Italy enters into concordates with Mormons, Apostolic Pentecostals, and an Orthodox Church
CESNUR (21.07.2012) – The Italian Senate approved on July 18, 2012 “intese” with the Mormon Church, the Italian Apostolic Church – a Pentecostal body tracing its origins in the Welsh revival – and the Orthodox Church loyal to the...MIVILUDES and Jehovah’s Witnesses
MIVILUDES issued a press release which said: “The Inter-ministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combating Cultic Deviances takes note of the court decision taken by the European Court of Human Rights on 5 July 2012 but makes clear it was a decision about a purely fiscal dispute. It will go on exercising vigilance regarding the Jehovah’s Witnesses because of denouncements of “sectarian deviations” that it regularly receives from former members or from relatives of members of this religious community.”
France must reimburse 4.6 million Euros to the Jehovah’s Witnesses
On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (CEDH) decided that France must reimburse the French branch of the Jehovah Witnesses nearly 4.6 million Euros. This amount had been seized at the end of a reassessment of taxes owed on gifts made by faithful members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Association Les Témoins de Jehovah v. France (application no. 8916/05)
The applicant is the French association “Les Témoins de Jéhovah”. By a judgment of 30 June 2011 the Court held that there had been a violation of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) concerning the taxation of hand-to-hand gifts received by the...
Stigmatization of Minorities of Religion or Belief within the School System Report of the Secretary General
Pursuant to §10 of the General Assembly Resolution 66/167 invitation to provide input for the Secretary General’s forthcoming report on steps taken by States to combat intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization and discrimination based on religion or belief, CAP provides the following report regarding the French policy on minorities of religion or belief in France that needs to be changed to effectively implement the Resolution.
Libel and lies in MIVILUDES’ reports denounced
The Russian media dealing with religious issues have widely echoed the 1 June 2012 decision of the Paris Criminal Court convicting Georges Fenech, the president of MIVILUDES (Interministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combatting Cultic Deviances), for public defamation, as it can be seen hereafter.
Falun Gong Members Claim Chinatown Assaults
Falun Gong, a quasi-religious sect which is persecuted in China, claim they were assaulted at least eight times in recent months by people in Chinatown, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
