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...
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...
