by admin_HRWF | Feb 15, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Willy Fautré HRWF (13.02.2019) – Georges Fenech, 64, former president of the MIVILUDES (Interministerial mission for the monitoring and fight against cults) from 2008 to 2012 and three times member of the National Assembly, recently lost a case against...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 5, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
On 28 November, the St Petersburg City Court postponed to 6 December an appeal filed against Judge Evgeny Isakov in St Petersburg by the defense lawyer of the leader of the Scientology Church, Ivan Matsitsky, who in September was adopted as a prisoner of conscience by...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 27, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
On 28 November, the St Petersburg City Court will hear an appeal filed against a judge and the FSB (KGBs successor) by the defense lawyer of the leader of the Scientology Church, Ivan Matsitsky, who in September was adopted as a prisoner of conscience by the US...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 20, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The defense attorney of the spiritual leader of St Pete Scientologists Ivan Matsitsky filed a complaint with the Judiciary Qualifications Board of St Petersburg against St Petersburg City Court judge Evgeny Isakov, who, back in October this year, extended pretrial...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 20, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (20.11.2018) – Scientologists are in jail in Saint Petersburg for the sole fact of practicing their faith, which Russian authorities regard as “extremist,” a charge also used against other groups. We have followed with great concern news published in the...
