Strengthen the Office of the Commissioner for Religious Freedom instead of giving it up
Religious freedom and human rights are hallmarks of German foreign and development policy
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Schirrmacher praises Cape Verde as model of Democracy and Human Rights
The president of the ISHR expressed “pride”, in noting that Cape Verde has a “strong parliamentary democracy”, highlighting that “the power of the people is in parliament.”
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“There is practically no socially relevant topic that does not play a role in religious freedom”
Yearbooks ‘Religious Freedom 2024’ and ‘Persecution and Discrimination against Christians 2024’ presented in Berlin
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Exploration mission to Tajikistan by ISHR President and Secretary General
On 11 and 12 July, Thomas Schirrmacher and Matthias Boehning visited Tajikistan for an exploration mission focused on the state of human rights in the Central Asian country.
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Schirrmacher visits former slave prisons in Africa
Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, ISHR-President and author of several books on the history of slavery, human trafficking and racism, has visited two of the most important historical memorials to the intercontinental slave trade in Ghana and Zanzibar.
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Minutes of the 61st session of the Committee on Human Rights of the German Bundestag
The contributions by Thomas Paul Schirrmacher can be found on pages 9-10, 14–15, 19–20, 27–28, 33–34, 35–36, 37–38 (in German only).
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ISHR President praises human rights defenders
Schirrmacher declared, that ISHR mainly exists to protect human rights defenders (HRD) and is proud to have so many of them in their ranks.