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London’s Metropolitan Police have blocked a Christian-led “Walk With Jesus” march that planned to pass through Whitechapel in east London. The reason for the ban is to avoid hostile local reactions and possible violence, because the police deemed the neighbourhood a “Muslim area”. […]
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FIRST ON FOX: In Nigeria, Fox News Digital has been told terrorists are ‘on the run’ following U.S. strikes last month aimed at stopping the killing of Christians in Africa’s most populous country, this as a senior official from U.S. Africa Command visited Nigeria this week.
According to the recently released persecution watchdog Open Doors World Watch List, three out of every four Christians killed for their religion worldwide have been murdered in Nigeria. It is said to average out that one Christian is killed there every two and a half hours.
Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump confirmed, "In Nigeria we’re annihilating terrorists who are killing Christians. We’ve hit them very hard. They’ve killed thousands and thousands of Christians."
CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN SYSTEMATIC KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA BY JIHADI HERDSMEN, EXPERTS SAY
This past week, the second-highest-ranking officer at U.S. Africa Command, a former U.S. Special Forces leader who served in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. John Brennan, U.S. Army, was as a key member of a U.S. delegation to Nigeria. Speaking exclusively to Fox News Digital from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, Brennan detailed U.S. moves on the ground to combat Islamic State and other jihadi terror groups.
Brennan gave Fox News Digital insight into the U.S. military’s role now in Nigeria: "We are continuing to provide them (the Nigerians) intelligence support, airborne ISR, (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), things that will make them more accurate. And they had some success in Sokoto post-strike because of the activity that the strike generated across the network."
The general continued, "A lot of terrorists decided to flee the area, and it allowed the Nigerians the opportunity to arrest them." But he added, "We're all about enabling Nigerians to solve Nigerian problems. We want to ensure that they remain a security anchor for all of West Africa and they do too. And so it's in our mutual interest that we work together."
"They have a terrorist problem, Brennan said. "So we're trying to help create effects that will stop them and their borders from getting incurred by terrorist organizations," he concluded.
US LAUNCHES WAVE OF STRIKES IN SOMALIA TARGETING ISIS, AL-SHABAB TERROR THREATS
"I definitely have a good reason to believe that the target was hit," Illia Djadi, persecution analyst for sub-Saharan Africa at Open Doors, told Fox News Digital. He added, "and (when) I say target, I mean these armed men, people or groups, their camps have been hit, and eventually afflicting damage to them. They are on the run now. Fleeing in different directions. Some sources say some have fled, maybe to neighboring Niger and others south and in different locations across Nigeria."
Djadi continued, "All these years, they have been acting and attacking with relative total impunity. But this has changed now. They are scared now. They are hit, and they realize they can be hit again. So this is the symbolism."
He said, "The bombing resonated even beyond Nigeria's borders," Djadi added, "even across Nigeria’s neighbors, like Niger, Mali and other countries. People are watching because of what happened, (thinking) if this can happen to Nigeria, it can happen to countries like Mali, Niger or elsewhere. They are watching. They are taking note of that."
NIGERIA NAMED EPICENTER OF GLOBAL KILLINGS OF CHRISTIANS OVER FAITH IN 2025, REPORT SAYS
On Thursday, in a plenary session with Brennan present, U.S. and Nigerian officials met to discuss cooperation following President Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a country of Particular Concern.
At the meeting, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker told those present, "Today we are here to determine how we can work together to deter violence against Christian communities, prioritizing counterterrorism and insecurity, investigating attacks, holding perpetrators accountable and reducing the number of killings, forced displacements and abductions of Christians."
The meeting took place in Abuja. Just over 80 miles away, four days earlier, the abduction of Christians continued, with over 160 worshipers kidnapped from three churches in northern Kaduna state, it is believed, during Sunday services.
In an interview with The New York Times earlier this month, President Trump said more strikes could be made against Nigeria, "If they continue to kill Christians, it will be a many-time strike."
This week, when asked if further strikes are possible, a U.S. defense official told Fox News Digital, "That's a question for the White House. But I can tell you our Nigerian partners are asking for more of our help. And so we're going to give it to them."
There are some American boots on the ground, but their numbers are not significant, Brennan said, adding, "a lot of assessment (is) going on. So we have a small team that the Nigerians invited in, and we're working with them to assess their needs, and to create opportunities that we can both capitalize on together."
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AT RISK IN AFRICA AS EXTREMISTS AND WAR TAKE THEIR TOLL
Some military equipment is being shipped in from the U.S., Brennan said, but "it's nothing out of the ordinary. It's things they (the Nigerians) had already purchased, as far as ammunition, things that make to help them be more accurate in their operations against ISIS, West Africa Province and Boko Haram."
Rabiu Ibrahim, Nigeria’s special assistant to the minister of information and national orientation, told Fox News Digital, "Nigeria’s primary and unwavering stance is that terrorism, in all its forms, is a global scourge that requires a collective, yet sovereignly respectful, response. The U.S. military actions in our region are viewed through this lens. We acknowledge that any action which genuinely degrades the capability of terrorist groups threatening the stability of the Sahel and our own national security is a tactical component in a much larger strategic picture."
