HRWF — It will soon be three years since Strasbourg ruled that Belgium’s system of state recognition of religions and belief communities was incompatible with international standards. Brussels goes on turning a deaf ear and does not make any proposal.
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor — Five Iranian Christians have been sentenced to a combined 50 years in prison for religious activities, including prayer, baptism and distributing Bibles, according to watchdog organizations. All five, including two previously imprisoned men and three women, were convicted by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court under amended articles of Iran’s penal code, according to Article 18, a United Kingdom-based organization that monitors religious freedom in Iran.
