Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: New law against “cultic abuses” to be checked by the Constitutional Council The European Times (29.04.2024) – On 15 April, over sixty members of the National Assembly and over sixty senators referred the newly adopted law “to reinforce the fight against...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE passes new anti-cult law against Senate’s opposition The law creates a new crime of “psychological subjection,” restricts the possibility of criticizing mainline medical treatments, and seriously endangers freedom of religion or belief. (Titles in the text are...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Argentina: Una escuela de yoga calificada falsamente como “secta del horror” a punto de ser absuelta de todo delito Por Willy Fautré El 7 de diciembre, el diario argentino “LA NACION” tituló un artículo sobre la Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
The national anti-cult conference organized by the French government on March 2023. Source: Ministère de l’Intérieur of France. BELGIUM: “Cult victims”: Real, “time-bomb” and imaginary A controversial Belgian report offers the opportunity of reflecting on real and...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE:“Église de Philadelphie”: How MIVILUDES and French anti-cultists invented a “cult” In 2011, the wife and four children of a French aristocrat were murdered. Anti-cultists tried to connect the crime with “cults.” Their legal case has now collapsed. By Massimo...