Freedom of Religion and Belief
LITHUANIA and the Jehovah’s Witnesses, what is the matter? Enhanced state recognition was refused to the religious organizations based on arguments that have already been rejected by the courts, including the European Court of Human Rights. Version in Lithuanian by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GEORGIA/ECHR: Georgian Muslim Relations and Others v. Georgia A bleeding pig’s head and other expressions of religious hatred with no police intervention by dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf1 Strasbourg Observers (23.04.2024) – On 30 November, the Fifth Division of the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: Vatican vs France on religious liberty The Holy See reminded France that when civil courts second-guess the decision of expelling a nun from her religious order (Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit), freedom of religion is “gravely violated.” by Massimo...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ECHR: European Court of Human Rights to determine whether it was legal to worship by COVID ZENIT News (31.07.2023).- Are blanket bans on public worship compatible with the international human right to the communal exercise of religious freedom? This is the question...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELGIUM: Some reflections about the recommendations of the Federal Cult Observatory on “cult victims” (I) By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (10.07.2023) – On June 26, the Federal Observatory on Cults (CIAOSN/ IACSSO), officially known...