by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 2, 2011 | news
EUROPEAN COURT/ FRANCE Gifts received by “Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses” were taxed under a law that was too imprecise European Court (30.06.2011) – In today’s Chamber judgment in the case Association Les Témoins de Jéhovah v. France...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 23, 2011 | news
Draft Religion Law Would Constitute the Most Oppressive Religion Law in the OSCE Region Legislation recently proposed in Hungary contains provisions designed to create the most oppressive religion law and the most burdensome registration system in the entire OSCE...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 21, 2011 | news
Politics.hu reports today that Hungary’s cabinet will be presented within a few weeks with a proposed new law on churches. It will prohibit the government from controlling or supervising churches. The bill will define churches as communities primarily engaged...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 19, 2011 | news
Belgium Discriminatory Draft Law Violates Fundamental Religious Rights (André Frédéric) Introduction This submission concerns proposed legislation in Belgium containing provisions designed to discriminate against targeted religions derogatorily designated as...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 19, 2011 | news
Azerbaijani human rights advocate Leyla Yunus has declared about a police attack on her office in Baku June 13, 2011. “The police attacked the office of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) at Shamsi Badalbelli Street,” Leyla Yunus told Radio Liberty. “I had...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 10, 2011 | news
The Paris administrative court of appeal has paved the way to such a development The Paris administrative court of appeal has summoned the penitentiary administration which refuses to accept chaplains of Jehovah’s Witnesses to reexamine the requests of this...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 1, 2011 | news
HRWF (28.05.2011) – On Monday, December 27, 2010, at around 13:30, two Jehovah’s Witnesses (Daniela Petrova and Siriel Comb) were peacefully carrying out their Christian ministry in the town of Montana. After a friendly conversation with an interested...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 1, 2011 | news
JW Official Website (21.04.2011) – On Sunday, April 17, 2011, at 7:30 pm, Jehovah’s Witnesses in the city of Burgas were peacefully gathered at their Kingdom Hall for the annual commemoration of the death of Jesus Christ. About 20 minutes before the...