To mark his first anniversary in the role as the EU’s first ever Special Envoy for the Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU, EURACTIV interviewed Jan Figel about the headscarf ban, Islamist terrorism and growing up Catholic in a communist state.
ECHR: two left-wing politicians against Catholic PolandBy Nicolas BauerThe ECLJ is intervening in two cases against Poland, brought by representatives of the Polish atheist left. In the first case, the applicant argues that the defacement of a religious statue is a...
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The Triple Marginalization of Iraq’s ChristiansBy Thibault van den BosscheAs Iraq approaches its parliamentary elections in November 2025, around thirty Christian candidates are competing for the five seats reserved for their community in the federal parliament. Yet this...
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Christianophobia & anti-Christian hatred in EuropeBy Thibault van den BosscheIn 2023, 2,444 hate incidents targeting Christians were recorded in Europe, including 232 physical assaults. [1] These numbers, which have steadily increased in recent years, reflect a troubling rise...
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Syrian Christians in Peril: The ECLJ Alerts the Human Rights CouncilBy Thibault van den BosscheOn August 4, 2025, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) submitted a written statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council, urgently drawing attention to the dramatic plight of...
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