Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2013, Vishakhapatnam
6 – 9 August 2013 Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India IARF member group Bala Vikas Foundation for Peace & Harmony is organising commemorative meetings around the city with the goal of inculcating an anti- nuclear mindset in the public, especially the student community. A photo exhibition showcasing the Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions is also part of the events. On 6th, […]
HRE-RFYN Angelo Institute, Hindupur
Human Rights Education program@Angelo Institute, Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh 12 – 13 July 2013 Facilitator: Bro. Albert Xaviour This RFYN-India event was a prelude to the launch of its new base in the Human Rights Resource Centre at Angelo Institute. Report (PDF 2 pages, illustrated)
Freedom of Expression & Freedom of Religion and Belief: government memorandum
Human rights policy memorandum ‘Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion and Belief’ ….details the Netherlands’ efforts to help achieve universal respect for the freedoms of expression and religion.
Equality, Freedom, and Religion: book
Oxford University Press Roger Trigg 196 pages Introduction1: Does Religious Freedom Matter?2: Does Equality Trump Freedom?3: Religious Beliefs and Institutions.4: Equal Beliefs?5: Is Religious Toleration Enough?6: Freedom from the Law?7: Belief and Practice8: Necessary Limits to Religious Freedom9: The Challenge of Equality10: The Foundations of Equality and FreedomConclusion
HRET Belley Ma Sarada Seva Kendra, W.Bengal
Human Rights Education workshopBelley Ma Sarada Seva Kendra, Rathtala, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal28-29 June 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF, 5 pages illustrated) Photos
HRET at Kustia Sabuj Sangha, West Bengal
22-23 June 2013 Human Rights Educationn workshopKustia Sabuj Sangha, Kustia, Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF, 5 pages illustrated) Photos
Congress 2014 venue familiarisation
6 July 2013 Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake, representing IARF’s president Most Rev. Mitsuo Miyake, visited Birmingham together with IARF Treasurer Jeff Teagle and British Chapter committee member Derek McAuley (Chief Officer of the Unitarian General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches), as guests of Shaykh Muhammad Amin-Evans, Chair of the Congress Host Committee. They were given a […]
British Chapter committee member elected to IFN-UK Executive
1 July 2013The British Chapter of IARF has congratulated committee member Derek McAuley on his election to the Executive Committee of the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom. The Inter Faith Network plays a key role in promoting good relations between people of different faiths in this country and advancing public knowledge and mutual […]
EU Guidelines on FoRB Promotion & Protection
On 24 June 2013, the Council of the European Union adopted the Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief, and said the EU will: recall at all appropriate occasions that laws that criminalize blasphemy restrict expression concerning religious or other beliefs; that they are often applied so as to persecute, […]
British parliamentary RF group launch report
The newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom launched a report at the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 June 2013, revealing that millions of people in 184 countries have experienced aggression or intimidation because their beliefs. Article 18: An Orphaned Right