Director, Middle East @RFInstitute | PhD researcher @IDS_UK | cofounder @EDGEInstitute | Husband & Father | Seeking a city to come, working for impact here
The most encouraging work are local efforts addressing these threats and working to build a society that embraces human dignity and the rights and freedoms of all citizens, including religious and ethnic communities.
Read the article @vvanwilgenburg:
https://t.co/zRnHpxzdA5
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bi-partisan resolution reaffirming support for religious minorities in Iraq.
The effort was led by @RepSlotkin @RepJames@RepMoolenaar + advocacy from @indefchristians@IrfRoundtable and more.
The threats are not just from ISIS, "but the loss of property, erasure of religious cultural heritage, and exploitation of political representation that has led many to struggle to envision a future in the lands that their communities have called home for hundreds of years.”
🚨 USCIRF released a new contracted report by @RFInstitute that assesses the US government’s use of #CPC designations over the 25 years since #IRFA was enacted & makes recommendations to improve the effectiveness of these designations. https://t.co/tRoNqSOHtM
With an election coming in the UK, religious freedom policy should be a priority issue.
At its core, religious freedom is about liberty and human dignity. It is an important foundation for flourishing societies.
Miles Windsor (@RFInstitute) @Newsweek:
https://t.co/6H9zADblvT
Today, attorneys acting on behalf of Ryan filed urgent petitions before the @UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, @DrAliceJEdwards, and the UN Working Group for Arbitrary Detention, seeking the UN's help in securing Ryan's immediate release from Taliban custody.
"The Bruce Bill, if passed, represents a significant victory for those who’ve been fighting this cause throughout many years," Miles Windsor writing on the International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill in debate @UKParliament today. | @UK_FoRBEnvoy
https://t.co/BCN5rPgCJm
030 | Findings from @pewresearch 14th annual Global Restrictions on Religion research with Samirah Majumdar @PewReligion and @jaybark7@RFInstitute
Listen here and most major podcast platforms:
https://t.co/o0iTTpvrE0
🎧 Listen to @RFIMiddleEast's latest podcast with Mairéad Smith (@maireadnigabhan) and @jaybark7, on the Coalition for Just Reparations (#C4JR)’s recent More Than "Ink on Paper" report, Taking Stock Three Years After Adoption of the #YazidiSurvivorsLaw. ➡️ https://t.co/U79TrXqb2g
“Where do we want to take freedom of religion or belief in Lebanon? What is the current state? We realized we don’t have a founding document, a Lebanon produced report covering these topics”
Hear more about the National Working Group on FoRB with @fadi_hachem