Autor Marek Olšanský
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„Never Again“: A Panel at the Newseum in Washington, DC on October 11, 2019
„Never Again“: What Can Be Done to Prevent and Address Religious Persecution A Panel at the Newseum in Washington, DC on October 11, 2019
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The journey to freedom
EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jan Figel talks about how the Union helped Aasia Bibi make her way out of Pakistan “I am very grateful to Jan Figel, EU special envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB); and Muhammad Aman Ullah, a Pakistani human rights activist, for their thorough support.…
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Persecuted Pakistani Christian woman builds new life in Canada
Nine years after being falsely accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad while engaged in a row with her neighbours, Pakistani-born Christian Asia Bibi and her daughters have been relocated from Lahore to an undisclosed safe location in Canada where they are now all living together. Bibi had spent eight years on death row until October…
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Release of Asia Bibi shows promise for religious freedom
Budapest, Hungary, Sep 12, 2019 / 12:02 am (CNA).- A European Union official who played a role in working for the release of Pakistani death row inmate Asia Bibi said the outcome shows the potential of international cooperation to promote religious freedom. Ashiq Mesih and Eisham Ashiq, Asia Bibi’s husband and daughter in Rome April…
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Asia Bibi thanks EU’s Figel in her first live message from exile
“I want to thank an angel, a person who helped me from my imprisonment until now: that person is Jan Figel, the EU’s special envoy for Religious Freedom,” says Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being accused of blasphemy, in her first live message from her exile…
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Asia Bibi pleads for justice for victims of Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws as she plans to set
As Asia Bibi sits free at last in a secret location in Canada, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a false blasphemy charge thinks of those left behind still facing the same ordeal. Nearly four months after the 54-year-old finally left Pakistan following a miscarriage of justice that caused worldwide…
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DG DEVCO Seminar HUDIRE, June 2019, on Human Dignity and Religion
#HUDIRE Human Dignity & Religions: Valuing rights through religious studies. BRUSSELS, JUNE 15–16 2019. Organized by The Foundation for religious studies (Fscire, Italy) and the UNESCO Chair in Religious Pluralism and Peace (Italy), together with the Adyan Foundation for Diversity, Solidarity and Human Dignity (Lebanon).
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Plenary Discussion on Christian Persecution Presentation by EU Special Envoy Jan Figel
HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY DISCUSSION ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS hosted by H. E. Dr. Andor Nagy, Ambassador of Hungary in the Republic of Austria and MMag. Dr. Gudrun Kugler, Member of the Austrian Parliament, Speaker of Human Rights for ÖVP-Parliamentary Group Monday, 27th May 2019, at 18.00 at the Embassy of Hungary (Bankgasse 6, 1010 Vienna). The…
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Freedom of religion or belief is a litmus test of civil and political rights
Recent bloody attack in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand with 50 dead and over 50 injured was a reminder to the world that religious minorities are objects of attacks and persecution worldwide. These attacks are either sudden, fanatical and demonstrative or long-term and systematic. Their source is either racial or religious hatred by diverse…
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‘Dignity is the foundational principle of all human rights’ – an interview with Ján Figel
Ján Figel is the EU’s Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion outside the EU, appointed by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker in 2016. New Europe asked him about the progress made, and what lies ahead for freedom of religion and belief: New Europe: You have served as the EU Special…