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{{Short description|Norwegian human rights organization}}
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'''Forum 18''' is a Norwegian human rights organization that promotes [[religious freedom]]. The organization's name is based on Article 18 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Forum 18 summarizes the article as:
'''Forum 18''' is a Norwegian human rights organization that promotes [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]]. The organization's name is based on Article 18 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Forum 18 summarizes the article as:


*The right to believe, to worship and witness
*The right to believe, to worship and witness
*The right to change one's belief or religion
*The right to change one's belief or religion
*The right to join together and express one's belief<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forum18.org/Forum18.php |title=About Forum 18 |publisher=Forum 18 |accessdate=14 December 2012 |archivedate=14 December 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6CtYeWQwb |deadurl=no}}</ref>
*The right to join together and express one's belief<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forum18.org/Forum18.php |title=About Forum 18 |publisher=Forum 18 |accessdate=8 February 2022 |archivedate=January 27, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127180740/https://www.forum18.org/forum18.php |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>


The ''Forum 18 News Service'', established by Forum 18 in 2003, is a Christian web and e-mail initiative to report on threats and actions against the religious freedom of all people, whatever their religious affiliation, in an objective, truthful and timely manner. The news service mainly concentrates on the states of the former [[Soviet Union]], including Belarus and Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, but has also published reports on Kosovo, [[Macedonia (country)|Macedonia]], Serbia, Turkey, Burma, China (including [[Xinjiang]]), Laos, Mongolia, North Korea, and Vietnam.
The ''Forum 18 News Service'', established by Forum 18 on March 13, 2003, is a web and e-mail initiative to report on threats and actions against the religious freedom of all people, whatever their religious affiliation, in an objective, truthful and timely manner. The first three reporters to lead this project were Felix Corley, Geraldine Fagan, and [[Igor Rotar]]. They had previously done similar reporting for the UK-based Keston News Service<ref>{{Cite web |title=Another great resource |url=https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/another-great-resource/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.catholicculture.org}}</ref> and continued this work at Forum 18 after [[Keston Institute]] closed its news service due to financial difficulties and staff changes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum 18 News Service replaces Keston to cover persecution in Eastern Europe {{!}} Baptist Press |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/forum-18-news-service-replaces-keston-to-cover-persecution-in-eastern-europe/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Baptist Press |date=March 20, 2003 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The news service mainly concentrates on the states of the former [[Soviet Union]], including [[Belarus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-08 |title=Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Georgia |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2004/02/08/religious-freedom-uzbekistan-turkmenistan-and-georgia |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref> [[Tajikistan]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tajikistan: Top Islamic Body Bans Women From Attending Mosque Services |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1055440.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=April 8, 2008 |language=en}}</ref> [[Turkmenistan]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Гундогар :: Harsh new religion law |url=http://www.gundogar.org/?022003509000000000000011000000 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.gundogar.org}}</ref> [[Uzbekistan]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Uzbekistan: Tabligh Jamaat Group Added To Uzbek Government's Blacklist |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1056505.html |access-date=2022-12-22 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=April 8, 2008 |language=en |last1=Saidazimova |first1=Gulnoza }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Turkmenistan: Former Chief Mufti Sentenced To Prison For Reasons That Remain Unclear |language=en |work=Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/turkmenistan-former-chief-mufti-sentenced-to-prison-for-reasons-that-remain-unclear |access-date=2023-02-03}}</ref> [[Central Asia]], and [[Eastern Europe]], but has also published reports on [[Kosovo]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kosovo: nobody charged for the destruction of Orthodox churches and monasteries |url=https://english.religion.info/2004/05/07/kosovo-nobody-charged-for-the-destruction-of-orthodox-churches-and-monasteries/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=english.religion.info}}</ref> [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Serbia]], [[Turkey]], [[Myanmar|Burma]], [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2011 |title=Country Advice China |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1176469/2107_1314257468_chn38072.pdf |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=ecoi.net}}</ref> (including [[Xinjiang]]), [[Laos]], [[Mongolia]], [[North Korea]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=A Russian Orthodox church goes up in Pyongyang |url=https://www.asianews.it/news-en/A-Russian-Orthodox-church-goes-up-in-Pyongyang-1608.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=www.asianews.it |language=en}}</ref> and [[Vietnam]].


The news service is published in two editions: a weekly news summary each Friday; and an almost daily edition published on weekdays. There is a searchable archive of reports, including religious freedom surveys of countries and regions, and personal commentaries on religious freedom issues.
The news service is published in two editions: a weekly news summary each Friday; and an almost daily edition published on weekdays. There is a searchable archive of reports, including religious freedom surveys of countries and regions, and personal commentaries on religious freedom issues.


In August 2005 one of the organisation's [[reporter]]s was detained and deported by the authorities at [[Tashkent]] airport in Uzbekistan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/civilsociety/articles/eav081605.shtml|title=Uzbekistan Draws Curtain of Secrecy Tighter|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> but it carries on covering that country.
In August 2005 one of the organisation's [[reporter]]s was detained and deported by the authorities at [[Tashkent]] airport in Uzbekistan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/civilsociety/articles/eav081605.shtml|title=Uzbekistan Draws Curtain of Secrecy Tighter|accessdate=October 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611190948/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/civilsociety/articles/eav081605.shtml|archive-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> but it carries on covering that country.


