by admin_HRWF | Apr 27, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
German intel: Known antisemitism cases ‘tip of the iceberg’ AP News (20.04.2022) – https://bit.ly/3Kizqw3 – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said Wednesday that antisemitic offenses are continuing to rise and those that come to light are only “the...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 16, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Germany and “cults”: the Federal Administrative Court confirms “sect filters” are illegal The federal judges ruled that the City of Munich cannot ask citizens to declare that they are not Scientologists to be eligible for certain benefits. By Massimo Introvigne ...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 27, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses claim property of archives from a military museum The anti-war movement of Jehovah’s Witnesses sues a German military Museum about property rights on archives of Kusserow family, one of their Holocaust victims By Willy Fautré, director of...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 26, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses sue German museum for archive of Nazi-era abuses The archive documents the lives and suffering of the Kusserow family, who were among many from the religious group to be persecuted by the Nazis because of their faith. By Catherine Hickley New York...
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...