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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.      

  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

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          

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      

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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      

 Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, India On Thursday 8 August 2013, a multi-part event marked a new phase in the Human Rights work of RFYN (IARF’s youth network) in India. HRRC Launch Report RFYN Leaders’ Gathering post-HRRC Launch Council member Br. Albert Xaviour, young adult representative on IARF’s international governing board, organized the event, with the indispensable help of […]