GENEVA (9 March 2016) – Any attempt to fight intolerance, stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination and incite to violence based on religion or belief should make use of both the rights to freedom of religion and freedom of expression, today said United Nations human rights expert Heiner Bielefeldt. “There is widespread perception that the rights to freedom of religion or belief and to freedom of opinion and expression are in opposition to each other,” the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief noted during the presentation of his latest report*…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 09 March 2016. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.