Human Rights in the World
European Court applies urgent interim measure in the case of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta Registrar of the European Court (10.03.2022) -The European Court of Human Rights has decided to apply an urgent interim measure in the case ANO RID Novaya Gazeta and Others v....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
European Court of Human Rights: “Scientology cannot be banned in Russia” Judges find that arguments that Scientology is not a religion are unpersuasive, and its literature is not “extremist.” By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (17.12.2021) –...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Controversy about the adoption of a Muslim child by a Christian family Child adoption without taking account of the mother’s wishes breached her human rights, the European Court says in the case Abdi Ibrahim v. Norway (application no. 15379/16) Registrar of the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Atheist blogger accused of hate speech against the Orthodox Church wins in Strasbourg The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarded the head of the Karelian Youth Human Rights Group, Maksim Efimov 10,000 euros as compensation for moral damage. In 2012, the blogger...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Centre of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia and Frolov v. Russia (no. 37477/11) Press Release by the Registrar of the Court (23.11.2021) – https://bit.ly/3l6PY0h – The applicants are the Centre of Societies for Krishna Consciousness, a...