The reports on religious freedom from Forum 18 News Service are widely used by international organizations like [[Amnesty International]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/ai_search?keywords=%22Forum+18%22&op=Search&form_id=search_theme_form&form_token=bf71dde59bdf0c7e059316410e97136b|title=Search for 'Forum 18' on www.amnesty.org|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/en/search/apachesolr_search/%22Forum+18%22|title=Search for 'Forum 18' on www.hrw.org|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> and the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osce.org/search/?displayMode=3&lsi=true&q=Forum+18+news+service&GO=GO|title=Search for 'Forum 18' on www.osce.org|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> as well as numerous news sites with different religious affiliation (i.e. Muslim,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=14722|title=The Muslim News website|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> Christian,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://baptist.org.ru/news/english/1840/|title=The Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Russia website|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> Bahá'í,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bahaindex.com/en/news/human-rights/3069-central-asia-interview-with-felix-corley-religious-rights-activis|title=The Bahá'í Faith Index website|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref> and Buddhist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,1527,0,0,1,0|title=The Buddhist Channel website|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref>).
The reports on religious freedom from Forum 18 News Service are widely used by international organizations like [[Amnesty International]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/ai_search?keywords=%22Forum+18%22&op=Search&form_id=search_theme_form&form_token=bf71dde59bdf0c7e059316410e97136b|title=Search for 'Forum 18' on www.amnesty.org|accessdate=October 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611184223/http://www.amnesty.org/en/ai_search?keywords=%22Forum+18%22&op=Search&form_id=search_theme_form&form_token=bf71dde59bdf0c7e059316410e97136b|archive-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/sitesearch?search=%22Forum+18%22&sort_by=created|title=Search for 'Forum 18' on www.hrw.org|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref> and the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osce.org/gsearch?qr=%22Forum%2018%22|title=Search for 'Forum 18' on www.osce.org|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref> as well as numerous news sites with different religious affiliation (i.e. [[Muslims|Muslim]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=14722|title=The Muslim News website|accessdate=October 24, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802160859/http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=14722|archivedate=August 2, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Christians|Christian]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://baptist.org.ru/news/english/1840/|title=The Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Russia website|accessdate=October 24, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726060034/http://baptist.org.ru/news/english/1840/|archivedate=July 26, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahá'í]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bahaindex.com/en/news/human-rights/3069-central-asia-interview-with-felix-corley-religious-rights-activis|title=The Bahá'í Faith Index website|accessdate=October 24, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707232029/http://www.bahaindex.com/en/news/human-rights/3069-central-asia-interview-with-felix-corley-religious-rights-activis|archivedate=July 7, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,1527,0,0,1,0|title=The Buddhist Channel website|accessdate=October 24, 2010}}</ref>).


== Notes ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.forum18.org/}}
*{{Official website|https://www.forum18.org/}}

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[[Category:International organisations based in Norway]]
[[Category:International organisations based in Norway]]

Latest revision as of 01:46, 13 April 2023

Forum 18 is a Norwegian human rights organization that promotes religious freedom. The organization's name is based on Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Forum 18 summarizes the article as:

  • The right to believe, to worship and witness
  • The right to change one's belief or religion
  • The right to join together and express one's belief[1]

The Forum 18 News Service, established by Forum 18 on March 13, 2003, is a web and e-mail initiative to report on threats and actions against the religious freedom of all people, whatever their religious affiliation, in an objective, truthful and timely manner. The first three reporters to lead this project were Felix Corley, Geraldine Fagan, and Igor Rotar. They had previously done similar reporting for the UK-based Keston News Service[2] and continued this work at Forum 18 after Keston Institute closed its news service due to financial difficulties and staff changes.[3]

The news service mainly concentrates on the states of the former Soviet Union, including Belarus, Georgia,[4] Tajikistan,[5] Turkmenistan,[6] Uzbekistan,[7][8] Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, but has also published reports on Kosovo,[9] Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Burma, China[10] (including Xinjiang), Laos, Mongolia, North Korea,[11] and Vietnam.

The news service is published in two editions: a weekly news summary each Friday; and an almost daily edition published on weekdays. There is a searchable archive of reports, including religious freedom surveys of countries and regions, and personal commentaries on religious freedom issues.

In August 2005 one of the organisation's reporters was detained and deported by the authorities at Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan,[12] but it carries on covering that country.

The reports on religious freedom from Forum 18 News Service are widely used by international organizations like Amnesty International,[13] Human Rights Watch,[14] and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),[15] as well as numerous news sites with different religious affiliation (i.e. Muslim,[16] Christian,[17] Bahá'í,[18] and Buddhist[19]).

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  1. ^ "About Forum 18". Forum 18. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Another great resource". www.catholicculture.org. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Forum 18 News Service replaces Keston to cover persecution in Eastern Europe | Baptist Press". Baptist Press. March 20, 2003. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Georgia". Human Rights Watch. February 8, 2004. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "Tajikistan: Top Islamic Body Bans Women From Attending Mosque Services". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 8, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Гундогар :: Harsh new religion law". www.gundogar.org. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. ^ Saidazimova, Gulnoza (April 8, 2008). "Uzbekistan: Tabligh Jamaat Group Added To Uzbek Government's Blacklist". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Turkmenistan: Former Chief Mufti Sentenced To Prison For Reasons That Remain Unclear". Eurasianet. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "Kosovo: nobody charged for the destruction of Orthodox churches and monasteries". english.religion.info. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Country Advice China" (PDF). ecoi.net. February 4, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "A Russian Orthodox church goes up in Pyongyang". www.asianews.it. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  12. ^ "Uzbekistan Draws Curtain of Secrecy Tighter". Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  13. ^ "Search for 'Forum 18' on www.amnesty.org". Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  14. ^ "Search for 'Forum 18' on www.hrw.org". Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  15. ^ "Search for 'Forum 18' on www.osce.org". Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  16. ^ "The Muslim News website". Archived from the original on August 2, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  17. ^ "The Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Russia website". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  18. ^ "The Bahá'í Faith Index website". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  19. ^ "The Buddhist Channel website". Retrieved October 24, 2010.
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