by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 16, 2011 | news
CESNUR: The Center for Studies on New Religions CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions (Via Confienza 19, 10121 Torino, Italy, phone 39-011-541950, fax 39-011-541905, E-mail: cesnur_to@virgilio.it), was established in 1988 by a group of religious scholars...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 16, 2011 | news
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR) New Religious Movements came into being as a distinct field of study in Western countries in the 1970s. Despite the many specialists working in this field, no international membership association was ever...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 13, 2011 | news
Early in the morning of July 7, from 3:00 am to 5:00 am famous Georgian photo-reporters were detained simultaneously in their houses: photo-reporter of the Associated Press Shah Aivazov, photo-reporter of the European Press-Photo Agency (EPA) in Georgia Zurab...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 13, 2011 | news
Discriminatory law to be reviewed and debated by the Senate IRPP (05.07.2011) – Proposed legislation in Belgium which violates fundamental religious rights has been “evoked” by the Belgian Senate. The discriminatory draft law will now be reviewed and...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 13, 2011 | news
The European Court recognizes that conscientious objection to military service is part of freedom of religion or belief Registry of the European Court (07.07.2011) – In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case Bayatyan v. Armenia (application no....
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 13, 2011 | news
Accusations of sectarian drifts and abuse of the state of weakness could now be used against Catholic institutions A young woman, Catherine T., is taking the Opus Dei to court on the grounds of labor exploitation. The first court hearing will take place in Paris on...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 13, 2011 | news
Hungarian Parliament resurrects Soviet past with midnight adoption of Europe’s most restrictive religion law IRPP (12.07.2011) While Communism officially ended in Hungary over 20 years ago, it appears the dictatorial mindset has not yet fully abated. Last night...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 2, 2011 | news
The head of Miviludes does not like court decisions in favor of Jehovah’s Witnesses HRWF (01.07.2011) – On 15 June, Robert Menard (founder and secretary general of Reporters Without Borders until 2008) interviewed on ITele Georges Fenech, head of MIVILUDES...
