The UK government hosted an International Ministerial Conference in central London on 5th and 6th July, bringing together governments, parliamentarians, faith and belief representatives, and civil society organizations from around the world to discuss the challenges facing religious freedom to identify means to address religious persecution and discrimination worldwide, promote greater respect and preservation of religious liberty, and to urge increased global action on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all.
Attalaki presence at the UK Ministerial Conference by the invitation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, was a great opportunity for our organization to share our vision, goals and ideas for the promotion of these fundamental rights, with a large number of decision makers, religious leaders and organizations similar to ours; it was also an occasion to discuss the current challenges facing the FoRB in Tunisia.
In this context, our delegate Ghassen Ayari, public relations and partnerships officer of Attalaki, met with several personalities such as Archbishop Dr. Samy Fawzy, Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria and Bishop of the Diocese of Egypt, and His Excellency Sam Brownback, former US Ambassador for Religious Freedom and member of the Republican Party and former United States senator, and Mr. Thomas Farr, President of the Institute of Religious Freedom, and the first director of the State Department’s Office of International Religious, and Dr. Mohamed El-Sanousi, Director of the Washington DC Office of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers in which Attalaki joined as a full member January of this year, for more concrete actions in the MENA region on subjects related to the FoRB.