by admin_HRWF | Oct 7, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
‘Put your star away’: Jewish singer refused service at German hotel When German musician Gil Ofarim arrived at a hotel in Leipzig, he says he was told to put away his Star of David necklace or he would not be allowed to check in. Hundreds of people...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 14, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
FECRIS admits: Hamburg Case lost against Jehovah’s Witnesses was “a lesson” While in a public press release the lost case was presented as a victory, in its General Assembly the organization acknowledged things went differently. by Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 18, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Bavarian State Administrative Court of Appeal rules that applying the “sect filter” is illegal A musician refused to submit the requested “protective declaration” that she does not “use the technology” or attend courses of Scientology. She was right, the court...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 8, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Fake News: FECRIS condemned for slanderous statements in Germany but claiming victory in a press release (!) FECRIS fined for repeated derogatory statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses HRWF (09.07.2021) – On 27 November 2020, the District Court of Hamburg...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 22, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Germany’s military appoints first rabbi since before Holocaust At a time of frequent reports of right-wing extremism within the military and rising antisemitism in German society, the reestablishment of Jewish military chaplaincy is a clear statement, 76 years...
