Tehmina Kazi on Religion, Religious Freedom and Secularism
Religion, Religious Freedom and Secularism – by Tehmina Kazi This article appeared in the March 2013 edition of the IARF British Chapter’s Newsletter and IARF Peacemaking Commission News For the last three and a half years, I have been the Director of a registered charity named British Muslims for Secular Democracy. When I tell […]
HRET Swarnachuda College, Nilgiri, Odisha
Human Rights Education training@Swarnachuda Degree College, Mitrapur, Nilgiri, Odisha27-28 April, 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated) Photos
HRET Jan Sikshna Samsthan, Vizag
Human Rights Education training@Jan Sikshana Samsthan, Visakhapatnam-316-17 April 2013 Facilitators: Prof. N.Prakasarao & Prof. E. P. S. Bhagyalakshmi Report (PDF 5 pages, illustrated) Photos
Guidelines for arranging group visits to Houses of Worship
From Scarboro Missions, comprehensive guidelines for visiting houses of worship of various faiths, authored by renowned Canadian multifaith educator, JW Windland.
HRET DIET, Mysore
Human Rights Education training@District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Mysore, Karnataka State14-15 March 2013 Facilitators: Adv. Md. Shabeer Ahmed & Adv. Mrs. M.A. Hemalatha Rao This training was held with International Women’s Day in mind, as well as the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated) Photos
RFYN meets UN official India visit
27 April 2013, Chennai Following the wave of concern over women’s issues in India since the New Delhi rape atrocity of December 2012, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the United Nations arranged, under the ‘Special Procedures’ instrument for human rights issues, a country visit by the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, from April […]
HRET Deshbandhu Chittaranjan College, Burdwan
Human Rights Education workshop @Deshbandhu Chittaranjan College, Chittaranjan, Burdwan, West Bengal 9-10 March 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated) Photos
Some current human rights concerns
28 May 2013It is often difficult to manage the tide of news on widespread violation of human rights around the globe. From Dr. Homi Dhalla, who was recently awarded recognition by the Government of Kazakhstan for his interfaith work, here is a of roll of recent incidents that offers a conspectus of some of the major human […]
Council meeting 2013
[nggallery id=31] REPORT: 2013 International Council meeting at the Konko Church of Izuo in Osaka, 17-19 April 2013 Preceded by the annual Executive meeting – hosted once more by our Osaka member group Shitennoji Temple – the two-day annual board meeting ended on Friday (19 April), in general agreement that this was the most positive so far during the […]