Editorial: Looking with concern to Taiwan and Qatar
While the war in Ukraine continues to keep the world on tenterhooks, two other issues with direct human rights relevance come into focus for us.
Ethics · Society · Theology · Mission · Sociology of Religions
On December 9, 2020, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) presented the 2020 Yearbooks “Religious Freedom” and “Persecution and Discrimination against Christians” at a Video press conference.
In the short film “Tell me about the war”, which the International Society for Human Rights produced this year, you will hear war veterans from seven countries of the former Soviet Union.
After 30 years of membership in the International Council, Maja Caspari, Chairperson of the Romania Section, left us in March 2020 at the age of 88 after a long illness.
The following text is a short excerpt of a report by the Chairman of the Moldovan Section of ISHR, Dr. Liubov Nemcinova.
Christine and Thomas Schirrmacher of the World Evangelical Alliance have visited Ecuador and Peru to learn about the human rights situation, including freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and the situation of indigenous peoples.
The International Council of ISHR thanks Maya Robinson for coordinating the sections
At the age of 78, Prof. Dr. Marat Zakhidov, Secretary General of the International Council of the ISHR, has left us.