OSCE 2013: Intervista al Senatore (Leg. XVI) Marco Perduca
Institutional discrimination of religious and spiritual minorities in Italy and Romania discussed at the OSCE meeting with civil society
OSCE 2013 : Freedom of Religion and Belief
My name is Raffaella Di Marzio. I’ve been running the Centre for Information and Advise – Sect, Religions and Spirituality in Rome for 12 years. I’ve been studying and researching the phenomenon and the spreading of religious and spiritual minorities...Police have raided two religious communities in Bavaria
HRWF (09.09.2013) – On 5 September at 6 am, more than 100 armed officers were involved in one of the biggest police operations of the recent German history to remove children from their parents living in a religious community (the German branch of the Twelve...Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses attacked in Ajaccio
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses attacked in Ajaccio, Corsica: Manuel Valls keeps silence Corse Matin (02.08.2013) – An apparent firebomb attack was directed against a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall on the evening of 31st July in the city of...Fecris : Alexander Dvorking
being a vice-president of FECRIS (Federation of European Centers for Research and Information on Sects). This article gives an idea of the real results of Dvorkin‟s activities. It calls your attention to facts that are not apparent and are often ignored. The subject matter concerns every believer, no matter what religion he or she belongs to.
“Agressive laicity” in France criticized by an independant report
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) dedicates a whole chapter of their annual report published on April 30, 2013 to criticizing several Western European countries, including France, accused of developing “ a climate of intimidation against certain forms of religious activities”.
Georges Fenech and the children
Miviludes keeps repeating that « the sectarian phenomenon » allegedly puts 50,000 to 60,000 children at risk. As to Georges Fenech, its former head, he gets entangled in figures. In an interview to daily Le Figaro on October 13, 2010, he talks about 50,000 children who would be « victims of sectarian hold ». On TV France 2, he claims that 60,000 children are in danger, then on TV France 3 they are 80,000 but on TV LCP they are no more than 20,000. And on October 30, 2012, before an enquiry commission in the Senate, he admits that after being at the head of the Miviludes for 4 years, he has “no statistical data”.
a black list of alternative therapies published by the Miviludes
Since it was established in 2002, the Miviludes has accumulated drifts and abuses. But when publishing a « black list » of alternative therapies in 2012, the interministerial mission crossed the white line, overtly attacking freedom to choose one’s therapy like they attacked freedom of beliefs.
