Oslo Religious Freedom Conference
... Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or…
USA Launches New Religious Liberty Commission
... Pastor Paula White described the creation of the Faith Office as a “historic event” and reported that over 1,000 religious leaders had visited the White House in the past 100 days. She stated that…
Politician Defends Socially Excluded Minority
... “I feel that I am partly responsible for causing a situation in which many of you suffered greatly. However, I believe that if a politician has made a mistake, he also has the responsibility…
The Fifth Statement of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
... the Family Federation is a community dedicated to living with and loving God as our Parent, living a righteous life to emulate God who is the embodiment of true love, forming families under the…
FOREF: How Minority Religions React to the Law
Religious Freedom by Peter Zoehrer, FOREF Europe The annual INFORM Conference 2019 held in Association with the Department of Theology & Religious Studies, at King’s College, London, on June 1, 2019. Eileen Barker had invited…
Central European Initiative Meeting at the Prague Parliament
By UPF Czech, Juraj Lajda Under the auspices of Hon. Nina Nováková, Member of the Czech Parliament, an international conference on the topic “Challenges and Opportunities of Our Time” was convened at the Parliament…
The Freedom of Religion as a Human Rights Priority
Human Rights Day: Challenges and Opportunities of Our Time December 10, 2016 by forefeurope by Aaron Rhodes Dr. Aaron Rhodes is the President of the Forum for Religious Freedom – Europe. Vienna, 10.12.2016…
FOREF: Defending Freedom of Religion and Belief as a Matter of Principle
by FOREF Vienna & Warsaw, October 11, 2016 – Ever since 2003, FOREF Europe has regularly represented civil society at the OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw. In this report…
Annual Reports on Freedom of Religion or Belief
by erichmayer (Forum for Religious Freedom Europe) Vienna, 14.07.2016 (FOREF) – The Forum for Religious Freedom Europe presents three recently published annual reports by the European Intergroup on FoRB & RT, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int’l…
Vietnam: New Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’
By FORFE, Vishal Arora : Hanoi, 28.04.2016 (World Watch Monitor) – Vietnam’s new “Law on Belief and Religion,” scheduled to come into effect this year, will add another layer of governmental repression and control to…