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News and reports from IARF’s Europe and Middle East region, including regional gatherings, member-community developments and issues directly connected with EME’s work.
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Bahrain: Arrest of Inter-Faith Activist and Head of IARF Member Group Maytham Al Salman
On Saturday 8th August 2015, Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, chairman of the Bahrain Interfaith Centre, an Associate member group of the IARF, and Head of the Religious Freedom Unit in the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO), was detained at Manama international airport, charged with “inciting hatred against the regime”. The Sheikh has been detained before. We wrote about this […]
German Unitarian General Assembly 2015 (The 29th ‘Unitariertag’)
WHEN: Pentecost 2015 (22 to 25 May 2015 )WHERE: Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ( city of the Niebelungs, vineyards, and the roots of the Free Protestant–Unitarian movement ) Flyer_Unitariertag2015_englishFlyer_Unitariertag2015_deutsch The Unitariertag is a unique chance to meet about 250 Unitarians and the independent Youth Group “Bund Deutsch Unitarischer Jugend, BDUJ“. We want to discuss in workshops and […]
IARF Congress 2014 registration form
Please use the form in the link below to register if you have any problems with the automated registration. Simply download and fill in the form, and email to hq [at] iarf.net. IARF-Congress-2014-offline-registration-form We will then invoice you through PayPal. For this payment you will not need a PayPal account – only a credit or debit card.. […]
Hotels near Birmingham university campus
Recommended off-campus accommodation for IARF Congress 2014 Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre 1 mile from Selly Oak Railway Station (which is a 15-minute walk from campus, and 5 minutes by train to city centre)Set within 10 acres of peaceful gardens and woodland, former home of the famous chocolatier and Quaker, George Cadbury… Plough and […]
Congress 2014 – post-Congress visit, Belfast
Organised for after the Congress closes:- (You can indicate your interest on the registration form, and we will contact you by email with further details). Peace-making in Northern Ireland A four-nights visit to Northern Ireland to learn about the peace process there, at Larne near Belfast. Cost: £200, payable in advance at this page. Peacemaking in Northern Ireland (PDF two pages – […]
Coaches to and from Birmingham
The most convenient way to get to Birmingham from London Heathrow airport (LHR) is by coach, from Heathrow Central Bus Station (CBS), using the main national coach operator, National Express.They have a desk at the CBS which will help put you on the correct bus (and change your ticket for the next one if you […]
Congress 2014 Evening Visits to Faith Centres
Please see this itinerary: IARF Congress 2014 – Worship Centres Visits programme (PDF 3 pages)
17th UPR Session – Country Review of Israel
Country Review of Israel Israel Government Statements (Opening, Closing, Country Report) [upload pdf] Media statement http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Highlights29October2013pm.aspx First Cycle: Date of consideration: Thurs 4 December 2008 – 2.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Second Cycle: Date of consideration: Tues 29 January 2013, 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm; Postponed to Tues 29 October 2013 2:30pm – 6:00pm Draft […]
Bahrain: government violations during Ashura season 2013
Press Conference on Religious Freedom Violations during Ashura (November 2013) The Department for Religious Freedom in the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory has expressed its strong condemnation of the escalation of the pace of systematic violations on religious freedom in Bahrain during Ashura (November 2013), and the increasing number of official violations carried out by government […]
