Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: When state-funded anti-cult groups think they are above the law State grants funded with taxpayers’ money said to be misused by anti-cult groups stigmatizing and inciting hostility against some religious or belief groups and their members Version en français...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: A Swiss criticism of the French MIVILUDES: “Opaque methods & imprecise data” The Director of the Intercantonal Information Center on Beliefs (CIC), Manéli Farahmand, co-signed with academic psychiatrist and expert of alternative therapies, Fabrice Berna,...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: Administrative court finds MIVILUDES’ statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses defamatory The Paris Administrative Court has concluded that it is “factually incorrect” to claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not report cases of child sexual abuse to secular...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Madrid, Spain, 2019: “Love Never Fails!” International Convention of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Source: jw.org. SPAIN: A court ruled against itself in a Jehovah’s Witnesses case Similar expressions violated the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ rights according to two decisions by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence. Credits. FRANCE: FECRIS tries twice to escape a court procedure—in vain In two successive rulings, FECRIS’ maneuvers were defeated, and it was ordered to pay 1500 EUR and 2500 EUR as financial compensation. Version en...
