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12/20/2005

SCIENTISTS, ADVOCATES, PATIENTS AND DECISION-MAKERS WILL MEET IN ROME TO DISCUSS FREEDOM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Rome, December 2005

The First session of the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research will take place in Rome at the Capitol Hill from 16 to 18 February 2006. The meeting, promoted by a renowned group of italian researchers and
03/29/2005

Sentence passed on organizers of "Careful, Religion!" exhibition

RUSSIA, Moscow. (Our Correspondent). Today, in the Tagan District Court, organizers and participants in the exhibition "Careful, Religion!" at the A. D. Saxarov Museum, Director Yuri Samodurov, Museum Associate Ludmila Vasilovska, and artist Anna Mik
12/05/2004

Religious freedom threatened by ‘false tolerance’ and fundamentalism

At the international conference on ‘Religious Freedom: The Cornerstone of Human Dignity’, Vatican representative Mgr Giovanni Lajolo explained that the most serious challenges to religious freedom do not come from terrorism alone.

Rome. In a
12/01/2004

Letter From Europe: Italy's Church and State: A Mostly Happy Union

ROME, Nov. 30 - In a recent poll, just 32 percent of Italians surveyed said it was right for religion to have an influence on the laws of the state. Yet crucifixes hang in public schools.

Abortion is legal here and not much debated anymore. Y
12/01/2004

ITALY'S CHURCH AND STATE: A MOSTLY HAPPY UNIOIN

In a recent poll, just 32 percent of Italians surveyed said it was right for religion to have an influence on the laws of the state. Yet crucifixes hang in public schools.

Abortion is legal here and not much debated anymore. Yet religiou
12/01/2004

Interview of U.S. Ambassador on Religious Freedom, Jim Nicholson

Rome. This Friday the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is sponsoring a conference on "Religious Freedom: The Cornerstone of Human Dignity."

U.S. Ambassador Jim Nicholson spoke with ZENIT about the event and its context.

Q: Where did the i
11/19/2004

Pope deplores lack of religious freedom in Asian countries

Vatican City. Pope John Paul II on Friday deplored the lack of religious freedom in some Asian countries, where he said Christians were not free to "profess their faith", but stopped short of identifying the states involved.

The pontiff was sp
02/10/2004

U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (USCIRF) RECOMMENDS 11 NATIONS TO SECRETARY POWELL AS “COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN”

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended to Secretary of State Colin Powell that he designate the following 11 countries as "countries of particular concern" (CPCs) for the systematic, ongoing, and
01/30/2004

Chinese Embassy Challenges the French Spirit

As the Chinese Lunar New Year looms, numerous Chinese people in Paris are expecting an extraordinary New Year. In addition to being the first time that the global Chinese New Year Party in Europe has been sponsored by the New Tang Dynasty, there will
07/21/2003

Parliamentary question E-2542/03 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission and answer by Mr. Patten on behalf the Commission



Parliamentary questions
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2542/03
by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission
(21 July 2003)

Subject: Violation of religious freedom in Russia

On 15 May 2000 the authorities in Kostroma refused the
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