Ibrahim added, "We have noted, through our own intelligence and battlefield evidence, that such external kinetic actions can disrupt command structures, degrade logistics and create atmospherics of uncertainty among the remnants of groups like ISWAP and Boko Haram." "Our cooperation with the United States is robust, multifaceted and transcends mere rhetoric," Ibrahim continued, saying it is focused on key areas, including "capacity building and training: Nigerian units, particularly in intelligence, aviation and special operations, have received advanced training that directly enhances their operational effectiveness in theater."
Ibrahim said Nigeria also benefits from the U.S. through intelligence sharing and material and technical support, including night-vision capabilities, claiming "it is not a patron-client relationship, but a partnership where Nigerian leadership on the ground is augmented by specific, requested external support."
Christians in Sudan are daily facing hunger, misery and terror. The new Open Doors World Watch List for 2026, which ranks the worst countries in the world for the persecution of Christians, placed the country at No. 4, up one place from last year’s report.
There are an estimated 2 million Christians in the conflict-ridden northeastern African country. Sudan’s civil war has raged past the 1,000- day milestone with 150,000 people reported to have been killed and more than 13 million displaced. Christians have lived in Sudan since the late first century.
Many of Sudan’s Christians live in the Nuba Mountains, part of the Kordofan region. Rafat Samir, general secretary of the Sudan Evangelical Alliance, told Fox News Digital that the "Nuba Mountains now, where the majority of our church members are coming from, is under siege and bombing every day for the last six months or seven months. Last week, after Christmas, they bombed our church, hospital and school."
NIGERIA NAMED EPICENTER OF GLOBAL KILLINGS OF CHRISTIANS OVER FAITH IN 2025, REPORT SAYS
Adding to the misery, a report by MEMRI, citing Christian Daily international, said 11 Sudanese Christians were killed, as they took part in a procession to their church for a religious celebration on Christmas Day by a drone operated by the government’s Sudanese Armed Forces. 18 others were injured in the attack. MEMRI reported the SAF are backed by the Muslim Brotherhood.
A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "Since the April 2023 outbreak of conflict in Sudan, we have witnessed significant backsliding in Sudan’s overall respect for fundamental freedoms, including religious freedom. This backsliding especially impacts Sudan’s oppressed ethnic and religious populations, including Christians."
In a Fox News Digital report last year, Christians were said to be eating grass to survive. Samir says the position is even more bleak in 2026: "even the grass is gone now."
"The conflict is accelerating the erasure of ancient Christian communities and sacred heritage," Mariam Wahba, research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital. "These losses will be far harder to reverse than the rebuilding of roads or ministries once the guns fall silent," she said.
CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN SYSTEMATIC KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA BY JIHADI HERDSMEN, EXPERTS SAY
Ideologically, Sudan’s Christians face a hostile future, Samir of the Evangelical Alliance said. "Both sides in the civil conflict are daughters of the Islamist movement in Sudan, and the Islamic ideology of both of them is to not have tolerance for others. They consider everyone different from them is against them. The Christian is considered their enemy as part of their religious ideology, and opposing them their religious duty."
He continued, "So whoever does something to harm Christians is considered favorable to the law or to Allah." Samir went on to say, "the country is getting back to the dark ages."
Repeated and continuing attempts at getting the government’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the opposing militia, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to reach a ceasefire have failed. Both sides admit they are still fighting and, it’s clear, killing civilians with sustained energy, particularly in the central Sudanese region of Kordofan, home to many Christians.
"The United States is committed to ending the horrific conflict in Sudan," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, adding, "Under President Trump’s leadership, we are working with our allies and others to facilitate a humanitarian truce and bring an end to external military support to the parties which is fueling the violence. President Trump wants peace in Sudan."
The spokesperson continued, "The suffering of civilians has reached catastrophic levels, with millions lacking food, water and medical care. Every day of continued fighting costs more innocent lives. The war in Sudan is an enduring threat to regional stability."
The U.N. says fighting is increasing in Kordofan, with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk telling reporters in Port Sudan on Jan. 18, "I am very worried that the atrocity crimes committed during and after the takeover of El Fasher are at grave risk of repeating themselves in the Kordofan region, where the conflict has been rapidly escalating since late October."
US AMBASSADOR MICHAEL WALTZ DECLARES ATROCITIES AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 'GENOCIDE'
"The Kordofan states are extremely volatile," he continued, "with relentless military engagements, heavy shelling, drone bombardments and airstrikes causing widespread destruction and collapse of essential services."
Wahba said that "while the United States remains kinetically active across neighboring theaters, it is unlikely to wade directly into Sudan’s civil war."
"President Trump", Wahba added, "has signaled a clear desire to see the conflict resolved — an objective echoed by both Egypt and Saudi Arabia — but translating that consensus into outcomes on the ground has proven far more difficult than the rhetoric suggests."
"For now," Wahba continued, "U.S. policy is centered on convening regional stakeholders and pressing for alignment among them, while prioritizing humanitarian corridors, aid delivery and coordination with partners willing to host talks. Washington is acting as a facilitator, not an enforcer."
