Announcement of 34th World Congress, 2014
“Challenges for Religious Freedom in the digital age” Sun 24 to Weds 27 August 2014University of Birmingham,United Kingdom Announcement flyer (PDF) Updates (also on Twitter and Facebook Friends and Event pages) Information to date on the Congress
In the Name of the Lord: Understanding Blasphemy Laws
Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra serves as an Imam and Scholar of Muslim theology, and appears regularly in print and on television. In this piece, written for the Spring 2013 edition of Inter-Faith Matters, newsletter of the Edinburgh Inter Faith Association, Shaykh Mogra discusses Blasphemy Laws, a divisive topic that has seen recent protest in Edinburgh. A number of countries […]
HRET Vivekananda Seva Nikatan, W. Bengal
Human Rights Education workshop @Vivekananda Seva Nikatan, West Bengal 30 April-1 May 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF, 6 pages illustrated) Photos
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 […]