Freedom is Not a Word in China

A Brussels Conference has been told there is allegedly “no freedom of assembly, no freedom to protest, no freedom of religion in China.” Speaking at the event veteran rights campaigner Willy Fautre also warned that “the path forward is uncertain.” Fautre opened the conference “Unveiling Authoritarianism: Assessing China’s Governance and Human Rights Landscape”, at the Press…

Protecting Children in Armed Conflicts

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In 2022, a total of 2,496 children, some as young as 8-years-old, were verified by the United Nations as detained for their actual or alleged association with armed groups, including groups designated as terrorists by the U.N. The highest numbers were recorded in Iraq, in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in the Syrian Arab Republi, writes…

Defending Human Rights in Pakistan

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Photo by Colin Lloyd on Unsplash The EU has been urged to review its policy towards Pakistan due to an alleged rise in human rights abuses in the country. The demand was made at a conference in Brussels on Monday organised by Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF). Moderator, Willy Fautre, director of HRWF, a respected Brussels-based rights group,…