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19 Refuge 1 (2000-2001)

handle is hein.journals/rfgcjr19 and id is 1 raw text is: -ON I CANADA'S PERIODICAL ON REFUGEES REFU E Vol. 19 No.1 July 2000 RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND BEYOND Religious Freedom On The Run Kathryn Graham According to Amnesty International a new refugee is created every 21 sec- onds. Many of the world's 15 million asylum seekers flee their homes and countries to escape persecution be- cause of their religious beliefs and practices. It is estimated that over 75% of the world's population claim adherence to a religion and yet, 2.6bil- lion people are denied freedom of reli- gion including one million religious prisoners.1 These facts alone should draw particular attention to'religious freedom' as a human rights issue in need of greater public address. Often, the question of 'religious persecution' is complex in terms of making a significant distinction be- tween persons persecuted based on religion and other types of asylum seekers since the violence may be intertwined with issues of ethnicity race, nationality, political views and/ or membership in a specific social group. Nonetheless, it is essential that human rights organizations and foreign affairs departments not discriminate between groups of refu- gees based on their religious beliefs. The focus must be on confronting the problem itself. By campaigning against religious rights violations, is- suing reports of abuse inflicted on explicit individuals and/or groups and helping to ensure protection for such displaced and vulnerable per- sons, the democratic mandate of moral and social responsibility is being ful- filled. © Kathryn Graham, 2000. This open-access work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits use, reproduction and distribution in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author(s) are credited and the original publication in Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees is cited. CoNrENrs Religious Persecution and Beyond: Religious Freedom On The Run Kathryn Graham............................1 A Psychotherapist's Perspective on Victims of Religious Persecution: An Interview with Dr. Fern Waterman Kathryn Graham..............................................................................3 The Bahe'is Of Iran Margaret Bremner.............................................................................................................6 The Importance Of Prioritizing The Issue of Religious Freedom Elizabeth Batha.....................................11 Religious Persecution and Mass Displacements Pedro C. Moreno..............................................................13 Case Study: Mr. Gabriel Marshal Nylowa Yak James A. Rice.....................................................................15 Restitution. of Property and Religious Discrimination in Eastern Europe Maria Riegger....................................................................................................................................................20 Security Issues and Refugees: Dilemmas, Crises, and Debates Frances T. Pilch .....................................25 Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Britain: U.K. Immigration & Asylum Act, 1999 A nthony H . R ichm ond .......................................................................................................................................35