2026 brought no improvement for persecuted Christians or for religious freedom
The editors on the yearbooks Religious Freedom 2026 and on Persecution and Discrimination against Christians 2026 draw a bleak conclusion
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Pressekonferenz zur Vorstellung der Jahrbücher „Religionsfreiheit 2026“ sowie „Verfolgung und Diskriminierung von Christen 2026“
Bilanz zur Situation der Religionsfreiheit weltweit
Restoration, not secession: Schirrmacher makes the case for Somaliland’s sovereign statehood
New IIRF Report published simultaneously in English and German
Schirrmacher calls for full freedom of religion for the Ahmadiyya
At the 50th Jalsa Salana in Germany, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights appeals to Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia
Six years of data on who is being killed and abducted in Nigeria
In June 2026 the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) published its six-year study of killings and abductions in Nigeria, covering the period from
Religious Freedom for Whom? Ecclesiocentrism in Colombia’s Public Policy on Religious Freedom
New article by IIRF scholars Dr Dennis P. Petri, Dr Camila Sánchez-Sandoval and Marcela Bordón-Lugo
Religious Freedom in Latin America: Recent Trends and Relations with States
Webinar by Dr. Dennis P. Petri
How the Violent Incidents Database will help us address Nigeria’s violence
For the last several years, the religious freedom community has described Nigeria as the most dangerous country in the world in terms of the number
The President of the IIRF visits Kyrgyzstan
Thomas Schirrmacher visited Kyrgyzstan, with a particular focus on the situation of the country’s indigenous people.
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