Forum 18

Forum 18 is a Christian Norwegian human rights organization that puts on the basis of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights aims to establish religious freedom for all.

The furnished by Forum 18 news service Forum 18 News Service is a Christian Web page addresses and e- mail initiative, the minute reporting on threats and actions against the religious freedom of all people, regardless of their religious affiliation. The Messenger service is mainly focused on the former Soviet Union, including Belarus and Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but he has also published reports on Kosovo, Serbia, Turkey, Burma, China (including Xinjiang ), Laos, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam.

The Messenger service is published in two editions: a weekly roundup takes place every Friday; and also one days output is available most weekdays. The website of the organization also includes surveys of religious freedom in various countries and regions as well as personal comments on religious subjects.

The reports of Forum 18 are especially in English-language media such as Radio Free Europe or the English-language Internet magazine Transition online but also regularly quoted in the European Parliament on issues of religious freedom as the source.

In the German-speaking area of ​​the reports of the Forum 18 above all, of human rights organizations such as the International Society for Human Rights and Amnesty International to be used as the source.