2008 News Archives

Romania hosts 10th International Religious Liberty Association meeting of experts

September 15, 2008 Bucharest, Romania... Religious liberty experts are voicing concerns over proposals to regulate free speech and establish defamation of religions laws. ...READ MORE

Bucharest: One Community and Several Faiths

As the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) approaches, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Romania, the Association for Conscience and Liberty, the International Religious liberty Association (IRLA), the Ministry of Culture and Religions, and the Secretary of State for Religious Affairs sponsored and organized events in several cities of Romania. On Sabbath, October 25, 2008, a successful Festival of Religious Freedom was held in the Cultural Center of the regional capital city of Bakau....READ MORE

Brazilian Charter of Religious Liberty to be launched during UDHR 60-year commemoration

The Eighth Paulista Forum of Religious Liberty and Citizenship will take place on November 10, 2008 at the Plenary of the Sao Paulo City at 7 pm, with the participation of Dr. John Graz, secretary-general of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA). The theme of the event will be 1948 - 2008: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 60 years - Religious Freedom, Challenges and Achievements....READ MORE

Mongolia: First religious liberty meeting draws government, international religious freedom leaders

International religious liberty leaders joined members of Mongolia's government and major religious communities May 30 for the nation's first religious liberty symposium, meant largely to lay groundwork for a full-scale freedom of religion conference next year. "This is an historic......READ MORE