The last 20 years have seen tremendous change in Europe, both through immigration and the expansion of its border, resulting in tremendous increase in cultural, ethnic and religious diversity in the cities of the continent. And with this has arisen new challenges and problems particularly in terms of integrating new populations into existing cultures. Unfortunately it has also signaled a rise in ethnic and religious discrimination, intolerance and oppression.

The Hungarian edition of Freedom Magazine recently published an article on the formation of the European Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance in response to the growing need for dialogue and mutual cooperation to resolve these and other issues facing minority populations in Europe.

Freedom columnist Zoltan Grozli reports on the formation of this new foundation at the European headquarters of the Scientology religion in Copenhagen, where more than 250 religious leaders, scholars, human rights advocates and members of government joined to accomplish the stated aim of the new foundation: to reverse the trend of religious and racial discrimination currently manifested through repressive legislation or administrative decrees in several nations of Europe.

Freedom Magazine was first published in the United Kingdom in 1968. Over the past quarter century Freedom has covered many controversial and important issues and with the motto “Investigative Reporting in the Public Interest” it will continue to bring important issues to the attention of leaders of government and civil society.