oryol, 300 kilometres south of Moscow, for many years before being […]
US missionary, among first convicted under Russia’s new ‘anti-missionary’ law, vows to keep fighting
World Watch Monitor Two months after Russia’s so-called “anti-missionary law” came into effect, an American missionary who lost his appeal, after being one of the first convicted under the law, says it is his “duty” to “press the case as far as I can”. Don Ossewaarde, who has lived in Oryol (about 350 kilometres south […]