HRWF Establishes New Award for MEPs Who Promote Freedom of Religious Belief outside the EU

HRWF Establishes New Award for MEPs

The Freedom of Religious Belief (FORB) is a fundamental  right in the countries of the European Union. However, social hostility towards certain religious groups is also widespread and threatens social cohesion, writes Willy Fautré Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers. The phenomenon is not new. In the 1980s-1990s, non-mainstream religious groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses or…