by admin_HRWF | Sep 15, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Feet of clay: The French MIVILUDES acknowledges the faulty bases of its reports These bases are the “saisines” (in theory, alerts by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”). We now learn the “saisines” are not real “reports.” By Massimo Introvigne ...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 17, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses take MIVILUDES to court Press release Les Témoins de Jéhovah/ France (16.03.2022) – Following the publication of the 2018-2020 MIVILUDES activity report, Jehovah’s Witnesses filed a formal complaint on 16 March 2022 with the Administrative...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 6, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
500 “Cults”, 500,000 “Victims” in France? MIVILUDES admits it has no recent data The French governmental mission now confesses it relied on decade-old (and controversial) figures. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (05.01.2022) – https://bit.ly/3HDSkg6...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 12, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses in the French MIVILUDES Report: Five mistakes Not surprisingly, the methodology of the MIVILUDES leads to systematic mistakes By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (11.08.2021) – https://bit.ly/3ACIFCS – In a previous...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 10, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The new MIVILUDES report: bad methodology, unreliable results Privileging the saisines (i.e., reports by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”) may only lead to biased conclusions. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (09.08.2021) –...
