NEW YORK (28 October 2016) – Many people are suffering violations of freedom of religion or belief in ways going unnoticed by the international community, United Nations human rights expert Heiner Bielefeldt has told the UN General Assembly. Mr. Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, said that much of the world’s focus was on the use of criminal law in areas such as blasphemy, apostasy and proselytism.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 28 October 2016. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
