by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 25, 2024 | France
Ces jours-ci à la Commission des lois de l’Assemblée nationale, on discute de la loi « visant à renforcer les dérives sectaires ». Le Sénat a proposé une nouvelle version du projet de loi, entre autres en en retirant l’article 1 du projet initial, qui créait un délit de « placement ou de maintien en état de sujétion psychologique ou physique ». Mais aujourd’hui à l’Assemblée, la rapporteure du projet de loi Brigitte Liso a estimé que le Sénat avait fait n’importe quoi, et entend bien remettre dans sa forme initiale le projet de loi, et réincorporer l’article 1.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 20, 2024 | news
Religious Freedom Advocates Demand Answers on State Department’s Exclusion of Nigeria, India From Persecution List
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 20, 2024 | news, UN UPR
1. This joint submission addresses the state of freedom of religion or belief and freedom of opinion and expression in Nigeria. In particular, it presents an overview of the country’s domestic legal framework and draws attention to specific concerns related to the criminalization of blasphemy. Additionally, the report examines the rise in acts of terrorism and mob violence against Christians and religious minorities, including Muslim minorities, and the related climate of impunity over the reporting period.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 20, 2024 | news
whereas since 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has engaged in systematic persecution to eradicate the Falun Gong religious movement; whereas freedom of religious belief is deteriorating across the People’s Republic of China (PRC); whereas technology-based censorship and surveillance are central to this repression; whereas Article 36 of the PRC’s Constitution stipulates that its citizens must enjoy freedom of religious belief;
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 20, 2024 | news
China’s Denial of Universal Human Rights A Call for Courageous Action at the 2024 Universal Periodic Review
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 20, 2024 | news
The undersigned civil society groups, religious freedom advocates, trade unions, and human rights solidarity groups, urge you to act on S.761, the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, which passed in the House (H.R. 1154) this March in an overwhelming 412-2 vote.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 19, 2024 | news, UN UPR
We are pleased to extend an invitation to you for a crucial conference addressing pressing human rights issues in China. The focus of this event revolves around the impending Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China, with particular attention to the ongoing persecution and forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 17, 2024 | France
Le projet de loi « visant à renforcer la lutte contre les dérives sectaires » est arrivé à l’Assemblée Nationale, après avoir été fortement remodelé (en globalement moins liberticide) au Sénat mais le gouvernement a déjà annoncé vouloir repartir du texte original et ignorer les importantes modifications du Sénat.