"This posture reflects both constraint and caution. Sudan presents few reliable leverage points, no unified opposition partner, and (there’s) little appetite in Congress or the White House for another open-ended entanglement in a fragmented civil war. The result is a policy that remains fluid and reactive, and is shaped less by strategy than by crisis management," she said.
Despite everything, the Sudan Evangelical Alliance’s Samir has hope, "The Holy Spirit is moving and God's hand is working in our country. I can tell you through this evil, this darkness, the light of love of our God is lighting in many hearts. The devil is stealing people to death every day. We pray that let us Christians live for one day more, for one day more to proclaim Jesus’s message."
Nigeria’s military announced Wednesday that 62 hostages were rescued, and two militants were killed in a pair of operations against armed groups, a report said.
The development comes after more than 160 worshippers were kidnapped from two churches in Nigeria Sunday by gangs. It's unclear if any of the worshippers were among the hostages rescued.
Lt. Col. Olaniyi Osoba, an Army spokesperson, told Reuters that Nigerian forces raided a location in the northwestern Zamfara state after receiving tips that captives were being held there.
The 62 rescued hostages are now in safe custody and are in the process of being reunited with their families, Reuters reported, citing the army.
GUNMEN ABDUCT DOZENS OF WORSHIPPERS FROM MULTIPLE NIGERIAN CHURCHES
In a separate operation, Nigerian soldiers ambushed militants in the border area between the Kebbi and Sokoto states, Osoba added.
Sunday’s church kidnapping incident, which the BBC said targeted both Christians and Muslims, marks the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria’s long-running streak of religiously fueled attacks.
Nigeria has experienced a dramatic surge in mass attacks by armed gangs, particularly Islamist militants, who often operate from forest enclaves and target villages, schools and places of worship.
NIGERIA NAMED EPICENTER OF GLOBAL KILLINGS OF CHRISTIANS OVER FAITH IN 2025, REPORT SAYS
Muslim Fulani militants frequently carry out violence in northern and central parts of Nigeria to bankrupt Christian communities while receiving ransom payments.
Kaduna state police said gunmen armed with "sophisticated weapons" attacked two churches in the village of Kurmin Wali in Afogo ward at about 11:25 a.m. on Sunday, Reuters reported.
While Kaduna state police on Monday reportedly cited conservative figures, saying dozens were being held captive as the investigation remains in its early stages, a senior church leader noted that more than 160 worshippers were abducted by gunmen over the weekend.
Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Numerous worshippers from at least two churches in Nigeria were kidnapped during Sunday services by armed gangs, Reuters reported.
While Kaduna state police on Monday reportedly cited conservative figures, saying dozens were being held captive as the investigation remains in its early stages, a senior church leader noted that more than 160 worshippers were abducted by gunmen over the weekend.
Sunday’s incident, which BBC said targeted both Christians and Muslims, marks the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria’s long-running streak of religiously fueled attacks. Muslim Fulani militants frequently carry out violence in northern and central parts of Nigeria to bankrupt Christian communities while receiving ransom payments.
Kaduna state police said gunmen armed with "sophisticated weapons" attacked two churches in the village of Kurmin Wali in Afogo ward at about 11:25 a.m. on Sunday, Reuters reported.
52 CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA KIDNAPPED BY GUNMEN IN LATEST ATTACK: REPORT
Reverend John Hayab, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria located in the northern part of the country, told Reuters:
"Information came to me from the elders of the churches that 172 worshipers were abducted while nine escaped," Hayab said.
Early estimates from security agencies tend to be conservative, while community and religious leaders often report higher numbers. In Nigeria, casualty and abduction figures often vary widely in the days following mass kidnappings.
NIGERIA NAMED EPICENTER OF GLOBAL KILLINGS OF CHRISTIANS OVER FAITH IN 2025, REPORT SAYS
Police said troops and other security agencies had been deployed to the area, with efforts underway to track the abductors and secure the release of the captives, Reuters reported.
Nigeria has experienced a dramatic surge in mass attacks by armed gangs, particularly Islamist militants, who often operate from forest enclaves and target villages, schools and places of worship.
GUNMEN ATTACK CHURCH IN NIGERIA, KILLING TWO AND KIDNAPPING OTHERS
In 2025, Nigeria was named the epicenter of global killings of Christians, according to the Open Doors World Watch List. The report noted that while Muslims are also frequently attacked, Christians have been "disproportionately targeted," with one in five African Christians facing high levels of persecution.
In November, 52 Catholic students, along with several staff members, were kidnapped by gunmen at St. Mary’s School in Nigeria, The Associated Press reported.
In April, the Evangelical Church Winning All, a major church based in West Africa, said it paid the equivalent of $205,000 in ransom to secure the release of roughly 50 members kidnapped in Kaduna, Nigerian lawyer Jabez Musa told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital's Paul Tilsley, Rachel Wolf, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
While Christians in America enjoy religious freedom, many Christians around the world suffer persecution, and some are even martyred for their faith.
Open Doors' World Watch List 2026 discusses the anti-Christian persecution in dozens of nations around the globe.
The list includes 50 countries — here's a closer look at several of them:
North Korea, a notoriously autocratic country ruled by Kim Jong Un, is one of the nation's included in the list.
