Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: Scholz ‘ashamed’ at antisemitism wave as ‘Kristallnacht’ pogrom marked By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke Reuters (09.11.2023) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was “ashamed and outraged” at a recent wave...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: Christian hybrid school forcibly closed by German authorities The alleged objective is to protect “state’s educational mandate” The Dietrich Bonhoeffer International School in Germany, forced to close by education authorities for this school year, operated...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: State-funded Lutheran Church’s “Sect Filters” for school teachers You should state you have not attended events of, or sympathize with, Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, “Moonies,” “Hare Krishna,” or Universal Life (other religions are not mentioned). By...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY/EU: Germany and the EU in the dock at the OSCE on religious discrimination OSCE (06.10.2023) – At the Warsaw Human Conference, Germany and the EU were jointly in the dock in a statement on religious discrimination made on 6 October by Ivan Arjona, President of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: Germany denies Christian private school accreditation, case filed at Europe’s top human rights court German hybrid school—innovative in-class and at home learning model—takes challenge to European Court of Human Rights after accreditation denied Germany has...