26 February 2008
Mr Gene Lukoseviciene President of the Republic of LITHUANIA 26 February 2008 Dear Mr President I write on behalf of the European Humanist Federation, which represents thirty-eight organisations in seventeen countries. We urge you to reject the current proposal to restrict the availability of abortion in Lithuania. We do so on grounds of human rights: we refer in particular to (a) the Platform for Actions emerging from the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing… read more »
12 February 2008
The Bangladeshi writer and humanist Taslima Nasreen, having incurred the implacable hostility of extreme Islamists in her own country, found refuge for six years in India in West Bengal in India. She was then expelled from there by the state authorities and at the time of this letter was in a restrictive protective custody in New Delhi and threatened with expulsion from the country. Dr Man Mohan Singh Prime Minister of India 12 February 2008… read more »
5 February 2008
No reply was received to this email of February 2008. On October 21, the appeal court refused to overturn the verdict but commuted his death sentence to 20 years’ imprisonment. In September 2009, however, he was released from prison and left the country.. 5 February 2008 Mr President I write on behalf of the European Humanist Federation, which represents thirty-eight organisations in seventeen countries. We wish to add our urgent protests to those of so many others… read more »
3 February 2008
Mr Daniel Vassilev Valtchev Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science 1194 Sofia 2A Dondukov Blvd Bulgaria 3 February 2008 Dear Mr Valtchev We are aware that your Government is currently debating the form that religious education should take in Bulgaria. May we draw your attention to the “Toledo” guidelines on teaching about religion and belief in public schools recently published by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe? These are set out… read more »