Tag: Freedom of Religion
U.N. religion expert concerned over ‘interrupted’ Vietnam visit
HANOI (Reuters) - A U.N. expert expressed worry on Thursday over "serious violations" of religious freedom in Vietnam following a fact-finding mission he said was interrupted by surveillance, harassment and intimidation.
HANOI (Reuters) - A U.N. expert expressed worry on Thursday over "serious violations" of religious freedom in Vietnam following...
UN official: violations of religious freedom persist in Vietnam
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt on Thursday reported serious violations of religious freedom persist in Vietnam.
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt on Thursday reported serious violationsof religious freedom persist in Vietnam. Bielefeldt announced three of his planned visits...
Burma: Sustained EU engagement at UN critical to support human rights reforms
Amnesty International, FIDH (the International Federation for Human Rights), and its member organization, the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma) today call on the European Union (EU) and its member states to ensure continued international engagement on the human rights situation in Burma
Amnesty International, FIDH (the International Federation for...
Myanmar ‘loses ten million people’ in census
The tally went smoothly, except in some areas of the western state of Rakhine where an estimated 800,000 members of a long-persecuted Muslim minority were denied the right to identify themselves as "Rohingya"
Last updated: 30 Aug 2014 07:00
Figures extrapolated from last census in 1983 estimated population at 60 million,...
Myanmar’s Conflict-Hit Rakhine State Wants OIC Aid Put Off
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a group of 57 Muslim nations, has offered to build a hospital and set up other facilities in Myanmar’s strife-torn Rakhine state, but the local government says the projects cannot be implemented until stability is restored following communal violence.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation...
Philippines Zamboanga siege survivors feel forgotten
One year after a violent siege terrified the southern Philippines city of Zamboanga, tens of thousands of displaced survivors feel they have been forgotten.
ZAMBOANGA, 9 September 2014 (IRIN) - One year after a violent siege terrified the southern Philippines city of Zamboanga, tens of thousands of displaced survivors feel...
MSF signs new agreement with govt, eyes Rakhine return
AID group Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Health, a step the group says it hopes will speed up its efforts to begin working again in Rakhine State.
By Tim McLaughlin | Tuesday, 09 September 2014
AID group Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland has signed...
Philippine Bill Would Give Muslims Autonomy
President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday submitted a draft law to the Philippine Congress that would create a self-governed, predominantly Muslim autonomous region in the country’s south
By FLOYD WHALEY SEPT. 10, 2014
MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday submitted a draft law to the Philippine Congress...
Sabah Christians tell Putrajaya to stop interfering in their religion
Christians in Sabah, already hard pressed in fending off attempts to convert Bumiputera Christians to Islam, have told Putrajaya to leave non-Muslims alone to manage their respective faiths and that laws enacted for the administration of Islam should not be applied to non-Muslims nor should non-Muslims be subject to...
Interfaith Marriage Violates Human Rights, Said Indonesian Human Rights Commission
The Commissioner of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is in the opinion that interfaith marriage is “violating human rights”. This is according to a report released by Indonesian media.
Posted On 19 Sep 2014
Jakarta, GIVnews.com – The Commissioner of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM)...
