2010 News Archive
Congress of the Republic of Peru Approved [Historic] Law of Religious Liberty
The Congress of the Republic [of Peru] approved today, December 2, [2010] the bill [presently law] of Religious Liberty.
...READ MORE
The Secular Challenge to Religious Freedom
The IRLA’s senior leadership voted to focus on the secular challenge to religious freedom at its 7th World Congress, scheduled for April 24 to 27, 2012, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
...READ MORE
UN General Assembly Adopts Defamation of Religions Resolution But Support is Weakening
The 3rd Committee of the UN General Assembly has again adopted the Defamation of Religions resolution as it has since 1999 however support is waning.
...READ MORE
IRLA Calls On Countries to Reject Proposed Resolution on "Vilification" of Religions
Morocco, on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), presented a draft resolution entitled “Combating Religious Hatred and Vilification of Religions.”
...READ MORE
Hearing & Religious Freedom Report Roll Out
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for Dr. Susan Johnson Cook for the position of U.S. Ambassador-at- Large for International Religious Freedom today.
...READ MORE
IRLA Decries The Attack on Christians In Iraq
“We are saddened with the reports of violence against Catholic Christians,” said Dr. John Graz, the Secretary-General of the International Religious Liberty Association.
...READ MORE
IRLA Meets Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
As the newly appointed Special Rapporteur for the Freedom of Religion or Belief, Prof. Bielefeldt visits New York.
...READ MORE
IRLA Announces Reorganization
The International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA), announced today that James Standish and Barry Bussey have switched portfolios.
...READ MORE
Secretary General Appears on Voice of America
On September 16th, Dr. John Graz, Secretary General of the IRLA, was interviewed by the Voice of America French service about the status of religious freedom in the USA (La liberté religieuse aux USA).
...READ MORE
IRLA Experts Meeting Tackles Tough Questions in the Middle East
For the first time in its history, the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA), chartered in 1893, held its Meeting of Experts in the Middle-East.
...READ MORE
First Religious Liberty Congress and Festival in Guatemala
Guatemala held its First Religious Liberty Congress along with other related activities on March 24 to 27, 2010. All events were organized by the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) of Guatemala.
...READ MORE
IRLA Secretary General Meets Senior Indonesian Religious Leaders
In early March, IRLA Secretary General Dr. John Graz led a delegation to Indonesia where he met government leaders and a broad range of religious leaders to discuss ways of improving relations between Muslim and Christian populations.
...READ MORE
IRLA Secretary General Meets the President of East Timor
On March 2, an IRLA delegation led by Dr John Graz, accompanied by Liberty magazine editor Lincoln Steed and Dr Jonathan Catholico, met East Timorese President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Mario Horta at the Timorese Presidential Palace
...READ MORE
New IRLA Middle East Partnership
On February 10, Dr. John Graz, Secretary General of the IRLA, announced a new partnership between the IRLA and the Arab Bridge Center for Human Rights & Development in Amman Jordon.
...READ MORE
IRLA Applauds Secretary Clinton’s Speech on Internet Freedom
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a major policy speech on internet freedom in Washington today in which she warned that religious freedom is one of the casualties of a growing information curtain.
...READ MORE