{"id":2811,"date":"2013-05-29T21:44:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T04:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2018-04-26T23:42:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T06:42:36","slug":"legal-restrictions-affecting-christians-report-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2811","title":{"rendered":"Legal Restrictions Affecting Christians \/ Report 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8401 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/observatory-report-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Legal Restrictions Affecting Christians \/ Report 2012\" width=\"178\" height=\"234\" \/>Report Finds Large Number of Cases of Intolerance and Legal Restrictions Effecting Christians in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vienna \/ European Union, May 22, 2013. The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians releases 41 examples of national laws with adverse effects on Christians in more than 15 European Countries. Additionally, 169 cases of intolerance against Christians in the EU \u2013 area in 2012 are portrayed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intoleranceagainstchristians.eu\/publications\/legal-restrictions-affecting-christians-report-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The report <\/a>was presented on May 21 at an OSCE High Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-discrimination held in<\/p>\n<p>Tirana, Albania, in a keynote speech delivered by the Observatory\u2019s director Dr. Gudrun Kugler. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intoleranceagainstchristians.eu\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/Press_Release_-_41_Legal_Restrictions_Affecting_Christians_in_more_than_15_European_Countries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full news release and documents<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report Finds Large Number of Cases of Intolerance and Legal Restrictions Effecting Christians in Europe Vienna \/ European Union, May 22, 2013. The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians releases 41 examples of national laws with adverse effects on Christians in more than 15 European Countries. Additionally, 169 cases of intolerance against Christians in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2811\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Legal Restrictions Affecting Christians \/ Report 2012&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1185,2179,10,459,295,511],"tags":[527,187],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-european-union","category-news-releases","category-pluralism-secularism","category-religious-freedom","category-society-politics","tag-gudrun-kugler","tag-human-rights"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Legal Restrictions Affecting Christians \/ Report 2012 - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2811\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legal Restrictions Affecting Christians \/ Report 2012 - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Report Finds Large Number of Cases of Intolerance and Legal Restrictions Effecting Christians in Europe Vienna \/ European Union, May 22, 2013. 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