A hearing held before the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, on 26 May 2011, included presentations from: (left to right) Penelope Faulkner – a member of the European Platform on Religious Discrimination and Intolerance (EPRID); Sarah Vader – representative of the Baha’i International Community to the European Union; and Heiner Bielefeldt – United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.
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