Press Advisory: Religious Liberty experts from Canada to Argentina to meet in Mexico City on 22-23 May

Apr 22, 2009

International Symposium on religious liberty in Mexico and in the Americas
This Symposium will become the religious liberty Facebook of the Americas
(Click here to read this press advisory in Spanish)

23 April 2009. Washington, D.C. – A symposium entitled: “Voices: The Lay State and Religious Liberty” will take place in Mexico City from 22-23 May at El Presidente Hotel. Academics and experts on religious liberty will participate.

Experts at the symposium will analyze religious liberty as it is defined in international human rights law and discuss how it is practiced in actuality in Mexico, the rest of Latin America, and the United States.

“The Voices Symposium will create a new network of experts on religious liberty in the Americas and invite those in Mexico who seek to create a new citizenship to join that network. We will become the Facebook of religious liberty for the Americas,” said Patrick Kelly, Vice President for Public Policy and spokesman for the Knights of Columbus.

Because religious liberty is a fundamental human right for every democracy, the symposium will also seek to inspire nascent voices of religious liberty, particularly in Mexico, and to encourage collaboration between academics, culture creators, and opinion leaders.

“It is exciting that Mexico City is hosting a conference where experts from Canada to Argentina will discuss religious freedom, which is the cornerstone of any healthy democracy”, said Kevin “Seamus” Hasson, founder and chairman of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

The Voices symposium is organized by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the archdiocese of Mexico and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

For the speakers list and agenda with more information please visit:

• www.voices-symposium.org
• www.simposiovoces.org
• or visit the event page on facebook.com:  English |  Español

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non-governmental organization with consultative status before the United Nations and a non-profit public interest law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.

To arrange an interview, please contact in the U.S. Kristina Arriaga at karriaga@becketfund.org or cell +1.703.582.8962, and in México, Alejandro Alvarado, symposiumvoices.press@gmail.com, Ana Laura Caballero, analaur2001@hotmail.com or Liliana Tinoco, lilies_74@hotmail.com.

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