Comprehensive data about incidents of violations of religious freedom in Latin America
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03.18.20 | Violent Incidents
Vandalized churches in different countries of the region
On International Women’s Day, celebrated every March 8, various groups of women participated in massive marches demanding respect for their rights and equal treatment. In countries like Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay, some radical feminist groups vandalized various public spaces and monuments, including places of Catholic worship. These groups painted the walls of the temples, …
02.13.20 | OLIRE Updates
Annual report 2019: The multidimensionality of religious freedom
The concept that perhaps synthesizes OLIRE’s work best is “the multidimensionality of religious freedom.” With this concept, we express that religious freedom has multiple dimensions that go far beyond political and academic debates about the relationship between religion and State, or interreligious conflicts. With our 2019 Annual Report, we hope to highlight our efforts to …
02.05.20 | OLIRE Updates
OLIRE sends contribution for the El Salvador Country Report
OLIRE issued a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, highlighting the vulnerability of religious leaders to human rights violations in El Salvador, in order for this issue to be duly incorporated and analyzed in the Country Report. Among our recommendations, we emphasized the recognition of religious leaders as a vulnerable group in contexts …
02.05.20 | News Monitoring
The European Coalition for Israel issue a global call to fight anti-Semitism
The European Coalition for Israel (ECI) called to the community of nations to seriously commit to combating the current rise in anti-Semitism in order to preserve world peace. As part of these efforts, ECI launched a new Geneva-based entity to fight anti-Semitism, the International Coalition for Israel, an umbrella group that will link activities outside …