WEA publishes ‘Global Declarations on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Rights’
The World Evangelical Alliance published a compendium with 19 global declarations on freedom of religion or belief and human rights in its ‘Global Issues Series’.
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Protest against my friend “Ahok’s” sentence to two years imprisonment for citing the Quran as a Christian
One of two Christian governors of Indonesia, the governor of Jakarta and therewith the most important Christian politician of the country, Tjahaja Purnamas, briefly called ‘Ahok’, was not permitted to stand for his sure re-election, because there was a case of blasphemy pendent against him. The sole reason for this commotion – in this friend and foe agree – was not the concern about god or a holy book, but rather the prevention of his re-election.
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The president of the ISHR recommends the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa
Here you find my review, in which I as president of the International Council of the International Society of Human Rights (ISHR) recommend the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa as pioneering.
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The International Society for Human Rights thanks the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Cuba for its Great Courage
The president of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) has thanked the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Cuba for demonstrating increasing courage in issues relating to human rights and that he has met with the ‘Ladies in White’.
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“Human Rights in the One World”
PLENARY SPEECH on „Human Rights in the One World“ at the Synod of the Lutheran Church of Württemberg, 6th July, 2016.
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“Turkey should be proud of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”
Our IGFM letter on the 25th anniversary of the Patriarch's office
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My Welcoming Address for Saïda Keller-Messahli in Connection with the 2016 Human Rights Award from the Swiss Section of the ISHR
Der Menschenrechtspreis 2016 der Schweizer Sektion der IGFM geht an eine mutige und zugunsten der Menschenrechte bewusst polarisierende Frau, die gewissermaßen in einem der wichtigsten Wespennester der Gegenwart ‚herumstochert‘.