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UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs Publish Letter Denouncing Algerian Closures of Protestant Churches 02/19/2021 Geneva (International Christian Concern) – A letter sent to the Algerian government in December 2020 by three UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rapporteurs has been made public. The 7-page document was sent to the president of Algeria, requesting “detailed information” about the closing of Protestant worship places around the country. The letter summarizes some of the latest developments in human rights breaches in Algeria, especially those related to the closing of worship places and churches affiliated with the Eglise Protestante d’Algérie (EPA) and actions of discrimination against the Protestant Christian minority within the country. In a joint statement along with the EPA and Christian organization Middle East Concern, the World Evangelical Alliance has denounced the forcible closing of Protestant churches by the Algerian government. ....
United Nations demands Algeria to explain its campaign against Protestant churches Written by CHVN Friday, Feb 12 2021, 4:27 AM Marcia V. J. Kran is a Canadian lawyer on the U. N. Human Rights Committee. In a letter sent in December, three UN Human Rights Council special rapporteurs asked the government to stop the “intimidation and discriminatory treatment” of Protestants. (Twitter) Article continues below advertisement ↴ The United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) has increased its pressure on Algeria, asking its government to clarify how it is treating the Protestant Christian minority. A letter signed by three UN HRC special rapporteurs (freedom of religion and belief, freedom of peaceful gathering and association, and of minorities) was sent in December 2020 to the President of the government of Algeria asking for “detailed information” about the closing of Protestant worship places around the country. ....
The 7-page long document summarises some of the latest developments that are a breaching of human rights in Algeria, especially those related to the “closing of worship places and churches affiliated with the Eglise Protestante d’Algérie (EPA) as well as the actions of discrimination against the members of the Protestant Christian minority”. The EPA is the organisation that has brought together the biggest number of Protestant churches in the country, being a recognised and legal entity for over 70 years. The group lost its legal status after the authorities did not renew their official registration, despite several attempts. Not only 13 churches affiliated with the EPA have been closed by the authorities since January 2018, but other ....