Tag: Freedom of Religion
Myanmar’s Parliament Approves Controversial Interfaith Marriage Law
Lawmakers in Myanmar passed contentious legislation on Tuesday that imposes restrictions on interfaith marriages in the predominantly Buddhist country, despite opposition from rights advocates who say it discriminates against women and Muslims in the conservative, predominantly Buddhist country.
2015-07-07
Lawmakers in Myanmar passed contentious legislation on Tuesday that imposes restrictions on...
Jakarta Recommendations on Freedom of Expression in the Context of Religion [FORUM – ASIA]
The Jakarta Recommendations are the outcome of discussions at a regional consultation on “Expression, Opinion and Religious Freedoms in Asia”, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 3 - 5 June 2015. Over 140 people, comprised of experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right ...
Shocking report: Vietnam crushing Christian minorities
A new report from Human Rights Watch claims the oppression of Vietnam's Christian Montagnards (mountain people) has reached a critical state, with one official promising to put an end to Christianity or "the evil way" among them.
by Staff | 06 July, 2015
NEW YORK (Christian Examiner) – A new report...
Threats to religious freedoms continue in Indonesia, rights groups warn
Indonesian government institutions still have plenty of work to do if they want to end religious intolerance, observers say in response to a new report on religious freedom released by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
Activists cite recent closures of churches, persecution of Ahmadis, Shiites
Andreyka Natalegawa for...
Personal beliefs preventing officials from upholding rights law
On the back of a failing report card on the current state of religious tolerance in the country, experts say that the inability of government officials to separate their duties from their personal beliefs is one of the reasons the country is continuing to struggle to curb violations of...
UNHRC adopts resolution on Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
The UN rights body on Friday adopted without a vote a resolution on addressing the human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, nearly a month after a regional crisis erupted with hundreds of migrants from the nation found adrift in the Bay of Bengal.
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Buddhist monks’ bid to ban Muslim headscarves heightens Myanmar tensions
Tensions between Myanmar's ruling Buddhist majority and the Muslim minority are simmering again after an influential group of hardline monks pitched for a ban on headscarves worn by Muslim schoolgirls at schools.
Miko Morelos | Tuesday, June 30 2015
Tensions between Myanmar's ruling Buddhist majority and the Muslim minority are simmering...
Support Incumbents, Ma Ba Tha Leader Tells Monks
A senior monk from the Buddhist nationalist organization Ma Ba Tha has urged his fellow clergymen to rally support for the incumbent government instead of Burma’s political opposition in the upcoming general election, beseeching thousands of the group’s members at a conference in Rangoon.
By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY|...
Buddhist monks seek to ban schoolgirls from wearing headscarves in Burma
Influential group of monks also plans to encourage people to vote for candidates who ‘will not let our race and religion disappear’ in this year’s elections
Simon Lewis in Rangoon
Monday 22 June 2015 09.39 BST
An influential group of Buddhist monks in Burma is proposing to ban Muslim schoolgirls from wearing...
Malaysia: Court Convicts 9 Transgender Women
A Sharia (Islamic law) court in Malaysia has sentenced nine transgender women to fines, and two to one-month jail terms under a discriminatory law that prohibits “a male person posing as a woman,” Human Rights Watch said today. Religious authorities in the northeastern Malaysian state of Kelantan arrested the...
