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  • CIFoRB interviews Ján Figeľ

    CIFoRB interviews Ján Figeľ

    Angela Garvey Hammond interviews Ján Figeľ, the EU Special Envoy for the Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union. More information on the CIFoRB project: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ciforb

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  • EU Special Envoy

    EU Special Envoy

    Interview on the mission to promote Freedom of Religion and Belief

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  • “Embattled” – Conference speakers Jan Figel and Andreas Thonhauser

    “Embattled” – Conference speakers Jan Figel and Andreas Thonhauser

    Conference “Embattled: Christians Under Pressure in Europe and Beyond”; Session I with presentations by Andreas Thonhauser (ADF International) and Jan Figel (European Commission, Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom and religion and belief outside the EU) A conference with the goals of informing lawmakers, professionals, clergy, and media from Austria and neighboring countries about

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  • What US President-elect D. Trump can do for Syria and Aleppo

    (CNN) The US President-elect walks onto the world stage facing a question: Will this century of genocides end or continue? Donald Trump comes to power amid what has been called „the complete meltdown of humanity“ in Syria, with US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power demanding of UN member states Syria, Iran, and Russia:

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  • What US President-elect D. Trump can do for Syria and Aleppo

    What US President-elect D. Trump can do for Syria and Aleppo

    The US President-elect walks onto the world stage facing a question: Will this century of genocides end or continue? Donald Trump comes to power amid what has been called “the complete meltdown of humanity” in Syria, with US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power demanding of UN member states Syria, Iran, and Russia: “Are

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  • What US President-elect D. Trump can do for Syria and Aleppo

    (CNN) The US President-elect walks onto the world stage facing a question: Will this century of genocides end or continue? Donald Trump comes to power amid what has been called “the complete meltdown of humanity” in Syria, with US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power demanding of UN member states Syria, Iran, and Russia: “Are

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  • Address by Ján Figeľ at The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2016 in the theme of “Promo

    “Freedom of Religion, Interfaith Dialogue and Development Policy” A Keynote Address by The Hon. Jan Figel (EU Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU) The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2016 “Promoting Global Human Rights through Cultural Diplomacy” (Berlin, December 14th- 19th, 2016) The Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies

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  • Ján Figeľ’s speech at the Launching Event of the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy

    Ján Figeľ’s speech at the Launching Event of the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy

    European Academy of Religion A research intiative of Scientific Societies and Associations of Scholars, Research Centers and Departments, Media, Scientific Journals, Publishers and Scholars coming from European and Mediterranean Countries, the Middle East, Caucasus and Russia ​ Bologna, December 4th & 5th 2016 – www.fscire.it

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  • The spread of “Christianophobia”: ignored by the international community and media

    High-level European officials and experts attending an international conference in Vienna last week stated that European governments and the international community were failing to address religious discrimination and the persecution of Christians in Europe and worldwide. In his opening keynote speech to the conference, EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, Ján Figel’, observed that even

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