"If you are found to be a Christian in North Korea, you and your family could be immediately executed or sent to a terrible labor camp – forever," Open Doors notes.
"North Koreans may only pay homage to the Kim regime, not God. Christian gatherings must be completely secret; a neighbor could inform on you with devastating results."
Somalia, a nation located in the Horn of Africa, is also included on the list.
"Anybody becoming a Christian in Somalia faces danger on all sides: from the authorities, from your clan and from anti-Christian extremists," the report notes. "It’s illegal for a Muslim to become a Christian. Christians have no legal protection and can be harassed and intimidated by the authorities. Leaving Islam is also seen as seriously dishonoring your family and clan: they may disown, attack or even kill you."
Al-Shabaab — which is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. — has grown "more dominant in certain areas," Open Doors notes, explaining that the group seeks "to eradicate Christianity, openly executing suspected believers."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENDS TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR THOUSANDS OF SOMALIS IN US
Yemen, a nation in the Middle East, comes next on the list.
Most Christians there have "converted from Islam," according to the list, which says they "must practice their faith in absolute secrecy or risk a death sentence."
"Last year, Western airstrikes were framed by the Houthis as ‘Christian aggression,’ pushing believers further underground," Open Doors says.
The report highlighted the personal story of Aweis, whose own father told him that if he became a Christian, he would kill him.
"Aweis knew the dangers of following Jesus in Somalia the moment he showed his father a New Testament, which he obtained after becoming curious about Christianity," Open Doors explains.
"I cannot stop you from reading your Bible," his father noted, according to the report. "But if you become a Christian, I’ll be the one to kill you."
The report adds, "Aweis later gave his life to Jesus."
CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN SYSTEMATIC KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA BY JIHADI HERDSMEN, EXPERTS SAY
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A civil war in Sudan has caused the globe's "largest humanitarian crisis," the list says. "The Christian community is hungry, on the run and facing strong persecution at the same time."
Sudan is located in Africa.
"Sudan’s brief period of religious freedom has been rowed back, and oppressive ‘morality policies’ are back in force. Christians can face physical punishment to convert to Islam, with church leaders arrested. Many church buildings have been closed, bombed or taken over by militia groups," according to Open Doors. "New Christians face rejection from their families and violence from Islamic extremist groups. In a lawless vacuum, they have no protection."
A staggering and growing wave of persecution against Christians across sub-Saharan Africa has been laid bare in the latest Open Doors’ World Watch List for 2025. The report says three out of four Christians murdered worldwide are killed in Nigeria.
Fourteen of the top 50 countries worldwide where verified deaths could be reasonably linked to victims’ Christian faith are in sub-Saharan Africa. Open Doors is a global Christian charity supporting Christians persecuted for their faith.
The organization states that one in seven Christians in the world face high levels of persecution. But that figure rises to one in five in Africa.
AFRICAN UNION CHIEF DENIES GENOCIDE CLAIMS AGAINST CHRISTIANS AS CRUZ WARNS NIGERIAN OFFICIALS
Africa’s most populous nation is also ranked as the seventh worst in the world for persecution in all its forms. According to Open Doors, out of the 4,849 Christians killed for their faith globally in the year up to the end of Sept. 2025, 3,490 of these were murdered in Nigeria — 72% of the total.
Muslims have also been killed in Nigeria. But the latest data from the report shows Christians have been "disproportionately targeted." These are four of the affected states — there are others:
In Benue State in north-central Nigeria, 1,310 Christians were killed compared with 29 Muslims.
In Plateau State in north-central Nigeria, 546 Christians were killed compared with 48 Muslims.
In Taraba State in northeast Nigeria, 73 Christians were killed compared with 12 Muslims.
In north-western Kaduna State, 1,116 Christians were abducted in 2025, compared with 101 Muslims.
US AMBASSADOR MICHAEL WALTZ DECLARES ATROCITIES AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 'GENOCIDE'
"The latest figures should leave us in no doubt: there is a clear religious element to this horrific violence," Henrietta Blyth, CEO of Open Doors U.K. told Fox News Digital.
Blyth added, "For many thousands of Christians, this will come as no surprise. Those who witnessed their families being killed, and their homes razed to the ground by Islamist Fulani militants report being told by their attackers that ‘we will destroy all Christians.’"
"It’s surely time to dismiss the idea that this violence is somehow ‘random,’" Blyth stated. "If we don’t recognize the clear religious element to the violence, it won't be possible to properly address this tragic situation."
Mohammed Idris, Nigeria’s minister of information and national orientation, told Fox News Digital this week, "The loss of life in any form is unacceptable, and the Nigerian government recognizes the pain felt by all affected families and communities."
The minister continued, "Nigeria has consistently maintained that its security challenges stem from a convergence of criminal insurgency, armed banditry, resource competition, and localized communal disputes, not from state-directed or institutional religious persecution. The government remains focused on upholding its constitutional duty to protect all citizens and on advancing security reforms that improve coordination, accountability, and civilian safety nationwide."
