The Intergroup for Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance welcomes the appointment of Frans van Daele as new EU Special Envoy for religious freedom. However, for many persecuted believers, this action by the European Commission comes too late....
Read moreMembers of the Intergroup, together with other interested colleagues, have written a letter to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen urging her to appoint a new EU Special Envoy for freedom or religion or belief as soon as possible....
Read moreOn the 3rd of May, during the Strasbourg plenary, the European Parliament voted on a resolution that we have been waiting for a long time, the INI report on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion...
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Dozens of Christians massacred in a church, attending service, standing under a crucifix with their children, and Europe says it is ” shocked. ” But ” the root causes of this insecurity in Nigeria are not based in religion. Sometimes Read more…
Non c’è nulla da ridere. Mentre qualcuno si ostina, ridicolamente, a puntare il dito contro gli iceberg che si sciolgono al Polo Nord, in Nigeria si consuma, palesemente, violentemente, ma senza che alcuno se ne accorga, a parte il quarto d’ora di funebre Read more…
On 22 March, MEPs Peter Van Dalen and Carlo Fidanza made public their 45-page report “The EU and Freedom of Religion or Belief 2017-2021” at the European Parliament in Brussels. Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, was invited as a Read more…
The EU and freedom of Religion or belief 2017-2021. Presentation of the periodical report The presentation of the periodic report published by the Intergroup on Religious Freedom of the European Parliament was held this afternoon. The report, which outlines the Read more…
A Bruxelles si è acceso un faro sulla persecuzione religiosa nel mondo. È avvenuta infatti ieri la presentazione del Rapporto periodico pubblicato dall’Intergruppo sulla libertà religiosa del Parlamento europeo. Il testo delinea lo stato dell’arte della libertà religiosa nel mondo Read more…
In a statement published by the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance ( FoRB & RT ), they inform of “the presentation of the periodic report published by the Intergroup” which was held on Read more…
Quello delle minoranze religiose perseguitate è un martirio silenzioso e costante, che va avanti ogni giorno sotto traccia. Il diritto di professare liberamente la propria fede ormai viene messo in discussione in decine di Paesi del globo, minacciato da fondamentalismo Read more…
Ucraina, ma non solo. Fuori dai radar dell’informazione mainstream, altri conflitti in giro per il mondo continuano a consumarsi sulla pelle dei civili. Persecutori d’ogni risma imbracciano spesso le armi a motivo dell’odio religioso. Ed è per tutelare il diritto a professare la Read more…
Menschenwürde Jeder Mensch trägt als Gottes Ebenbild unverlierbar unveräußerliche Würde. Jeder Mensch, auch der Arme, der Kranke, der Fremde, der Kriminelle, jeder widerspiegelt etwas von Gottes Wesen. Die Menschenwürde dient somit insbesondere dem Schutz der Schwachen. Unterlassene Hilfeleistung oder gar ein Angriff Read more…
On Friday 12th of November seven Members of the European Parliament, including four of the Intergroup on FoRB, have sent a letter to the Chargé d’Affaires, Mr. Juan Carlos Camacho Camejo, of the Cuban Embassy in Brussels. The letter is Read more…
This European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance (FoRB&RT) has sent a letter of congratulation to former MEP Anna Záborská, who is appointed to the Government Deputy on Religious Freedom or Belief in the Slovak Read more…
“In May 2021 we made a statement that finally the EU Special Envoy on FoRB was appointed. Now in September 2021, only 4 months later, we are disappointed that Christos Stylianides has decided to take up another role and to Read more…