by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 15, 2024 | Ahamadiyya
In a disturbing incident that highlights the ongoing persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, eight tombstones at the Ahmadiyya Cemetery in Barmoj Goi, District Kotli, AJK, were desecrated on the night between March 7th and 8th, 2024. The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has received reports of this heinous act, which follows a series of hateful activities targeting the Ahmadiyya community in the region. CAP Liberté de Conscience, a prominent organization advocating for religious freedom, has lent its support to denouncing this incident and calling for action to protect the rights of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 12, 2024 | Ahamadiyya
The NGO Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC) has been actively advocating for the rights of the Ahmadiyya community at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC). The Ahmadiyya, a minority Muslim community, faces severe persecution and discrimination in various countries, particularly in Pakistan, where they are officially declared non-Muslims and subjected to numerous restrictions and violence.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 12, 2024 | Ahamadiyya
The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) is seriously concerned as there is a risk of another unlawful deportation from Germany to Pakistan. Her deportation is scheduled during the next days, according to our information.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 11, 2024 | HRC 55, news, UN UPR
The report includes Germany’s responses to various human rights challenges, including efforts to combat racism, antisemitism, and discrimination, as well as measures to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons, migrants, and other vulnerable groups.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 10, 2024 | HRC 55, news
The written statement submitted to the Human Rights Council by Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience highlights the issue of discrimination against religious and spiritual groups through the misuse of tax laws in several countries. It points out that tax exemptions, which should be universally available to such groups, are instead used as tools of discrimination, particularly against movements deemed unpopular or labeled as “cults.” The statement references specific instances in France and Japan where religious groups faced such discrimination.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 6, 2024 | HRC 55, news
“The children have told their father that they no longer wish to eat pork, presumably having adopted the Jewish religion, Jewish religion with their mother, and that they perform ablutions and recite prayers in Arabic, in Arabic during visits to their mother’s home.”
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 4, 2024 | HRC 55, news
At a time when the fabric of global society is increasingly strained by divisions, the report on hatred based on religion or belief by Nazila Ghanea, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, emerges as a beacon of insight and guidance. This comprehensive document, to be presented at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, not only examines the diverse manifestations of religious hatred, but also proposes a way forward for nations and societies grappling with this pervasive problem.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Mar 1, 2024 | news
At every session of the Human Rights Council since 2016, CAP LC has intervened through written and oral statements on the issue of religious freedom in China. We have denounced the persecution, arbitrary detention, and torture of members of religious minorities, the forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong members, and the treatment of Uyghurs in forced labor camps in Xijiang.