At the time of writing, the new World Watch List had not been released to the minister, but he did share his thoughts on Middle Belt killings, "With respect to the Middle Belt states, the Nigerian government has long stated that violence in this region is primarily driven by long-standing disputes over land and resources, organized banditry, and criminal networks that prey on vulnerable communities, Christian and Muslim alike."
He concluded, "while some attacks tragically take on communal or identity dimensions, framing the Middle Belt crisis as a systematic campaign against Christians does not reflect the full security reality on the ground and risks obscuring the role of criminal actors who exploit instability for profit and power."
Some 150,000 are estimated to have died in the civil war that has engulfed this nation since 2023. Open Doors reports, "the situation for the nation’s 2 million Christians is especially grim."
"We are considered as the enemy by both (opposing) factions, who accuse us of being allied with the other side," Rafat Samir, general secretary for the Sudan Evangelical Alliance, told Fox News Digital. We are told ‘you don’t belong here’ and driven from our homes. To make matters worse, Christians are often excluded when aid is distributed." A particular pattern can be seen across sub-Saharan Africa, Open Doors states. The report claims, "Islamist militants enter the vacuums in law and order left by a weak junta and civil conflicts. It means they can operate with impunity across parts of Burkina Faso, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Somalia, Niger and Mozambique. Their stated aim is to create ‘Sharia states’ operating under their deadly interpretation of Islamic law."
Elsewhere in the world, North Korea remains top of the list for having the world’s worst persecution of Christians, with Open Doors stating, "If Christians are discovered, they and their families are deported to labor camps or executed."
A huge spike in reported violence against Christians in Syria has followed the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s presidency in Dec. 2024, and has led the country to jump to number six on the list. China is number 17, with churches driven underground by surveillance and heavy regulation.
The reporting period for the World Watch List ended some two months before President Trump ordered U.S. forces to bomb Muslim militants in northwestern Nigeria on Christmas Day to try to stop the killing of Christians.
Jo Newhouse from Open Doors sub-Saharan Africa, told Fox News Digital, "The U.S. airstrikes (against Jihadi groups in Nigeria) have thrown many of the militant groups in the area into a state of panic. They have been scattering and attacking civilians as they come across soft targets, hoping that they can rebuild their resources through looting and kidnapping."
"Many Christians across the northern states are in a state of flux, unable to find any safety or stability. They bear the scars of living under the perpetual risk of death, destruction and displacement," Newhouse said.
Das Ende der Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland
Am 19. Dezember 2025 stimmte der Deutsche Bundesrat mehrheitlich der Verschärfung der Internationalen Gesundheitsvorschriften (IGV) zu. Die Änderungen, die auf Beschlüssen der WHO aus dem Jahr 2024 beruhen, treten 2025 für jene Mitgliedstaaten in Kraft, die ihnen nicht ausdrücklich widersprochen haben. Kritiker sehen darin einen tiefgreifenden Eingriff in nationale Entscheidungsprozesse und warnen vor möglichen Folgen für Grundrechte und den öffentlichen Diskurs in Deutschland.
Ein Kommentar von Claudia Töpper.
Am Freitag hat der Deutsche Bundesrat innerhalb von 20 Sekunden mehrheitlich die Verschärfung der IGV beschlossen. Von den insgesamt 16 Bundesländern haben lediglich die zwei Bundesländer, Brandenburg und Thüringen, dagegen gestimmt. (1)
Inhalt der Änderungen
Laut der offiziellen Seite der WHO handelt es sich um folgende Änderungen: „Im Jahr 2024 verabschiedeten die WHO-Mitgliedstaaten auf der siebenundsiebzigsten Weltgesundheitsversammlung in Genf im Konsens Änderungen. Eine der Neuerungen ist die Einführung einer neuen globalen Alarmstufe – eines sogenannten „Pandemienotstands“ –, um eine stärkere internationale Zusammenarbeit auszulösen, wenn sich ein Gesundheitsrisiko über einen gesundheitlichen Notfall von internationaler Tragweite (PHEIC) hinaus verschärft und das Risiko besteht, dass es zu einer Pandemie wird oder bereits eine Pandemie geworden ist, mit weitreichenden Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheitssysteme und erheblichen Störungen der Gesellschaften.
Die Änderungen sehen außerdem die Einrichtung nationaler IGV-Behörden durch die Regierungen vor, um die Umsetzung der Internationalen Gesundheitsvorschriften zu koordinieren. Darüber hinaus enthalten sie Bestimmungen zur Stärkung des Zugangs zu medizinischen Produkten und zur Finanzierung auf der Grundlage von Gerechtigkeit und Solidarität. […]
Die Stärkung der Internationalen Gesundheitsvorschriften stellt ein historisches Bekenntnis dar, künftige Generationen vor den verheerenden Auswirkungen von Epidemien und Pandemien zu schützen“, sagte WHO-Generaldirektor Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
„Wir wissen, dass niemand sicher ist, solange nicht alle sicher sind. Die IGV-Änderungen bekräftigen unsere gemeinsame Verantwortung und Solidarität angesichts globaler Gesundheitsrisiken.
