Category: Language
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Century of genocides: end or continuity?
Article written by Ján Figeľ, Special Envoy for promotion of FoRB outside the EU International Day of Religious Freedom (October 27) is a reminder that freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is neither self-evident reality, nor broadly winning international trend. Quite opposite, tendency is negative. This essential, universal human value is currently seriously restricted or attacked in majority…
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Jàn Figel: “Libertà religiosa in Pakistan tra le mie priorità”
Il rappresentante Ue per la libertà di religione dà riscontro alla petizione dell’Osservatorio sulla Cristianofobia. Il 10 ottobre scorso l’Osservatorio sulla Cristianofobia ha portato all’attenzione di Jàn Figel la protesta dei 6.258 firmatari della petizione Liberiamo Asia Bibi e “oggi il Rappresentante speciale per la promozione della libertà di religione o di credo al di…
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Century of Genocides: End or Continuity?
Brussels, 27.10.2016 (FOREF) – The annual International Day of Religious Freedom on October 27 is a reminder that freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is neither a self-evident reality, nor a broadly winning international trend. Quite the opposite is the case, since the actual tendency is negative. This essential, universal human value is currently seriously…
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For EU’s religious freedom envoy, Middle East is key arena
Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The genocide of Yazidis and Christians in the Middle East and the refugee crisis should be a priority for Europe, the EU special envoy for religious freedom has said. Jan Figel told CNA that even though “there many other places where religious freedom is liquidated,…
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For EU’s religious freedom envoy, Middle East is key arena
Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The genocide of Yazidis and Christians in the Middle East and the refugee crisis should be a priority for Europe, the EU special envoy for religious freedom has said. Jan Figel told CNA that even though “there many other places where religious freedom is liquidated,…
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L’inviato UE sulla libertà religiosa: “L’Europa deve fare di più”
BRUXELLES , 26 ottobre, 2016 / 9:00 AM (ACI Stampa). È tornato la scorsa settimana da una visita ufficiale in Giordania, dove ha potuto non solo parlare di cooperazione tra l’Europa e il piccolo Stato nel Medio Oriente, ma anche toccare con mano la situazione dei rifugiati cristiani. Jan Figel, inviato speciale dell’Unione Europea per…
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‘Without education Syrian children will be the next generation of IS’
Bearing samples of drawing and messages gathered from 1.2 million Muslim and Christian children from schools in Homs, Aleppo and Damascus, Syria, an appeal for peace was brought by representatives of the three main churches in Syria to policymakers at the highest levels of the EU and UN institutions. Organized by the Catholic charity Aid…
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EU Slams Britain: ISIS Is Committing Genocide And You’re Doing Nothing
Boris Johnson is under fire from the EU’s special envoy on religious freedom over the failure to describe ISIS atrocities against Christians and Yazidis as “genocide”, Christian Today can reveal. In an interview in Brussels on Thursday Ján Figel, the European Union’s special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion and belief, criticised the…
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Pán Prezident, vďaka, zbohom a dovidenia!
Priznávam, Michala Kováča som za prezidenta volil bez hlbšieho odhodlania a presvedčenia. S istotou som v januári 1993 odovzdal svoj poslanecký hlas Dr. Antonovi Neuwirthovi, bývalému politickému väzňovi, skvelému lekárovi a kresťanskému demokratovi, ktorého kandidatúru za prezidenta pre prvú parlamentnú voľbu navrhlo KDH. Z prvého kola voľby však prezident nevzišiel. Vtedy sme si začali uvedomovať,…
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International Protection of Religious Freedom
The Pew Research Center estimates that 77% of the world’s population lives in countries that experience a high or very high level of religious restrictions, and other studies reveal that such restrictions increase social violence and migration. Concerns about global religious freedom have prompted a variety of responses from Western democracies. For instance, the European…