Hand in hand as many as 200-300 people formed a human chain outside the St Anthony’s Church adjacent to the District Police Lines at the Empress Road, in a show of solidarity with the victims of the Peshawar church attack two weeks back, which resulted in over a 100 deaths. The twin suicide attack...

From INTERFAX Source Moscow, October 2, Interfax - Deputy Chairman of the Russian Muftis Council Rushan Abbyasov has spoken with representatives of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom about the problems of Muslims in Russia. He expressed concern over the fact that the mass...

The European Parliament Working Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief, co-chaired by Dennis de Jong (SP) and Peter van Dalen (ChristenUnie), strongly condemns the suicide attack on the All Saints church in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday. The suicide attack was targeted to attack Christians as an...

Freedom of opinion, religion and belief Persecution of, and discrimination against, minority-groups This conference will be held on the 16th of October 2013 (13:00 to 18:00) at 2 minutes walk from the EU parliament, Renaissance Hotel (Mariott), Rue du Parnasse, 1050 Brussels. To reserve...

Approval Committee of United Religions Initiative’s (URI) Global Council on August 14, 2013 has officially approved EIFRF as a URI Cooperation Circle. This means that while being absolutely independant, EIFRF is also promoting the values contained in the Charter of URI, and cooperates twards the...

Highlights Over 200 participants attended the two day conference from all over the world including Austria, Afghanistan, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, Mexico, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA, and...

Larry Lerner, Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (abbreviated UCSJ) President, speaking at the Second Annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Event on June 27, 2013. In attendance were members of Congress, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the...