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UN Human Rights Council Side Event
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
ECOSOC Sponsor: Jubilee Campaign
Non-ECOSOC co-sponsoring organisations: MEC, SMPF, BPSOS, VFJ.
https://hrc54session.sched.com/event/...

Topic: Patterns of arbitrary deprivation of liberty for exercising freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief
Date: Monday 18th September
Room: XXV
Time: 15:00-16:00

00:00 Algeria
06:05 Pakistan
15:58 Vietnam
26:13 Faith in Captivity
36:47 Questions from the floor : Algeria and Poland

Arbitrary detention for religious reasons is often accompanied by other grave violations, such as torture, discrimination, and denial of due process. Families are torn apart, communities are shattered, and individuals suffer immeasurably.


During this side event, we want to highlight the cases of specific individuals who authorities have imprisoned, for sometimes decades, for exercising their freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; and also want to address the implications these detentions and the practice of arbitrary detention have on the society as a whole, with the goal of eliminating this practice.




Moderator: Jonas Fiebrantz, ADF International


Speakers:
Ann Buwalda, Executive Director of Jubilee Campaign USA
Focusing on international religious freedom advocating for the release of prisoners of conscience and resettlement of refugees, combatting trafficking for the protection of children, and providing support to victims. She also founded the law firm, Just Law International in the United States and is a practicing lawyer.


Joseph Jansen, Jubilee Campaign NL
Working for Jubilee Campaign and serving as the chairman of Voice for Justice, Joseph has been at the forefront of legal proceedings in Pakistan and various other nations, championing the cause of justice and actively advocating for the protection of religious freedom.


Shagufta Kausar, survivor
Shagufta will be present in person to recount her experience of spending eight years on death row together with her paralysed husband, as a result of Pakistan's blasphemy laws.


Rebecca Dang, BPSOS
Rebecca is a specialist in human rights concerning Vietnam, having acquired significant expertise through her employment at Boat People SOS in Bangkok, where she has worked extensively with refugees from Vietnam and various other nations.


Expert speaker on Algeria on behalf of Middle Eastern Concern (MEC): MEC was founded in 1991 and supports people in the Middle East and North Africa who are marginalised, discriminated against or persecuted for being or becoming Christians.


Mr. Musheer will speak about Yemen. He is a Christian convert pastor and former religious prisoner of conscience for four years in Yemen at the hands of the Houthi authorities. He was released in 2021.