Day: June 8, 2015

The European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance launched their 2014 Report this month, saying still not enough is being done by European institutions around Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “Unfortunately, we can only conclude that violations of freedom of religion or belief have become more frequent and…

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry, reports the BBC. Speaking from Canada, his wife Ensaf Haidar told the BBC she feared his punishment would start again on Friday. Badawi was arrested in 2012 for “insulting Islam through…