Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: The EU Court of Justice protects converts to Christianity Why is an Iranian Christian in France subject to a deportation order? ECLJ (11.04.2024) – According to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), an asylum application based on a religious...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ESTONIA: The Russian Orthodox Church to be declared a terrorist organization? The head of the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed to recognize the Russian Orthodox Church as a terrorist organization. The Russian Orthodox Church compared it to a “witch...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: Cardinal Sako back to Baghdad after a nine-month self-imposed exile He was warmly welcomed by a church packed with members of the country’s Christian minority on his first mass in Baghdad HRWF (15.04.2024) – On Wednesday 10 April, Cardinal Sako returned to...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: Malgré le rejet du Sénat, la France adopte une nouvelle loi anti-sectes La loi crée un nouveau délit de « sujétion psychologique », restreint la possibilité de critiquer les traitements médicaux « officiels » et met gravement en danger la liberté de religion...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE passes new anti-cult law against Senate’s opposition The law creates a new crime of “psychological subjection,” restricts the possibility of criticizing mainline medical treatments, and seriously endangers freedom of religion or belief. (Titles in the text are...