Neben den geänderten IGV verabschiedeten die Mitgliedstaaten auf der diesjährigen Weltgesundheitsversammlung auch das WHO-Pandemieabkommen und verhandeln derzeit aktiv über einen Anhang zu diesem Abkommen zum Zugang zu Krankheitserregern und zum Vorteilsausgleich. […]“ (2)
Reaktion und Folgen für die deutsche Bevölkerung
Welche Auswirkung die Zustimmung für die Menschen in Deutschland hat, erläutert die Rechtsanwältin und Wissenschaftlerin Dr. Beate Sybille Pfeil im Interview mit dem österreichischen Nachrichtensender AUF1. Sie hatte bereits vor dem Gesundheitsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages vor der Zustimmung des WHO-Vertrages gewarnt. (3)
Wörtlich schätzte sie die Zustimmung wie folgt ein:
„[…] Es handelt sich um einen schwarzen Tag für das Grundgesetz, die Grundrechte und den Rechtsstaat in Deutschland. Es ist zwar nach wie vor so, dass […] formalrechtlich [die] Souveränität Deutschlands ebenso wenig aufgehoben [wird], wie die Souveränität der anderen Mitgliedsstaaten. Allerdings gibt es durch die WHO ein trojanisches Pferd, was direkt in die deutsche Rechtsordnung hineinwirkt. […] Eine Expertise kann eine WHO nur dann haben, wenn sie im Stande ist, objektiv, unabhängig, evidenzbasiert und sachbezogene Entscheidungen zu treffen. Das ist sie in keiner Weise. […] Wir alle wissen, dass die WHO unter eklatanten Strukturfehlern leidet. Der allererste ist die Spendenabhängigkeit: zu über 80% von freiwilligen Spenden, die meisten davon direkt oder indirekt aus der Pharmalobby. Allen voran der Gates-Stiftung. Dann haben wir eine eklatante Intransparenz, was am Ende dazu führt, dass die WHO inzwischen eine fremdgesteuerte Organisation ist, von Interessenskonflikten geprägt, mit der Gefahr von Machtmissbrauch und diese WHO kann schon jetzt entscheiden, Gesundheitsnotstände auszurufen, auf der Grundlage, Freiheitsbeschränkungen zu empfehlen, die von den Staaten einfach Blind befolgt werden unter der Vernachlässigung ihrer eigenen Verfassungen. Und das heißt, wir haben hier schon das trojanische Pferd, das heißt, das blinde Vertrauen in die Expertise der WHO. […] Mit der neuen IGV wird sich diese Lage weiter massiv verschärfen und verstärken.“
Welche Änderungen gibt es konkret?
„Wir haben jetzt schon die Möglichkeit, […] dass der Generaldirektor der WHO einen sogenannten fake Public Health Emergency of International Concern [PHEIC] ausruft, also einen internationalen Gesundheitsnotstand. Das wurde jetzt ergänzt durch die Möglichkeit, eine pandemische Notlage als Steigerungsform auszurufen. Die ist absolut vage, unbestimmt formuliert. Damit hat der Generaldirektor eine weitere Möglichkeit noch schneller die Welt in Angst und Schrecken zu versetzen – auch ohne evidenzbasierte Grundlage.
Das zweite ist, der Generaldirektor kann dann auf der Grundlage Empfehlungen erlassen und diese Empfehlungen können neuerdings auch sogenannte relevante Gesundheitsprodukte umfassen, allen voran Medikamente und Impfstoffe. All das auch wieder ohne unabhängige Kontrollinstanz. Damit kann er rein willkürlich solche Dinge den Staaten der Welt nahe legen und die Staaten vollziehen wieder blind. Und mit der pandemischen Notlage ist die direkte Anknüpfung an den künftigen Pandemievertrag erfolgt und gleichzeitig wird der Druck auf die Mitgliedstaaten dadurch erhöht, dass sie ihre behördlichen Kernkapazitäten auf ihre WHO-Verpflichtungen ausrichten müssen. […]
Die WHO hat ergänzend zu diesen Möglichkeiten jenseits der IGV noch einige Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt, in dem sie z. B. in Berlin das sogenannte Hub, also Zentrum for Pandemic [and Epidemic] Intelligence errichtet hat. (4) Dieses große Pandemiezentrum verwendet das System EOS 2.0. Da werden in Berlin weltweit die offiziell zugänglichen - vielleicht auch die inoffiziellen - Daten überwacht, vor dem Hintergrund, wir brauchen das alles, um das Infektionsgeschehen weiter überwachen zu können. Und am Ende geht’s ja auch darum, wie tickt die Weltbevölkerung. Dann haben wir nämlich auch gleich noch einen weiteren Schritt im Hintergrund. Da geht es nämlich um die Bekämpfung sogenannter Fehl- und Desinformation, die jetzt ausdrücklich auch als staatliche Verpflichtung in diese neue IGV reingeschrieben wurde. Die WHO maßt sich in unvergleichlicher Weise hier ein Wahrheitsmonopol an. Zwei deutsche Gerichte haben dies bereits für […] rechtmäßig erklärt, in dem nämlich ein LinkedIn Nutzer gesperrt werden durfte, nach einer Entscheidung des Berliner Landgerichts und auch des Oberlandesgerichts. Einfach nur mit der Begründung, dass Posts, die [sich] nicht im Einklang mit den Vorgaben der WHO befinden, legitimer Weise gesperrt werden dürfen.
