{"id":21300,"date":"2021-08-22T08:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T08:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/?p=21300"},"modified":"2021-08-22T08:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T08:05:46","slug":"international-day-commemorating-the-victims-of-acts-of-violence-based-on-religion-or-belief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/2021\/08\/22\/international-day-commemorating-the-victims-of-acts-of-violence-based-on-religion-or-belief\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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International\nDay Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief<\/strong> is a United\nNations<\/a>-sponsored annual awareness day<\/a> that takes place on August 22 as part of the\nUN’s efforts to support Human\nRights<\/a> Related to Freedom of Religion<\/a> or Belief.  It was first\nintroduced in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This day highlights memorise about the victims and\nsurvivors of evil acts on the basis of or in the name of religion or belief. The\nmain purpose of this day is to create awareness among people to attain justice\nfor the survivors of past abuses. this is the duty of govt that must take the\nright decision to \u2018never again\u2019 tolerate genocide or other atrocities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom\nof religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful\nassembly and the right to freedom of association are interdependent,\ninterrelated and mutually reinforcing. They are enshrined in articles 18, 19\nand 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>. Upholding these rights plays an important role\nin the fight against all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on\nreligion or belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are continuing acts of intolerance\nand violence based on religion or belief against individuals, including against\npersons belonging to religious communities and religious minorities around the\nworld, and the number and intensity of such incidents, which are often of a\ncriminal nature and may have international characteristics, are increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victims have included religious minorities, individuals who are not religious, LGBTI persons, children and women who face many forms of discrimination and gender-based violence. Such violence threatens the hard-fought progress in securing women\u2019s equality and the rights of LGBTI persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why the General Assembly adopted the resolution\u00a0A\/RES\/73\/296<\/a>, titled \u201cInternational Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief\u201d <\/strong>strongly condemning continuing violence and acts of terrorism targeting individuals, including persons belonging to religious minorities, on the basis of or in the name of religion or belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Religion or belief should never be used to justify\ndiscrimination. When faced with religious persecution or discrimination,\nvictims are often also deprived of their right to participate fully in\npolitical, economic, and cultural life, as well as their rights to education\nand to health. This can include the desecration and destruction of numerous\ncultural heritage sites of rich historic and religious value, such as places of\nworship and cemeteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All\nmajor religions in the world embrace tolerance and peaceful coexistence in a\nshared humanity. There is richness and strength in diversity hence religion\nshould never be a threat. Religion is a personal choice, an individual right to\nbelieve in a higher being or a set of principles which guides a person through\nlife. Let’s accept that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nwe observe International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence\nBased on Religion and Belief, to bring an end to Acts of Violence based on\nReligion and Belief, we must all love and respect each other. Let each one of\nus lend our unwavering support by doing all in our power to prevent Violence\nBased on Religion and Belief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on August 22 as part of the UN’s efforts to support Human Rights Related to Freedom of Religion or Belief.  It was first introduced in 2019. This day highlights memorise about the victims and survivors of evil acts on the […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"tpgb_global_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/forb-1.jpg",480,360,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/forb-1.jpg",480,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/forb-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/forb-1-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/forb-1.jpg",480,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/forb-1.jpg",480,360,false],"default":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"August 22, 2021","get_modified_date":"August 22, 2021","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":19,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":19,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":238,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false},"author_name":"Hope To Heal","author_url":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/author\/hope2233\/","author_email":"webmaster@hopetoheal.org.za","author_website":"","author_description":"Our mission is for women and children to live free from violence and abuse and to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing domestic violence and child abuse and to lead the struggle to end domestic violence through advocacy and community education.","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Hope To","author_lastname":"Heal Foundation","user_login":"Hope2233","author_avatar":"","author_avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00ba9733f71edb9653d7f34fee6719bfc21db4d30ee7e9a8d61ac758d1032f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","comment_count":0,"post_likes":0,"post_views":0},"tpgb_post_category":{"category":"News<\/a> "},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21302,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300\/revisions\/21302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}