Human trafficking today
Everyone knows what slavery is, from school, from television documentaries, or from the movies. The abolition of slavery belongs to the triumphs of history. It is an integral component of the path to human rights, […]
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The Situation of Christians and Muslims according to the Pew Forum’s “Global Restrictions on Religion”
ARTICLE The following considerations are based on the Pew Forum’s 2010 “Global Restrictions on Religion” results. The report comprises 198 countries and territories which make up more than 99% of the world population, and it investigates the two-year period from July 2006 to June 2008.
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World Evangelical Alliance congratulates World Council of Churches on Pakistan hearing
(Bonn, 10.12.2012) The participants of a World Council of Churches (WCC) sponsored hearing on the misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have urged the Pakistani government to “take realistic and solid steps to stop abuse of the […]
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The Persecution of Christians makes its Debut as a Topic of Discussion in the Swedish Parliament
(Bonn, 14.12.2012) For the first time in history, the topic of the persecution of Christians and religious freedom were made a topic within the Swedish Parliament in a seminar for members of parliament and staff. The […]
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The International Institute for Religious Freedom has a new Chair
Between two side events on Pakistan and on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) announced Godfrey Yogarajah from Sri Lanka as the new Chair […]
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Does the veneration of a child goddess in Nepal violete human rights?
On the 5th of October, 2010 I visited Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and watched the veneration of the Kumari Devi, a small girl, that Hindus and Buddhists worship as goddess. She has an appearance […]