Category: Language
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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, prime parole dal Canada: “Non ho mai indebolito la mia fede”
E Jan Figel, inviato speciale dell’Unione Europea per la libertà religiosa, spiega ad ACI Stampa le tappe che la hanno portata in Canada BUDAPEST, 11 settembre, 2019 / 6:00 PM (ACI Stampa). Dal luogo in Canada dove è con la sua famiglia a seguito dell’assoluzione dalla condanna a morte per blasfemia, Asia Bibi invia un…
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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 rompe su silencio y dice que quiere mudarse a Europa
Tras pasar 9 años en el corredor de la muerte por una acusación falsa de blasfemia, Asia Bibi es entrevistada por un diario británico. Asia cuenta los años terribles de prisión y como se logró su liberación, así como los planes de futuro que tiene. La mujer cristiana pakistaní que estuvo 9 años en el…
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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…
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EU’s religious freedom envoy wants Europe to do more to protect minorities
The EU’s special envoy for religious freedom, Jan Figel, believes that Europe needs to “face up” to the numerous cases of discrimination that occur against religious minorities within its own borders. Speaking at a high-level conference in Brussels, Figel said the upcoming European elections in May was a perfect opportunity to raise awareness of the…