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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Pakistan: Government must act decisively to end sectarian violence
GENEVA (2 March 2012) – Three United Nations human rights experts in minority rights,…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
China: UN experts warn of severe human rights restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
GENEVA (1 November 2011) – A group of United Nations independent experts voiced grave…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Moldova: Government leadership needed to foster a public culture of diversity – UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion
CHISINAU (9 September 2011) – From 1 to 8 September 2011, Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt,…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Country visit of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, to the Republic of Moldova (1-8 September 2011)
“From 1 to 8 September 2011, I have undertaken a country visit to the…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
First visit to Moldova by UN expert on religious freedom
GENEVA (29 August 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Paraguay: a religiously pluralistic society with challenges ahead
ASUNCIÓN (31 March 2011) – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, upon concluding his visit to Paraguay
“From 23 to 30 March 2011, I have undertaken a country visit in my…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Paraguay: first visit of UN expert on religious freedom
GENEVA (22 March 2011) - United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt will visit Paraguay…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
An e-Digest on Freedom of Religion or Belief – 25 years of thought by four UN Special Rapporteurs
GENEVA (10 March 2011) – From freedom from coercion, to State religion; from the…
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