On January 29, 2020 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed a resolution called "The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace".  As all PACE's resolutions, this one is not a binding law for the 47 countries of the Council of Europe. Nevertheless,...

Open Letter The situation of religious minorities in Russia has been a cause of serious concerns for several years. While Russia hosts high-level academic institutes and tolerant intellectuals, it is also home to radicals who believe that the Russian Orthodox tradition should be defended by...

한국의 강제 개종을 근절해야 합니다 : 문재인 대통령에게 보내는 공개서한 Dear President Moon: 문재인 대통령님   We represent international NGOs and scholarly organizations specialized in researching religious pluralism and new religious movements throughout the world, and advocating for religious liberty. 우리는 종교 다원주의와 세계의 새로운...

A New Direction for the European Union Source: https://faithandfreedomsummit.eu/faith-and-freedom-summit-ii (EIFRF is a member of the Faith and Freedom Summit Coalition)   A New Direction for the European Union Religion or Belief The EU Faith & Freedom Summit   For the second...

The Faith and Freedom Summit, a campaign for freedom of religion of belief in the EU run by a coalition of NGOs (including EIFRF), will have its second event on April 2, in the European Parliament.  The announcement includes the following:  "We strongly believe that EU citizens must...

A group of NGOs, including EIFRF, wrote a joint letter to various international government leaders to alert them on the arrest of 45 reporters working for the online newspaper Bitter Winter, and calling them to action. The letter reads as follows: To: Dr Ahmed Shaheed UN Special Rapporteur on...

The Faith and Freedom Summit is not an organisation. It’s a campaign proposed and run by a large coalition of faith-based and non faith-based NGOs and supported by many EU stakeholders. The Summit launched a pledge that all MEP candidates are asked to sign, that reads as following: "I pledge that I...