On July 4, Colombia celebrated the National Day of Religious Freedom and Worship for the fifth consecutive year. Colombia is one of the few countries in the region that seeks to implement a cross-sectoral strategy for the promotion of the right to religious freedom and the recognition of religious groups as strategic social actors. One …
OLIRE had the opportunity to participate in online events organized by the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) and the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT). During these events, Dennis P. Petri discussed the multiple dimensions of the right to religious freedom, its interrelationship with other fundamental rights, and …
Dennis P. Petri spoke with members of the Multimedia Catholic Center (CCM) about the challenges and difficulties faced by the Catholic clergy in Mexico. The CCM is one of the few organizations in Mexico that documents and analyzes incidents of violence against priests in the country. Here you can find the interview with Father Omar …
In order to better understand the state of religious freedom in the region and as part of our “monitoring” goal, the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America launches its Semiannual Report, period January-June 2020. The document is available here.
While facing the severity of the economic crisis on the island, a situation that has gotten worse due to COVID-19, civil society organizations and Christian denominations have tried to provide spiritual and material help. However, the authorities have taken advantage of the restrictions imposed in the context of the pandemic to intensify the harassment against …
The Archdiocese of Xalapa denounced the vandalism carried out against the Church of San José, Santiaguito, San Isidro and the convent of the Mothers of the Sacred Heart, located in Veracruz to the Attorney General’s Office (FGE). The phrases that were painted on the walls of the temples were: “fire to the rapist church”, “No …
In El Salvador, isolation measures are not only imposed by the government. In areas with little or no state presence, the control exercised by criminal groups has been adapted and strengthened in the COVID-19 context. Although gangs, such as the MS-13, often imposed curfews in the country; this and other measures have been intensified to …
The arrival of the Coronavirus further exacerbated the already critical situation in Venezuela, both in economic, social and political terms. While there is some progress on the support provided by various organizations to the neediest populations, most of the time this is possible thanks to negotiations and / or transactions with authorities at different levels. …
For the first time, OLIRE launches the distance internship program aimed at university students and recent graduates who have a special interest in the protection of human rights, particularly in the right to religious freedom, thought and/or expression. Interns’ activities will include collaboration with research projects, presentation of reports to various offices of the inter-American …
Evangelical organizations in the Biobío region have expressed their intention to report the Chilean state to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for multiple violations of the right to religious freedom and worship. This is a reaction to the measures implemented by the State in the context of the COVID-19. In this region, the conduct …
