Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: State-funded Lutheran Church’s “Sect Filters” for school teachers You should state you have not attended events of, or sympathize with, Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, “Moonies,” “Hare Krishna,” or Universal Life (other religions are not mentioned). By...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY/EU: Germany and the EU in the dock at the OSCE on religious discrimination OSCE (06.10.2023) – At the Warsaw Human Conference, Germany and the EU were jointly in the dock in a statement on religious discrimination made on 6 October by Ivan Arjona, President of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: Why the Unification Church should not be dissolved. 4. The witch hunt should be stopped There are no legal reasons to dissolve the Family Federation. The campaign against it follows decades of bigotry and discrimination. Article 4 of 4. Read article 1, article...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
OSCE NORWAY: Arbitrary de-registration of Jehovah’s Witnesses: a case of discrimination denounced at the OSCE Even the Russian Orthodox Church which supports Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Catholic Church marred with sexual abuse are not de-registered or barred from...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
OSCE: Side-event addressing anti-religious hate crimes in the OSCE area Speech of Christine Mirre (CAP/ Liberté de Conscience with ECOSOC status) HRWF (05.10.2023) – On 5 October, the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department of the OSCE/ ODIHR organized a side...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest September 16-30 29.09.2023 – In the Tver region, a priest was forced to repent for praying for peace Sova Center – On September 25, 2023, it became known that in the Tver region parishioners complained...