Wir haben hier eine komplette Ausschaltung der Idee des freien Wissenschaftsdiskurses. Wir haben hier wirklich eine Lenkung der Informationsflüsse nur noch im Sinne der WHO und der dahinter stehenden Mächte, die eng mit der Pharmaindustrie verbandelt sind. Und dann haben wir eben eine ausdrückliche Verankerung der Möglichkeit, die Produktion von Medikamenten und Impfstoffen weltweit massiv zu erhöhen. […] Das ganze verbindet sich mit einem Emergency Use Listing Procedure [EUL], durch das die WHO versucht auch die Zulassungsbehörden der Welt zu beeinflussen.
Dann haben wir in Kombination damit eine sehr beunruhigende Agenda, die nennt sich Digitale Transformations- und Immunisierungsagenda. Da geht es also […] um Digitalisierung und […] um eine weitere Verstärkung der Impfung der Weltbevölkerung. Verbunden mit der Impfstoffherstellung ist die Gain-of-Function-Forschung, insbesondere, wenn es sich um die modRNA-Impfstoffe handelt. Das heißt, jede Firma, die diese neuen mRNA-Impfstoffe herstellt, betreibt automatisch auch diese gefährliche Gain-of-Function-Forschung, durch die Viren künstlich gefährlicher gemacht werden. Da verschwimmt der Unterschied zur Biowaffenforschung. Das heißt, am Ende erzeugt die WHO womöglich die Gefahren, die sie vorgibt, bekämpfen zu wollen.
Dann haben wir einen dritten ganz wichtigen Punkt, die WHO betreibt massiv einen ideologischen Umbau vom freiheitlichen Rechtsstaat Richtung autoritär, totalitär und zwar mit dieser Idee, Fehl- und Desinformationen bekämpfen zu wollen. Mit dieser Idee auch Verhaltenslenkung ganz selbstverständlich betreiben zu wollen, die Weltbevölkerung zum Gehorsam zu bewegen. Auch das ist durch weitere WHO-Dokumente noch zusätzlich belegt und soll auch mit dem neuen Pandemievertrag noch verschärft werden. Dann haben wir gleichzeitig noch eine Doktrin der WHO, die mit Militarisierung in Zusammenhang steht. Und eine ganz ganz gefährliche Sache bei der WHO ist einfach die schon längst vorhandene Verknüpfung öffentlicher – sprich – gesundheitlicher Interessen mit privatem Profit und anderen Interessen.
Das ist im Kern freiheitswidrig und rechtsstaatswidrig, weil diese Interessen sind im Zweifel konträr und am Ende geht das ganz zu Lasten der Interessen der wirklich öffentlichen Gesundheit und auch der Gesundheit des Einzelnen. […] Dieser WHO dürfen wir nicht vertrauen. Und anscheinend haben Bundestag und Bundesrat in Deutschland das noch nicht verstanden.“
Das Ende der Meinungsfreiheit
„Jetzt haben wir die erforderlichen Zustimmungen von Bundestag und Bundesrat. Dann würde dieses deutsche Zustimmungsgesetz verkündet werden […] und im Bundesgesetzblatt veröffentlicht. Gleichzeitig kann die Bundesregierung damit an die WHO gehen und den offiziell erklärten Widerspruch gegen die IGV zurücknehmen. Damit sind letztlich die IGV durch die Zustimmung in Deutschland in Kraft getreten und gleichzeitig ist auch die völkerrechtliche Verbindlichkeit erzeugt. Das kann jetzt alles relativ schnell gehen. Leider.“ […]
Widerstand noch möglich?
