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2009 20 - 24 Apr | The Durban Review Conference is the official name of the 2009 United Nations World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as Durban II. It took place at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
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United Nations; Racism; Discrimination; Bahá'í International Community; UNESCO; Geneva, Switzerland | ||
2009 17 Apr | With respect to the Supreme Administrative Court decision of 16 March 2009, the decree, dated 19 March, 2009 is signed by General Habib al-Adly, Egypt's Interior Minister, and published on 14 April in the official gazette. According to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), which represented Bahá'ís in many of the recent court cases concerning religious affiliation on government documents, the decree amended the Implementing Statutes of Egypt's Civil Status Law of 1994. It specifically instructed officials to place a dash (--) before the line reserved for religion in the official documents of citizens who could show that they, or their ancestors, were followers of a religious belief other than the three recognized by the state. [BWNS707] | Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Human Rights; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | ||
2009 14 Apr | The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Gale Bond, née Keass (b. 13 November, 1919 in Emod, Hungary) in Cowichan, BC. [SDSC397]
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Gale Bond; In Memoriam; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; Emod, Hungary; Hungary; Cowichan, BC; Canada | ||
2009 Apr | Beth McKenty, longtime pioneer to Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada received the Caring Canadian Award from the Governor General of Canada for her work in the community. [BWNS711]
Beth, a teacher by training, has taught English in Arizona, China, Japan, and Sakhalin Island, then pioneered to Nunavut where she, among many other things, started a painting project, "The Arctic Youth Art initiative," which has reached youth in many Inuit settlements and led to her winning this award. |
Awards; Beth McKenty; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Iqaluit, NU; Nunavut, Canada; Iqaluit, NU; Canada | ||
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