We found 508 results for “Religious Freedom”.
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Indonesian Blasphemy Law Used to Suppress Free Religion and Speech
April 20, 2010
The Indonesian Supreme Court just upheld a controversial blasphemy law, reports the New York Times. This law has been used in many ways to suppress religious…
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Elisa Massimino Testifies in Congress on Antisemitism
April 14, 2010
Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino testified today at 2 p.m. before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the alarming rise of antisemitism worldwide.…
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Tide Turning on “Defamations of Religions” at the United Nations Human Rights Council
March 26, 2010
New York, March 26, 2010 Human Rights First today praised growing United Nations Human Rights Council opposition to the concept of “defamation of religions,” a trend…
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UN Delegations Urged to Block Efforts to Prohibit “Defamation of Religion”
February 26, 2010
Washington, DC Human Rights First today urged United Nations member states to block ongoing efforts to establish new norms that prohibit defamation of religion, a…
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Obama Signs the Hate Crime Bill into Law! What’s Next?
October 28, 2009
By Paul LeGendre, cross-posted from Huffington Post Ten years ago this month, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and murdered because he was gay.…
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Respecting freedom of expression, while combating discrimination and intolerance: HRF Congressional Testimony
October 22, 2009
Check out testimony below made by Human Rights First’s Tad Stanhke, at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing yesterday on the Implications of the…
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In support of detention reform: interesting read in the Miami Herald
August 18, 2009
Great opinion piece in the Miami Herald this weekend by the vice chairs of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on on detention of…
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Report Finds U.S. Often Greets Asylum Seekers with Prison, not Protection
April 30, 2009
Washington, DC – Since 2003, U.S. immigration authorities have spent more than $300 million to detain over 48,000 asylum seekers in U.S. prisons and prison-like facilities…
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Rights Groups Welcome U.S. Engagement in Durban Review Process
February 16, 2009
New York, NY – Human Rights First and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, leading U.S. rights organizations, welcome the Obama administration’s decision to engage…
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Rights Groups Urge Obama Administration to Address Concerns with the Durban Review Conference
January 12, 2009
Washington, DC – The incoming Obama Administration should lead an international effort to reshape the United Nations Durban Review Conference into a forum for credible…
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Blueprint for Obama Administration Provides Recommendations for Repairing the U.S. Asylum System
December 4, 2008
NEW YORK – A leading human rights advocacy group released a detailed strategy today for the next administration to repair the U.S. asylum system and…
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UN Rights Chief Urged to Address Serious Concerns about Durban Review Conference
November 17, 2008
Washington, DC – Human Rights First and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights have urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay to…