„Schritt eins wird sein, dass wir, Juristen, jetzt in Deutschland beobachten, was sind die nächsten Schritte, wie wird dieses erste Zustimmungsgesetz zu den IGV dann weiter durch Rechtsakte konkretisiert. Sobald sich aus diesen konkreteren Rechtsakten eine unmittelbare Grundrechtsgefährdung ergibt, müssen wir mit Verfassungsbeschwerden, eventuell auch mit abstrakten Normenkontrollklagen an das Bundesverfassungsgericht gehen. Auch, wenn die Chancen noch so gering erscheinen. Es ist wichtig hier jeden rechtlichen Hebel zu bedienen, der uns noch zur Verfügung steht. Das andere ist die politische Ebene. Es muss am Ende darum gehen, einen Austritt aus der WHO anzustreben. Ich sehe dazu keine Alternative mehr. Diese WHO ist komplett von innen heraus kaputt und in den Händen fremder Mächte, die mit Gesundheit nichts mehr zu tun haben und die eigentliche Gesundheit und Leben der Weltbevölkerung bedrohen. Und ansonsten geht es immer wieder um Aufklärung.“
Der Hintergrund
Mithilfe der Fristverlängerung hatte Deutschland im Juli 2025 zunächst gegen die Zustimmung der verschärften IGV gestimmt. (5)
Am 09. Oktober 2025 fand dann doch die erste Lesung zum WHO-Pandemievertrag inklusive der IGV-Änderungen statt. Allerdings erst um 22:15 Uhr. Christina Baum, AfD-Mitglied und Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages äußerte hierzu die Vermutung, dass die Öffentlichkeit von den Inhalten nichts erfahren soll, denn zuvor hatten viele Kritiker davor gewarnt den Verschärfungen der WHO-Regelungen zuzustimmen. (6)
Auch der Versuch, im Vorfeld die Zustimmung Deutschlands zu den IGV-Änderungen durch eine Verfassungsbeschwerde vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe zu verhindern, scheiterte. (7)
Am 07.11.2025 hatte der Deutsche Bundestag den Änderungen der IGV zugestimmt. (8)
Kommentar
Dass die WHO mit Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus als Generaldirektor von einem Menschen geleitet wird, der in seinem eigenen Herkunftsland wegen Genozid in Äthiopien gesucht wird, macht die WHO nicht gerade vertrauenswürdig. (9)
Deutschland hatte im Herbst 2025 gegen die EU-Kontrolle von Messenger-Diensten gestimmt.(10) Diejenigen, die jedoch über die Pläne der WHO Bescheid wussten, konnten bereits da erahnen, dass dieser Kontrollmechanismus dennoch durch die Hintertür mittels der Zustimmung zu den WHO-Plänen in Deutschland Realität werden könnte. Dass die Politiker Deutschlands aus der WHO austreten, nachdem sie gerade den Plänen zugestimmt haben, ist mehr als unwahrscheinlich. So hat sich vor zwei Wochen der berüchtigte deutsche Virologe, Christian Drosten in der Enquetekommission dahingehend freudig geäußert, dass man für künftige Pandemien keine neuen nationalen Kontrollmechanismen benötige, da man ja der WHO angehöre und diese das Geschehen in der Welt während einer Pandemie regeln würde. (11)
Im Nachhinein ist diese Äußerung natürlich sehr interessant, denn zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte der Deutsche Bundesrat den neuen IGV der WHO noch nicht zugestimmt. Die Figuren, die der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt werden, haben somit offensichtlich bereits gewusst, wie die Abstimmung am Freitag im Bundesrat ausgehen würde. Dies lässt einmal mehr darauf schließen, dass es sich nicht um die Ausübung demokratischer Prozesse handelt und schon gar nicht die Rechte der Menschen gewahrt werden sollen. Im besten Fall hat man es mit inkompetenten Entscheidungsträgern zu tun, die sich davor scheuen, wichtige Entscheidungen für andere Menschen treffen zu müssen und froh sind, wenn andere diese Verantwortung tragen. Im schlimmsten Fall hat man es hier jedoch mit weltweit vertretenen Narzissten in der Politik zu tun, die andere Menschen opfern, um sich beweisen zu können, dass sie etwas wert sind, weil es ihre Eltern ihnen in ihrer Kindheit verwehrten. Da es sich bei der letzteren Variante also offensichtlich um eine Kompensationsstrategie handelt, stellt sich die Frage, was diese narzisstischen Politiker machen, wenn es niemanden mehr gibt, den sie unterdrücken und quälen können, denn dann ist ihre Kompensationsstrategie am Ende und sie müssten sich ihren emotionalen Schmerzen stellen. Erfahrungen aus der Psychologie zeigen jedoch, dass narzisstische Menschen dies oft nicht ertragen und eher Suizid begehen würden.
Würden mehr Psychologen diesen Zusammenhang öffentlich erklären, würden Menschen vielleicht nicht mehr ihren Retter in der Politik oder in Parteien suchen, sondern bei sich selbst.
(1) https://auf1.tv/nachrichten-auf1/who-vorschriften-jetzt-kommt-informations-sperre-verhaltenslenkung
(2) https://www.who.int/news/item/19-09-2025-amended-international-health-regulations-enter-into-force
(3) https://auf1.tv/eilt/who-vorschriften-jetzt-kommt-informations-sperre-verhaltenslenkung
(5) https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/1114984/21-14-0027-9-Dr-Pfeil-Stellungnahme-zur-Anhoerung-IGV-nichtbarrierefrei.pdf; https://www.who.int/news/item/19-09-2025-amended-international-health-regulations-enter-into-force
(6) https://bundestag.api.proxy.bund.dev/dokumente/textarchiv/2025/kw41-de-internationale-gesundheitsvorschrift-1111818; https://auf1.tv/nachrichten-auf1/weil-es-keiner-merken-soll-bundestag-debattiert-who-vorschriften-erst-nach-22-uhr
(9) https://www.focus.de/panorama/who-chef-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-unter-beschuss-beteiligung-an-voelkermord-in-aethiopien_id_12880567.html; https://www.tichyseinblick.de/kolumnen/aus-aller-welt/tedros-who-chef/
(11) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99--AEtfa7M; https://www.nius.de/analyse/news/enquete-kommission-christian-drosten-corona-widersprueche
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Dank an die Autorin für das Recht zur Veröffentlichung dieses Beitrags.
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Bild: Kleine Flaggen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO auf abstraktem, unscharfem Hintergrund.
Bildquelle: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI / shutterstock